Comments on: A Rose by any Other Name… http://historiasalutis.com/2010/02/02/a-rose-by-any-other-name/ Resources about biblical theology and its relation to the theological encyclopedia. Fri, 11 May 2012 12:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cris D. http://historiasalutis.com/2010/02/02/a-rose-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Cris D. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:22:29 +0000 http://www.historiasalutis.com/?p=214#comment-772 Ho, Brother! I'll take the bait on this one. Free Presbyterian makes no sense in the USA, there's no state Presbyterian body from which we (they) were separating. Evangelical Presbyterian might have fostered too close an association with generic American protestantism (insufficiently confessional). North American PC was too optimistic: no churches in Canada or Mexico. Protestant Presbyterian: protesting against what/whom? The beef was not against Rome, the traditional Protestant opposite. It's not when one says Protestant Episcopal in contrast to Romish Episcopal :-). Presby Church of Christ just sounds, oh, sort of "storefront", if you catch my drift; like a bunch of Campbellites. Presbyterian & Reformed: Too Bad they pick that. For many years the strength of the OPC has been the Continental Reformed influence. Official recognition of that could have yielded fruits, if we indulgence in the what-if game. So, I know through the years many have really disliked the "Orthodox" tag - supposedly conjuring up visions of Eastern/Greek basilicas, etc. But I never heard the name that way. I think it's been a good fit, overall. You didn't mention your choice... Ho, Brother! I’ll take the bait on this one. Free Presbyterian makes no sense in the USA, there’s no state Presbyterian body from which we (they) were separating. Evangelical Presbyterian might have fostered too close an association with generic American protestantism (insufficiently confessional). North American PC was too optimistic: no churches in Canada or Mexico. Protestant Presbyterian: protesting against what/whom? The beef was not against Rome, the traditional Protestant opposite. It’s not when one says Protestant Episcopal in contrast to Romish Episcopal :-) . Presby Church of Christ just sounds, oh, sort of “storefront”, if you catch my drift; like a bunch of Campbellites. Presbyterian & Reformed: Too Bad they pick that. For many years the strength of the OPC has been the Continental Reformed influence. Official recognition of that could have yielded fruits, if we indulgence in the what-if game.

So, I know through the years many have really disliked the “Orthodox” tag – supposedly conjuring up visions of Eastern/Greek basilicas, etc. But I never heard the name that way. I think it’s been a good fit, overall.

You didn’t mention your choice…

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