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As far as I can tell, Putin faithfully attends religious services and when quizzed by reporters to see if he was faking it, went on for almost half an hour discussing theology. Either he is sincere or a really dedicated liar. Yeltsin didn't attend Church regularly so why should Putin if he isn't sincere?
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Oh Shultz, don't confront me with the facts!
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Schultz wrote:A spawn of the Bolshevism “saves” Russia?!
By replace "Bolshevism" with "brothel" and "Russia" with "France" and say the same thing about St. Mary Magdalene.
You mean Saint Mary of Egypt I think. 
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Most contemporary so called "anti-Sergianism" is really just Donatism. Yes I know that is a term over-used in our day (often slapped on anything party-x perceives as being "intolerant" or "too rigid"), but I think in this case it is rightly used, since the same error of the Donatists is being committed - namely, an exagerated perfectionism (and one which looks primarily at others, rather than inwardly) combined with an inability to forgive (let alone overlook whenever possible).
The fact is that there is no longer a Soviet Union. There is no longer a KGB. Those Churches under the presidency of the Moscow Patriarchate, are no longer led by Bishops who are on the payroll of an anti-ecclessiastically minded secret agency (which no longer exists, as previously mentioned.)
What can be said, is that the MP is not without it's troubles. Also, that it has some Bishops who probably were in some kind of collusion with God-fighting civil authorities, more often than not because of fear and a wicked pragmatism than out of any demonstrable ideological agreement. Well, are they so involved now? Of course not.
But I guess for some, there never will be a better tommorow. There is no looking over yesterdays misdeeds, because they themselves are obviously so free of sin.
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What do you make of the position of some (many?) in the MP, that they can and will condemn the concept of "sergianism," but will not and cannot condemn the person (or "personality") of Pat. Sergius? Is this going far enough? There are certainly examples in Church history of people making critical doctrinal errors and yet being accepted as Orthodox, but is this such a case?
Deacon Nikolai wrote:Schultz wrote:A spawn of the Bolshevism “saves” Russia?!
By replace "Bolshevism" with "brothel" and "Russia" with "France" and say the same thing about St. Mary Magdalene.
You mean Saint Mary of Egypt I think.
haha! good point! its the RC upbringing shining through 
