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#345199 - 03/14/10 03:44 AM
Re: RC vs. EO
[Re: Otsheylnik]
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Sadly when I became Orthodox after being Catholic, one Catholic priest told me that "Orthodoxy is an ossified, archaeological jurisdiction with no theological progress since the schism".
Adolf von Harnack: "The Orthodox Church is in her entire structure alien
to the Gospel and a perversion of the Christian religion,
its reduction to the level of pagan antiquity."I have always treasured that quote and taken a great pride in it, perhaps even a sinful pride... mea culpa! But are we not doing something right if Protestant theologians speak of us so highly :-) Also from von Harnack: "No fresh theological thought has agitated the East since the 8th century."He saw it as a reproach. The Orthodox see it as a compliment.
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#345225 - 03/14/10 07:46 PM
Re: RC vs. EO
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Also from von Harnack:
"No fresh theological thought has agitated the East since the 8th century."
He saw it as a reproach. The Orthodox see it as a compliment.
Frankly the West would be the better if no fresh theological thought had developed after the Confession of Augsburg (A.D. 1530). Think of it: to be spared Zwingli, "the mother of sects"!
Edited by Thomas the Seeker (03/14/10 07:48 PM)
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#346015 - 03/28/10 09:35 PM
Re: RC vs. EO
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I said the DL is about an hour and a half...for the response of: "oh my, that is sooo long". Alice: Depends on what flavor of Protestantism one selects. There is a Pentecostal church in my area that has a Sunday morning service running from 3 to 3 1/2 hours and no one thinks it's too long. Had a funeral there once that was all afternoon and had friends of the family quietly getting up and leaving after about two hours; one of my colleagues stayed for the whole thing and they sang all the verses of over 15 hymns. Bob
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#346024 - 03/29/10 02:06 AM
Re: RC vs. EO
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If only there was more knowledge about the East...
A young RC hairdresser asked me yesterday *IF* the Greek Orthodox celebrated Palm Sunday...(HUH?!?!)
Photos for her/him to see... The Seattle Times web site has a photo gallery of the Palm Sunday service today at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral (ROCOR) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/localnews2011468440/
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