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- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...