I chuckled when I read this by Ben Myers: An imaginative dogmatics: Origen, De principiis A majestic dogmatics: Calvin, Institutes An informative dogmatics: Donald Bloesch, “Christian Foundations” An encyclopaedic dogmatics: Pannenberg, Systematic Theology An intricate dogmatics: Schleiermacher, The Christian Faith A patient dogmatics: Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae A deep dogmatics: Tillich, Systematic Theology A legalistic…
Day: June 15, 2007
What is the difference between power and authority?
“What is the difference between power and authority? Many exercises of power have no authority. And there are exercises of authority that do their work without power. Richard Nixon had the power of the presidency up to the moment he resigned. But after the disclosures of his role in Watergate he had no authority. On…