makis wrote:Up till a certain point I can agree with that, but the point is, does that allow anybody to behave in such a way?
Perhaps it was too much. But just as the anti-ecumenists must bear with self-reproach accusations of being extremist and self-righteous, the ecumenists must (and from the anti-ecumenical point of view) bear the implications of being "in error". And did not the passage that OOD presented deal with error in the church? I dont think he meant it as malicious slander, just a manifestation of a problem (ie heresy itself) that the church has had to deal with since its beginning, and will have to deal with until the end-times. But OOD can speak for himself, and I dont know him or pretend to characterize his thoughts with authority... I just interpreted them differently myself when I read them, even though the quote is a bit shocking.
Noah
Noah wrote:Does anyone know anyone who left a traditionalist synod for a modernist one BECAUSE of ecumenism and the calendar? (my impression is that this is an unheard of phenomenon)
Noah
Well... the Bulgarian diocese of the OCA used to be in ROCOR--Bishop Kyrill of the OCA was consecrated by Metropolitan Philaret. Perhaps they left because the calendar and ecumenism became factors in ROCOR's isolation?