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by Christopher
Fri 8 October 2004 4:44 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Great article on Non-Chalcedonians and Ecumenism
Replies: 3
Views: 1237

Great article on Non-Chalcedonians and Ecumenism

Hey folks, check out this link addressing the orthodox / non-chalcedonian issues. It is not only informative but funny as well. http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/mono_humor.aspx One more thing-- please do not use this thread as an excuse for bashing OCA, Greeks, Antiochians, or any other jurisdi...
by Christopher
Mon 20 September 2004 2:11 am
Forum: Sacred Scripture
Topic: On effeminacy
Replies: 17
Views: 4853

English and Effeminacy

Hi Wheeler: I am glad to see your zeal for Orthodoxy and your idealism with the masculine role. It takes some 'cojones' to speak up about this in our society. Regarding linguistics, one might argue both for and against English being a good language for different uses. It is true that a vocabulary de...
by Christopher
Thu 24 June 2004 3:55 am
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Answer Regarding Homosexuality
Replies: 58
Views: 16951

Hi Artemon: I'm glad to see that you have such zeal in defending Orthodoxy. I saw in another post that you are a convert. How long ago did you convert? I'm a convert too. As per your response on my comments earlier, I have a few cautions. First, the difference between a gentile and a non-gentile is ...
by Christopher
Sun 20 June 2004 7:15 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Answer Regarding Homosexuality
Replies: 58
Views: 16951

As for kissing, it is very difficult to apply the canons WITH WISDOM in today's situations. Nearly all marriages in the patristic period were arranged and often the spouses to be never met one another prior to the wedding ceremony itself. Furthermore, as an additional safeguard against sexual sin, S...
by Christopher
Tue 8 June 2004 3:08 am
Forum: Praxis
Topic: Bishop Prompts All Orthodox to Stop Watching TV!
Replies: 103
Views: 37362

Theodora Elizabeth: Welcome to the forum-- I know many of the struggles you are talking about. No easy route there. Here is an absolutely crazy off the wall idea-- get a CD player and start listening to foreign language CD's at work-- anything by Pimsleur is the best. Pick a language that sounds int...
by Christopher
Tue 8 June 2004 2:49 am
Forum: Book and Media Reviews
Topic: AN ORTHODOX VIEW OF HARRY POTTER
Replies: 166
Views: 62856

Hey folks: I thought I would throw in my two cents here. I think that major dilemma in letting children read HP is similar to dressing up for Halloween. I mean, a child has innocence and does not know the history of nor the significance of either. We, as adults do. A child certainly does no evil but...
by Christopher
Sat 5 June 2004 3:25 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Byzantine Cause
Replies: 12
Views: 4226

Konstantinos: First let me say that I've never quite run into someone making this claim before-- it's a pretty wild claim for someone living in a country (America) that does not grant titles of nobility. So, I did a little research into the issue. The best place to establish your claim is the Englis...