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    Radix Fidem: A Covenant of Faith
    Radix Fidem: A Covenant of Faith
    Radix Fidem: A Covenant of Faith
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    Radix Fidem: A Covenant of Faith

    By Ed Hurst

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    This short booklet introduces the religion known as Radix Fidem ("root of faith"). While it is rather like a Christian denomination, it departs significantly from mainstream Western Christianity in many ways. Our community strives to recover a more ancient point of view.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEd Hurst
    Release dateJan 1, 2018
    ISBN9781370338238
    Radix Fidem: A Covenant of Faith
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    Ed Hurst

    Born 18 September 1956 in Seminole, OK. Traveled a great deal in Europe with the US Army, worked a series of odd jobs, and finally in public education. Ordained to the ministry as a Baptist, then with a non-denominational endorsement. Currently semi-retired.

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      Radix Fidem - Ed Hurst

      Radix Fidem: A Covenant of Faith

      By Ed Hurst

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2018 by Ed Hurst

      Copyright notice: People of honor need no copyright laws; they are only too happy to give credit where credit is due. Others will ignore copyright laws whenever they please. If you are of the latter, please note what Moses said about dishonorable behavior – be sure your sin will find you out (Numbers 32:23)

      Permission is granted to copy, reproduce and distribute for non-commercial reasons, provided the book remains in its original form.

      Cover art: Detail of Religion mural in lunette from the Family and Education series by Charles Sprague Pearce. North Corridor, Great Hall, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Image is public domain.

      Other books in this series include Heart of Faith and A Course in Biblical Mysticism by the same author.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: A Matter for the Heart

      Chapter 2: Two Realms

      Chapter 3: Cascading Dependencies

      Chapter 4: Not By Human Power

      Chapter 5: The Covenant

      Chapter 6: A Pattern for Living

      Chapter 7: How We Live

      Chapter 8: Not Green

      Chapter 9: Implications

      Epilogue

      Foreword

      This is our covenant, the basis for working together in a community of faith. Granted, I am the sole author of this book, but there is a growing community of people who have embraced this covenant. As will be clarified later in these pages, this covenant is not a matter of orthodoxy. It’s more a question of how we can agree to work together based on common assumptions. Nobody is setting forth a statement that this is how God works with everyone, but it’s how He works with us.

      So it’s not a question of reading this and swearing allegiance to the ideas. Rather, it’s a question of whether you can say: I can live with this. If you can understand what’s written here, then you can form a good estimate of what to expect from the leadership. You’ll understand nobody is required to swallow everything, only promise not to interfere as our common efforts grow out of these ideas. Indeed, we rather hope you won’t try to join unless these ideas speak to your heart as the right way to do religion.

      This is a huge leap away from the mainstream Western approach to Christianity. I’m not going to tell you that what’s written here reflects a precise adherence to the ancient Hebrew approach from the Bible, but is our best approximation of what that approach demands of us today in our current context. We don’t pretend we are somehow reviving the ancient Hebrew ways, but we do hope to take our cues from their ways, letting them inform our choices.

      What we have found is a treasury of peace with God. There is simply no way we can be silent about this and keep it to ourselves; there’s more than enough to share.

      A note of caution: This author is an American, called of God to witness to an American audience. Nothing excludes others from using this message and embracing this covenant. However, the frame of reference is the United States of America, so the reader is cautioned to be aware of the limited context. If you aren’t immersed in American social culture and religion, some of this will require

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