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#380307 - 05/20/12 09:57 PM Re: New Age [Re: john ford]
henrikhank Offline
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Registered: 02/09/12
Posts: 37
Loc: Stockholm, Sweden
Originally Posted By: john ford
It was during this time that I was introduced to Orthodoxy and invited to attend the service of Divine Liturgy in English.

Why the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and not the TLM?

Originally Posted By: john ford

My point is that in seeking 'other' spiritualities I came to a better understanding of the mystical nature of the Christian experience of God.

how did Buddhism lead you to God?

Originally Posted By: john ford
Hi All,
Some time ago I left Christianity (Anglican) because I wanted to get away from what I saw as a very stinted view of God...

I am not sure about your (former) Anglican spirituality but today people often think of protestants as Sunday Christians and the Catholics and Orthodoxes as everyday Christians.

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#380308 - 05/20/12 10:39 PM Re: New Age [Re: henrikhank]
john ford Offline
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Registered: 05/13/11
Posts: 5
Loc: Queensland, Australia
Originally Posted By: henrikhank

Why the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and not the TLM?


I don't know what TLM means.

Why the Divine Liturgy? For one thing it is very similar to Tibetan Buddhist practice - particularly the chanting. The other was that I felt a connectedness that I had not experienced before.

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how did Buddhism lead you to God?


It gave me the space and the permission to look beyond myself - I was freed from the imposition of ecclesiastical dogmas and narrow doctrines. In hindsight - it was mystical and experiential.

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I am not sure about your (former) Anglican spirituality but today people often think of protestants as Sunday Christians and the Catholics and Orthodoxes as everyday Christians.


You are too cryptic for me.

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#380348 - 05/21/12 11:33 PM Re: New Age [Re: john ford]
henrikhank Offline
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Loc: Stockholm, Sweden
Originally Posted By: john ford

I don't know what TLM means.

TLM=Traditional Latin Mass, i.e. using Missal of 1962 http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/tutorial/sample-liturgies.html

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#380360 - 05/22/12 02:33 AM Re: New Age [Re: henrikhank]
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Registered: 11/09/01
Posts: 6914
Loc: Falls Church, VA
I wish people would stop the political correctness and simply say "Tridentine Mass" and "Novus Ordo". Then everyone would know what everyone else means.

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#380412 - 05/23/12 12:39 PM Re: New Age [Re: StuartK]
JDC Offline
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Registered: 01/27/11
Posts: 493
Loc: Ontario, Canada
Originally Posted By: StuartK
I wish people would stop the political correctness and simply say "Tridentine Mass" and "Novus Ordo". Then everyone would know what everyone else means.


I see that you subscribe to the school that says language is for communicating. That's so last century. These days, ever since we ran completely dry of useful ideas worth passing on, language is mostly about muddling thought while sounding cool.

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