“Bacteriological experiments have shown that the occasional transmission of micro-organisms is unaffected by the alcoholic content of the wine, the constituent material of the cup or the practice of partially rotating it, but is appreciably reduced when a cloth is used to wipe the lip of the cup between communicants. Nevertheless, transmission does not necessarily […]
Archives for 2009
A small conundrum for states’ rights supporters
There is an interesting development on drug policy that will pose an interesting conundrum for some of the advocates of states’ rights. What is the states’ rights movement? States’ rights in U.S. politics and constitutional law refers to the rights and political powers that U.S. states possess in relation to the federal government, as guaranteed […]
On Frodo and post-traumatic stress syndrome – PTSD
Most Christians reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy never think about the symptoms that Frodo exhibited after his journey. By the time in the book that his behavior is described, we are near the end of the trilogy. By that time, we are all happy about the victories that have been won. The King […]
On Holy Tradition and democracy
G.K. Chesterton — Orthodoxy: I have never been able to understand where people got the idea that democracy was in some way opposed to tradition. It is obvious that tradition is only democracy extended through time. It is trusting to a consensus of common human voices rather than to some isolated or arbitrary record. The […]
On the GOP and Jackie Robinson
From the GOP.com website: In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball in the United States, as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Not only was he a great athlete, Jackie Robinson was also a great Republican. He campaigned for Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign in 1960 and then supported […]
I am an episcopal groupie
I am a groupie. Yes, I admit it. I am a groupie. Yesterday some of my groupie fantasies were fulfilled. I was present at the ground breaking ceremony for a new building at Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Melbourne, Florida, USA. Present there was a man whom I highly admire, His Grace Demetrios, Bishop of […]
The very image of a modern Orthodox
I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical; I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I’m teeming […]
Those who can’t criticize
Every pastor that Father Orthoduck knows is aware of the phenomenon in the comic above. For every pastor has the opposite of the cheering squad sitting in one’s church. These are the people who are convinced that they could do it better, but won’t try. And, Father Orthoduck suspects that they won’t try simply because […]
Marge Simpson, we hardly knew ye
As Father Orthoduck has mentioned, the early feminist movement was completely against Playboy magazine, and was against pornography. So, how did it become acceptable for women to declare themselves feminist precisely by posing for Playboy? Yesterday Father Orthoduck pointed out that the answer is similar to and in parallel to what happened to the Radical […]
On the current political debates
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