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Monday, November 08, 2004

Advice to a College Student Circa 1530

From the writings of Heinrich Bullinger from the 16th century, as quoted in The Early Reformation on the Continent by Owen Chadwick (Oxford University Press, 2001): (source)

1. Fear God. Be humble before God. Have a firm faith. Pray that your faith may be active in charity.
Pray for your country-parents-friends. Always end prayers with the Lord's Prayer.
Use the Te Deum as an act of praise.
Read three chapters from the Bible every day.
2. Be reticent-more willing to listen than to speak.
3. Try to learn Hebrew and Greek as well as Latin; and some history, and some philosophy, and some science.
4. Keep the body clean and the clothes tidy but do not wear clothes that will cause comment.
5. Don't eat too much. Don't drink too much.
6. Keep your conversation cheerful, and moderate, and free from malice.

13 Comments:

Ridor said...: That advice is very bad. Very backwardness.

R-; 11/08/2004 11:47:46 AM
beth said...: curious: does that mean everybody who shops at k-mart? cuz my friends and i certainly never comment on brands we can't recognize, and those who shop at k-mart are engaged in silent brotherhood: don't tell them you know where i got my clothes.

hmm. designers vs. sluttiness. what's the difference?; 11/08/2004 01:50:03 PM
Jason said...: They did not have Kmarts in 1530. I just thought that this was very interesting. There is nothing REALLY wrong with this advice.; 11/08/2004 03:11:26 PM
Ridor said...: Anything to do with the bible is always alarming.

R-; 11/08/2004 05:25:31 PM
Jason said...: outright rejection of the Bible like that is always alarming.; 11/08/2004 05:30:50 PM
Ridor said...: In my opinion, it is better to burn the bible than to live based on it.

R-; 11/08/2004 06:03:57 PM
Mike McConnell said...: I see, burn the pages of a history book. Good luck.; 11/09/2004 01:16:41 AM
Ridor said...: Mike, the bible is *not* the history. The men who wrote it claimed that they were told by God to write it -- sounds like a LSD-induced hallucination.

R-; 11/09/2004 05:19:31 PM
Mike McConnell said...: Ridor, read again, I said the bible is ->a<- history book, not ->the<- history book as if it's the only, all-encompasing history book of the world. It's not. But it is a history book.

Many of the accounts (old and new testaments) can be traced and verified. Mind you, not about the "supernatural" stuff. But of towns, cities, wars, people, events, and such. Such a history has been corroborated and verified as historically accurate. Such rules regarding historical investigation through historical(documents) and archealogical accuracy that are equally applied in the same way in verifying historical accounts of the pyramids of Egypt, the Mayan empire, Roman empire, the destruction and life of Pompeii, whether Caesar or Pilate existed, and down to the fact that Jesus Christ existed. Whether he's the son of God is another story.

The Bible is the most historically tested document on the face of the planet. The Bible is a reliable historical document.

So, you're right, it is not THE history book but it is A history book.

Looks like we're both right. :); 11/09/2004 10:04:36 PM
Ridor said...: Actually, pretty much with the locations -- the bible may be accurate. But it contains a lot of bias which cannot be trusted by historians by any means.

R-; 11/10/2004 11:44:54 AM
Mike McConnell said...: Actually, it's more than just locations, but the confirmation on the existence of certain people, events in time, and such. Historians have confirmed historical accounts in the Bible. with archaelogical findings.

The historical accuracy of the Scriptures is in a class by itself, far superior to the written records of Egypt, Assyria, and other early nations. Archeological confirmations of the Biblical record have been almost innumerable in the last century.

So, in reality, the Bible is a reliable historical document.

So, when you say "Burn the Bible!" you are burning a history book.; 11/10/2004 04:35:47 PM
Ridor said...: The Bible has been, over years, trimmed to meet one's needs. I wouldn't fall for it.

R-; 11/10/2004 07:00:24 PM
Mike McConnell said...: Locations, events, and people still remain the same. The portion of the New Testament that has any substantial variation between the various manuscripts is only about one word in a thousand. These variations in no way change the teaching of the New Testament on any doctrine. This is true for most Bibles out there today.

Certainly there are these "false bibles" that attempt to directly change the meaning of the context.

But you cannot deny that the Bible is NOT a historical document, or a "history book."

At any rate, you burn the Bible, you burn a history book.; 11/10/2004 07:24:11 PM