We are very much in agreement. This forum was a beacon of truth at the time and I'm so grateful to it for this among many other things. It's actually so sad and ironic that of all the things for our Ruthenian church to be proactive and ahead of mainstream culture about, it would be..... gender-inclusive language. It's the main reason I brought this thread up to begin with... at the time it seemed almost academic and and oddity to most people, so it was hard for many to understand the problem. I am very much convinced such a change would scandalize a much greater amount of parishioners now than it did then, to the point that it would not be accepted by the laity, given how mainstream this particular attack on God's order has become.
That so many parishioners now don't even know that it happened is also a shame (and is exactly what was intended). They have a good instinct not to "find reasons to be upset about things" that until they become aware, never knew existed in the first place. I think it is important to keep this discussion current, less our liturgy continues to get chipped away at slowly over time. The enemy is playing the very longest of games here.
