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- Mon 15 January 2018 8:40 am
- Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
- Topic: Immaculate Conception dogma
- Replies: 35
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Re: Immaculate Conception dogma
Excuse me but I would like insist in the same idea: the uniqueness of the cross. Florovsky said (*) : "The mystery of the Incarnation was a mystery of the love divine, of the divine identification with lost man. And the climax of Incarnation was the cross. It is the turning point of human desti...
- Sun 14 January 2018 11:02 pm
- Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
- Topic: Immaculate Conception dogma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17528
Re: Immaculate Conception dogma
Thanks d9popov for the explanations and references. Something which strike me specially is the convergence between the Catholic and Orthodox distortions mentioned. We can recognize a pattern behind this convergence: the tendence to avoid the cross, favoring a devotion to a divine female. By the way,...
- Sun 14 January 2018 3:40 am
- Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
- Topic: Immaculate Conception dogma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17528
Re: Immaculate Conception dogma
Pleased to meet you Justice and Barbara. Welcome, also, Extranjero ! Where are you from ? I live in Japan, Barbara, but I am argentinian. That's why I chose my nick: "Extranjero" in spanish means "foreigner". Actually there are many Orthodox websites in my language but I didn't f...
- Sat 13 January 2018 7:03 am
- Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
- Topic: Immaculate Conception dogma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17528
Re: Immaculate Conception dogma
Thank you very much Maria and Xenondrum. Thanks for the pdf and the many references. I take note of all you said. Now just a few comments about Catholicism because is something which involves my feellings: I agree with the critical comments from xenondrum. As I am old (60 years), I have seen the cha...
- Sat 13 January 2018 2:14 am
- Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
- Topic: Immaculate Conception dogma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17528
Re: Immaculate Conception dogma
Thank you dear d9popov. I am going to look for those sources you mentioned. By the way, "ecumenism" is a big word which involves many senses. And among those senses there some things I do not accept. My worry was refered just to the Immaculate Conception. As I see, if we focus in the Ortho...
- Fri 12 January 2018 12:28 am
- Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
- Topic: Immaculate Conception dogma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17528
Immaculate Conception dogma
Hello. This is my first post here. I am a Roman Catholic very interested in the Orthodox Tradition. Also I am attending as guest to an Orthodox Church. Meanwhile I try to study all I can find about it. Just now I am reading the Kallistos Ware's book "Orthodox Church". My interest in the Or...