N.T. Wright on the Sacraments

N.T. Wright on "Space, Time, and Sacraments" at Calvin College on January 6, 2007. For the full video and audio of this presentation, go to www.calvin.edu/worship/sacraments.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• sacraments
• eucharist
• baptism
• wright
• space
• time

[browilliams]

Looking at this from a evangelical point of view, I completely concur that the Word and the word (Bible and preaching) is given such disproportionate prominence that the sacraments (or ordinances) are often all but forgotten. This is easily proven by how few even know that the sacraments are to be celebrated: "What, today is the Lord's Supper?"

Shame on us.

[RadicalWhig]

@Colts4ever123 You do realise that he's not a Roman Catholic, don't you? He's Anglican.

[SityAnalytics]

@RadicalWhig

You do realise where his reasoning is coming from? Is that from evangelical/reformation teaching?

Please... it is clearly from Holy Tradition - even the reference to Matthew 25, Mother Teresa are clearly example of depth community with the Catholic Church - intended as the Apostolic Church - Orhotodox of course included.

[ChristTheKingChapel]

Bishop NT Wright, evangelical, Anglican, brilliant.

[Magnulus76]

NT Wright, for an evangelical, is a genius... "The Word became flesh"... exactly. Sacramentalism is absolutely necessary to a Christian life.

[andyhookedonjesus]

@RadicalWhig Yeah Anglican!

[WoundedEgo]

The irony here is that the "eucharist" is, in scripture, the symbol of the new covenant between God and Israel. It, just like the Torah, has nothing to do with these gentiles.

[PistisIasis]

That's easy, we have history and Sacred Tradition to help us out!

[Colts4ever123]

@RadicalWhig oops, thanks radical wing,my bad, I will listen again another day. Not to offend the Anglicans. my apologies. May the Grace of God be with You all !

[Colts4ever123]

you speak of sacraments, but does your pope fulfill the sacraments or even abide by cannon law or is he infallable, does the Holy Spirit speak through him only? Please ask only those young little boys he turned his back on,or did the Holy Spirit tell him to? I do not think so. Rebuke You Satan! So Catholics good people come back to the old Church of Christ, your Sister Church !

[kaleowao]

Sure we can speak of sacraments however we please, however Christ's specific giving of Himself at the table is the empowering source He has explicitly set apart for His people.  Serving the least of these is empty without union with Christ.