I am happy to say that someone from the Western Rite Vicariate of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese made a comment on the part 01 post on instruments in worship. This is a very important post because it mentions that the Western Rite Vicariate is allowed to use the organ as part of their worship service. […]
Why do the Orthodox not use instruments in worship? Part 01
As most of you can tell, the server that hosts this blog was down, or at least unreliable, for several hours, so this is getting posted several hours later than normal. We often get asked why the Eastern Orthodox do not use instruments in worship. While it is true that some of the Greek Orthodox […]
What is an average church?
I am going to quote part of a post from another blog today. If you want to read it in full, you will need to go to Internetmonk to read it all. I highly commend the article. It will make you think a lot. And, I hope you remember your high school math as you […]
Forcing yourself to run the race, part 03
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. We get so caught up in our […]
Forcing yourself to run the race, part 02
Sometimes we are so busy disagreeing with one another that we forget how often we give very similar sounding advice or how often we handle a given situation in very similar ways. I have before argued for the Orthodox view of faith and works, but this time, I would rather look at how often we […]
Forcing yourself to run the race, part 01
One of the problems with a certain type of Christian theology is that it is so afraid that we might try to earn our salvation that it essentially destroys growing in holiness. At the other end is a certain type of Christian theology that almost measures its every act to see whether the person is […]
Patriarch of Russia visits Turkey
From a Turkish news service: Turkey’s Premier Erdogan Receives Patriarch Kirill Published: 7/6/2009 ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Orthodox Church in Ankara on Monday. The meeting lasted for nearly one hour. Head of the Religious Affairs Department Ali Bardakoglu will also meet with Kirill on Monday. […]
Catholics becoming Protestants thinking
The quote below comes courtesy of Fr. Orthohippo. However, as you read it, look back at the series that I have just finished, “When is a good Orthodox (or Catholic) not a good Orthodox?” If you notice, one of my conclusions was that both the conservative and progressive “Orthodox” and “Catholics” had adopted Protestant-style thinking. […]
A year and a day
Today I had one of those sad duties that priests have to do every so often. I was present in a courtroom to watch someone being sentenced to one year and one day in jail after violating his probation. He is forty-some years old and I was sitting next to his 75 year old mother. […]
When is a good Orthodox (or Catholic) not a good Orthodox? part 04
On my last post Steve made a comment that jumped ahead and saw part of where I am going with this whole discussion, he said, “Maybe these Catholics are really Protestants after all?” To which I replied: Steve, you win the “seeing-ahead” prize. Whether it makes it into this series or not, one of the […]
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