Originally posted by Armando:
I just read this canon on the book Jesus, Peter and the keys and decided to post it to see the comments that would come up. I do not think that I did something wrong.
Armando,
Christos Anesti!
You did not do anything wrong. But I jumped in quickly to set the course of the thread because I did not know the reason you were posting the question you asked. Very often it seems that those who quote from a canon and ask what people think about it are trying to start an argument. In the past 8 years we�ve had many people post �proof texts� for one position or another (as if a one line quotes can settle all the differences between Catholicism and Orthodoxy with finality). It would be far better if you offered a position on an issue and back it up with something. For example,
�Here is a quote from Canon 39 of the Council of Nicea. It says X about the authority of Peter. The Church of Rome interprets this as Y and Orthodoxy says it means Z. Greek Fathers say A and B about this subject and the Latin Fathers say C and D. I believe it means E, F and G. What do others think?� Since our Forum community is made up of people from various Churches we need always to be mindful of how we compose our posts.
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