- Jun 19 Fri 2020 10:24
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Great is Your Faithfulness
- Jun 19 Fri 2020 09:49
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton) 4
- May 30 Sat 2020 09:59
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton) 3
第一章第8段
The theory of the unmorality of art has established itself firmly in the strictly artistic classes. They are free to produce anything they like. They are free to write a "Paradise Lost" in which Satan shall conquer God. They are free to write a "Divine Comedy" in which heaven shall be under the floor of hell. And what have they done? Have they produced in their universality anything grander or more beautiful than the things uttered by the fierce Ghibbeline Catholic, by the rigid Puritan schoolmaster? We know that they have produced only a few roundels. Milton does not merely beat them at his piety, he beats them at their own irreverence. In all their little books of verse you will not find a finer defiance of God than Satan's. Nor will you find the grandeur of paganism felt as that fiery Christian felt it who described Faranata lifting his head as in disdain of hell. And the reason is very obvious. Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor. I think his family will find him at the end of the day in a state of some exhaustion.
The theory of the unmorality of art has established itself firmly in the strictly artistic classes. They are free to produce anything they like. They are free to write a "Paradise Lost" in which Satan shall conquer God. They are free to write a "Divine Comedy" in which heaven shall be under the floor of hell. And what have they done? Have they produced in their universality anything grander or more beautiful than the things uttered by the fierce Ghibbeline Catholic, by the rigid Puritan schoolmaster? We know that they have produced only a few roundels. Milton does not merely beat them at his piety, he beats them at their own irreverence. In all their little books of verse you will not find a finer defiance of God than Satan's. Nor will you find the grandeur of paganism felt as that fiery Christian felt it who described Faranata lifting his head as in disdain of hell. And the reason is very obvious. Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor. I think his family will find him at the end of the day in a state of some exhaustion.
- May 20 Wed 2020 09:14
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton) 2
- May 02 Sat 2020 11:20
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton)1
出於個人莫名其妙的堅持
從標題開始我就選擇跟之前不一樣的翻譯，我知道異教徒是更為簡潔與直接的表達方式，但我真心覺得在Chesterton的文字中，在他的社會情境脈絡裡，他的發言對象不僅僅是我們所謂的異教徒，而是與正統持不同立場，甚或更為精確的，可說是那些根本不認為有正統的人...(這些人當中很多都不是所謂的異教徒)
從標題開始我就選擇跟之前不一樣的翻譯，我知道異教徒是更為簡潔與直接的表達方式，但我真心覺得在Chesterton的文字中，在他的社會情境脈絡裡，他的發言對象不僅僅是我們所謂的異教徒，而是與正統持不同立場，甚或更為精確的，可說是那些根本不認為有正統的人...(這些人當中很多都不是所謂的異教徒)
- May 02 Sat 2020 10:44
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Heretics：翻向外篇
- Jan 28 Tue 2020 17:07
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神學的故事---未完待續
- Jan 23 Thu 2020 09:58
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獅子王 Aslan 聖體頌
在充滿疾病與年節氣氛的季節，有什麼比獅子王這部電影更應景呢? (小丑? XD)
前幾天看了2019年上映的真實動物版獅子王，這一部扣除說話口型以及不可思議的擬人表情，就是國家地理台頻道節目的影片，電影配樂再次由大師Hans Zimmer操刀，Hans Zimmer的功力當然不同反響，這次他除了採用二十年前的音樂外，另外作了一些改變，較為令我驚訝的，是OST的其中一首曲子--Under the stars。這首曲子的主題明顯來自莫札特的Ave verum corpus，中文譯為聖體頌。
前幾天看了2019年上映的真實動物版獅子王，這一部扣除說話口型以及不可思議的擬人表情，就是國家地理台頻道節目的影片，電影配樂再次由大師Hans Zimmer操刀，Hans Zimmer的功力當然不同反響，這次他除了採用二十年前的音樂外，另外作了一些改變，較為令我驚訝的，是OST的其中一首曲子--Under the stars。這首曲子的主題明顯來自莫札特的Ave verum corpus，中文譯為聖體頌。
- Jan 21 Tue 2020 10:05
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神學的故事: 預定論大亂鬥
- Jan 20 Mon 2020 11:16
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神學的故事: 天特會議
在馬丁路德發起宗教改革，除了更正教派從羅馬天主教會中分裂出來，天主教會也出現了改革的運動，並且召開了為期數十年的天特會議。會議中討論的事情，除了是對天主教會的改革外，更重要的可能是對更正教會的回應。擷取書中對於天特會議頒布的令諭如下(很有趣的，我想....當更正教也就是今日所謂的基督教會眾閱讀當中部分的內容時，會發覺與自己的信仰毫無差異)：
天特會議關於稱議的法規: (取自<神學的故事>中文版第531頁)
天特會議關於稱議的法規: (取自<神學的故事>中文版第531頁)
- Jan 18 Sat 2020 10:34
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神學的故事：對立、分裂
翻開<神學的故事>，很容易就能看出對立與分裂是基督教歷史的一大主題，從初代教會到改教時期，教會的分門似乎愈來愈熱鬧，但對立的爭執點，根據我自己的閱讀心得，好像從較為抽象的神學議題，進入較為實務的禮儀層面（雖說實務的禮儀背後有極為深刻複雜的理論觀點），而在較為抽象的神學議題上，似已因為教會歷代來的分裂（羅馬天主教、東正教，天主教、更正叫，改革宗、其他教會....），各自堅持對於神學的詮釋傳統，而少有交集(?)。
例如：（以下列表不甚完全...待續）
例如：（以下列表不甚完全...待續）
- Jan 18 Sat 2020 09:31
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神學的故事：加爾文(待續?)
神學的故事閱讀紀錄第n篇：
驚訝發現，加爾文在這本<神學的故事(中文版)>中只佔了6頁半的篇幅，作為改革宗神的一部分(非全部)，加爾文主義在西歐北美，或甚至世界其他角落，常被等同於改革宗神學。但在書中，對加爾文的介紹，明顯比對路得或慈運理的介紹短。雖說如此，對加爾文有名(惡名昭彰?)的雙重預定論倒是有詳細的解釋。
驚訝發現，加爾文在這本<神學的故事(中文版)>中只佔了6頁半的篇幅，作為改革宗神的一部分(非全部)，加爾文主義在西歐北美，或甚至世界其他角落，常被等同於改革宗神學。但在書中，對加爾文的介紹，明顯比對路得或慈運理的介紹短。雖說如此，對加爾文有名(惡名昭彰?)的雙重預定論倒是有詳細的解釋。