Reductionism of faith – January 19, 2019
There is a frequent and standing argument that the Christian faith has been made complicated amidst its own simplicity, modern mainstream and commercialized Christianity fighting against the Orthodoxy of the faith in favor of simpler, yet often heretical ideals. Over the course of two thousand years, the faith has not been made more complicated, but simply the divine light of revelation has shown upon what is and what always was, all to the benefit of our increased understanding of the whole. So, It seems to me that there is an oversimplification of faith being argued for, a reductionism to a simple intellectualism, a mental ascent alone, whereby Christ no longer becomes incarnate in the world in which we life. Unfortunately, this is what we are seeing today across much of Christianity, and is a source of myriad social ills we face today.
It is only the Church, and the hierarchy within that are required to know the details of her theology, and it is the duty of the laity to listen, and follow. Yet, out of an inflated sense of individuality and is preservation, or of pride, no one wants to follow that which was left behind, and instead follow their own conception of truth. This is why Church hopping is so endemic, people look for the Church that fits them best, instead of fitting them, for the life of Christ is the clothing that we wear. One size fits all.