tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post6278296276054624221..comments2023-08-25T16:10:39.880+01:00Comments on the dance of the elements: Who was Yeshua?Yewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post-2092092278697809702009-11-30T13:29:48.449+00:002009-11-30T13:29:48.449+00:00Hi Matt, thanks for dropping by.
I meant politica...Hi Matt, thanks for dropping by.<br /><br />I meant politically liberal at that point in my blog-post (but should have specified).<br /><br />That said, Francis of Assisi was opposed to the Crusades and the wealth of the Church, which was pretty liberal for the 13th century.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post-2119461720240907162009-11-30T13:09:59.094+00:002009-11-30T13:09:59.094+00:00I'm not sure "liberal tradition" can...I'm not sure "liberal tradition" can be projected so easily onto Martin Luther King or Francis of Assisi. Certainly they were social justice focussed, but theologically they were also quite conservative. Francis, in particular, was quite extreme in some ways. Have you considered they may transcend the labels?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com