{"id":2192,"date":"2013-08-26T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T20:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/orthodoxyandheterodoxy\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2013-08-26T16:24:38","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T20:24:38","slug":"necromancy-idolatry-and-the-superiority-of-protestant-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/orthodoxyandheterodoxy\/2013\/08\/26\/necromancy-idolatry-and-the-superiority-of-protestant-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Necromancy, Idolatry and the Superiority of Protestant Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/72195198\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Once in a while, someone writes or says something about Orthodoxy (and, in this case, several related traditions) that is just so incorrect in so many ways that one doesn&#8217;t really even know where to begin.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those times.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to disagree with a tradition.  It&#8217;s something else entirely to get the basic facts about it so very wrong.  James Jordan ought to know better.  He apparently doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><i>Note:  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_B._Jordan\">James Jordan<\/a> is a well-known Reformed theologian and the author of a number of books, including <\/i>The Liturgy Trap<i>, which is referenced here.  He is being interviewed here by fellow Reformed pastor Ralph Smith.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a while, someone writes or says something about Orthodoxy (and, in this case, several related traditions) that is just so incorrect in so many ways that one doesn&#8217;t really even know where to begin. This is one of those times. It&#8217;s one thing to disagree with a tradition. 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