[MR] A Question of Protocol

[David Baines]

to say that bowing to an empty throne is a "Catholic"
thing, does have at least some bearing on history, I
think.  but I think it has more to do with the
medieval mindset than anything else.  in the Middle
Ages, the Church shared many civic responsibilities
with the State.  In a sense, Church and State were a
two-headed giant.

it is in the Radical Reformation (i.e. Anabaptists),
moreso than classic Protestantism, that one finds a
problem with acknowledging the State's role in the
Church and an overall problem with secular authority.


Alfred



--- Anthony Bryant <anthony_bryant at cox.net> wrote:

> E L Wimett wrote:
> 
> > Ah, but then there are those of us who see such
> usages as problematic in the
> > extreme coming from the same theological base.
> 
> Perhaps, but that doesn't invalidate the exercise.
> 
> There is a certain mindset that *can't* see the
> concept of a 
> greater idea behind a simple symbol -- and that's at
> heart a 
> protestant mindset. High Church (and let's face it,
> royalty 
> and court are "high church" concepts) minds
> recognize that a 
>   symbol, which represents a thing, can stand in for
> that 
> thing.
> 
> 
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> 
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