On Abp Gregory's website trueorthodoxy.org, he puts forth many accusations against various groups. Many of these things, if true, are extremely disturbing. I take no sides here, because I understand little of the politics within the Russian Church. But how can one respond to the charge against ROAC-Valentine that Metropolitan Valentine determined that " . . . Baptism in a canonical form is unnecessary for Orthodox, on which basis Met. Valentine received 180 unbaptized Haitians into the ROAC . . ." (see http://www.trueorthodoxy.org/schismatics_aroc.shtml )
Again, I ask only to understand how this accusation came about, not to become an accuser myself. Is Gregory exagerating, or telling absolute lies? I know that often times the author of polemical writings may take a single statement out of its original context. Thus, the author of the polemic can use it to his advantage. But how can we be sure? Some of the pictures Gregory uses within his articles are quite shocking to see.
Please see my last post to my weblog: http://orthodoxynow.blogspot.com/2006/0 ... on-of.html
