In regards to simplicity and complexity, I was wondering about the holy Apostle Paul who was very fervently opposed to the corruption of the simplicity in Christ of the Corinthians (2 Cor. 11:3). He says this is in the form of “another Jesus”, a “different spirit” and a “different gospel”. He seems to be saying the truth, or rather that his (and all the apostle’s) Jesus, spirit dispensation and gospel are simple.

But in a pluralistic society, where there has been obvious “influences” on our Church from Islamic culture, pre-Christian culture, contemporary Christian, Reformists, Modernists and secular , how could one really discern today what authentic Christianity is? Is simplicity the mark of the truth?

I have some hunches that one can glean the truth from creeds, unanimity among early church fathers, liturgies, and proven clergy. But can “simplicity” really be a measure used in our spirituality?

PPFM