Frank G. Ramirez
My love for the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic faith began when Christ took hold of me through the ministry of a non-denominational charismatic church back in Spring of ’99. There I was introduced to the Word of God. Over the years my love for this Word has grown into a love for the history of “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” This journey of love has taken me from non-denominationalism to Roman Catholicism, from The Criswell College to the University of Dallas.
In the Fall ’09 my convictions as a son of Sancta Mater Ecclesia led me, like the reformed catholics of the 16th century, to leave Rome in order to maintain both my apostolicity and catholicity, seeing that papal catholicism has strayed from these greatly. I am now in the tradition of the English Reformation (a.k.a., Anglicanism). My interests are many: biblical and historical theology, liturgical and sacramental theology, ecclesiology, the relationship between culture and theology, the Reformation, Martin Luther, theological epistemology, (what Simon Chan calls) spiritual theology, catechesis - and Roman Catholicism.
Isaac
I am a Christian who senses a deep commitment and calling to Christ’s body, the one holy, catholic, and apostolic church. As someone who has been a Roman Catholic (baptized as an infant and raised until around 12 years of age); a confused agnostic/atheist (teenage years to early 20′s); and an independent Christian (throughout my 20′s), I have been on a long theological journey which is difficult to capture in a few words. However, I can say, that I was astonished to learn of the evangelical nature of the early fathers, and of the catholicism of the Reformers. What I had sensed lacking in Rome and in independency I have realized to be held in tension by the Reformers and the fathers. They are both highly Christo-centirc, deeply Scriptural, and lovers of Christ’s catholic and apostolic body, and from this commitment to the Faith once delivered they saw it as their duty to defend the flock from anything that would remove their hearts and minds from the simplicity of the glorious gospel, and thus from Christ.
To these same commitments I hope to stand humbly with them in their pastoral and theological concerns for the Body of Christ. I am an Anglican in the ACNA who is currently studying at Dallas Theological Seminary. My interests, in no particular order are: patristics, Christian spirituality, biblical exegesis, sacramental and liturgical theology, church history, and hermeneutics. And I love reading the early 19th century critique of modernity from a Christian perspective such as GK Chesteron, Malcolm Muggeridge, C.S. Lewis, Flannery O’Conner, and Karl Barth.
John
Greetings. I am a reformed Christian who lives in the United States and belongs to a NAPARC church. My interests include moral philosophy, the classical languages, and economic theory. Among my favorite figures in church history are St. Irenaeus, John Duns Scotus, Thomas Cranmer, Blaise Pascal and Soren Kierkegaard.
Tim Enloe
I am a professional educator involved in classical Christian schooling. My interests include classical languages, classical history and literature, Medieval history and literature, and classical rhetoric.
Joe Funk
I was raised a Southern Baptist and baptized at the age of nine. From there, God has taken me on a journey that eventually landed me in the Anglican Church where I received Holy Orders. Along the way, amidst all the changes and development in theology and worldview, one thing has remained constant: a belief in the supreme authority of Holy Scripture. Upon that foundational belief, God has instilled in me a deep and passionate love for Christ and his Church.
While I am an electrician by trade, my passion is geared towards all things theological. Yes, I love the Bible, but the Book of Common Prayer runs a close second. Therefore, I have a keen interest in liturgy and the sacraments. In fact it was the liturgy and the sacraments that brought me to the Anglican Church. A third interest, and one that I think is very important is church history (written and read honestly). Other than these foundational areas, I enjoy studying and teaching biblical theology (redemptive-historical perspective), eschatology (non-dispensational of course), patristics and dogmatics. Some of my favorite authors include: the church fathers, John Jewel, John Henry Blunt, Edward Herold Browne, Stephen Neill and J. N. D. Kelly.
One last thing. My favorite quote is one that I think in a lot of ways, captures the true spirit of reformed catholicism. It is the Vincentian canon which says that “… in the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all. “
