Father Orthoduck recently posted a series on Marge Simpson posing for Playboy magazine. As a result, Father Orthoduck received a comment from a person about the pornography industry in the United States. As a result, Father Orthoduck began to do some research on the subject, and came up with the following article. A 1996 Promise […]
Anglican Church in North America responds to Vatican announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2009 We rejoice that the Holy See has opened this doorway, which represents another step in the growing cooperation and relationship between our Churches. This significant decision represents a recognition of the integrity of the Anglican tradition within the broader Christian church. While we believe that this provision will not […]
Note on Anglicans wishing to enter the Catholic Church
Father Orthoduck says, Anglicans are IN. Press release today from the Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, 20 OCT 2009 (VIS) – In a meeting with journalists held this morning in the Holy See Press Office Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia […]
On the transmission of disease through a common communion cup
“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 […]
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 […]
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