hinge times - What He Said: The Words of Jesus Christ http://whathesaid.com Making the words of Jesus Christ easy to read and explore Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:09:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Hinge Times http://whathesaid.com/2009/11/18/hinge-times/ http://whathesaid.com/2009/11/18/hinge-times/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:07:59 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=191 Editor and Christian writer Phyllis Tickle talks about 5 “hinge times” in Christianity: Great Transformation (dominance of the Roman empire) Great Fall (the Roman Senate dissolves; beginning of the Dark Ages) Great Schism (the Catholic Church splits between Rome and Constantinople) Great Reformation (14th and 15th century) Great Emergence (present day) At each major phase, […]

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]]> Editor and Christian writer Phyllis Tickle talks about 5 “hinge times” in Christianity:

  1. Great Transformation (dominance of the Roman empire)
  2. Great Fall (the Roman Senate dissolves; beginning of the Dark Ages)
  3. Great Schism (the Catholic Church splits between Rome and Constantinople)
  4. Great Reformation (14th and 15th century)
  5. Great Emergence (present day)

At each major phase, over-regulation of religion robbed faith of much of its meaning. The resulting reaction was a search for a new direction. This interesting article contains this quote:

“You’re here to serve the kingdom of God, not to save the church.”

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