@BadOptniks @James_Dixon @patris @JohnYoungE @Escoffier @Sulla_Felix @somemightsay Our Lord is nigh-*scandalously* merciful, there‘s no honest denying it. I’ve long hoped beyond hope passages referring to “working out Salvation with fear and trembling” are essentially hyperbolic; justified by what’s at stake. But I’d really really rather not presume upon His Grace more than I already do.
We received a Traditional perspective regarding the appropriate response to heresies arising from within and without the Church, extending clear back to Apostolic times. While I do certainly hope the saving Grace spilled out by Our Lord overflows above and beyond the bounds of Our Communion, I don’t see any examples of Saints from the First Century onward taking a casual approach to conceptual or logical straying from The Faith-Once-Received. Otherwise, what sense do Ecumenical Councils even make? I don’t honestly think they’re just a bunch of meanie sticks-in-the-mud.
Since it’s the Faith that saves - because it’s Christ’s - I rather take my cues from them. Nothing personal, I hope that’s obvious.