Since we are always talking about how the services of the Church speak to her theology (lex orandi est lex credendi) I thought it might be useful to provide a...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 2, 2008 3:01 pm
I thought this was an interesting, coincidental take on the Apostle Paul and 'free will'. It's from a Catholic source, but I had never really 'seen' some of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 5, 2008 2:21 pm
The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/world/europe/06patriarch.html?_r=1&hp Europe Aleksy II, Russian Orthodox Patriarch, Dies at 79 By CLIFFORD...
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phos_hilarion@...
phos_hilarion
Dec 12, 2008 11:12 pm
Greetings all. I've prayed the Canon to the Guardian Angel - found on Myribiblios.net, if I remember rightly. Now that I have the Jordanville, I notice that it...
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randall hay
sr72000
Dec 13, 2008 5:16 am
The "tollhouses" are a pretty minor part of Orthodoxy. Extremely rarely mentioned in the fathers. Fr Seraphim Rose brought it up in a big way, because in the...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 13, 2008 1:22 pm
I think that was a very good explanation, Randall. You are also essentially paraphrasing Fr. Seraphim Rose himself on "How to Understand the Tollhouses", as...
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phos_hilarion@...
phos_hilarion
Dec 13, 2008 4:23 pm
Thank you very much. Your thoughts were very helpful. It is always good to see things from another's eyes. I am not as terribly bothered by toll houses now...
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phos_hilarion@...
phos_hilarion
Dec 13, 2008 4:33 pm
Dear Ones, I have another question for you. Last Saturday we went to Great Vespers and Fr. Don and Fr. Stephen both gave us some of the Holy Bread left over...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Dec 13, 2008 7:27 pm
Not sure what I'd do in your place! It isn't Holy Communion bread, so no elaborate steps need be taken. On the other hand, I wouldn't dump them in the...
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Todd Harman
tharman32
Dec 13, 2008 8:03 pm
I would also think more important than how its disposed of would be your attitude toward it. If it is annoying and you simply brush it into the garbage, I...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 13, 2008 8:31 pm
Scattering in a place where it won't be mistreated (parking lot, near the garbage, outhouse, where the dog does its business) is what I have usually heard....
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Rebecca Wilson
emmy88heaven
Dec 14, 2008 1:08 am
Dear Randall, I usually just read the postings but I wanted to express my appreciation for your non-hysterical explanation/understanding of the...
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randall hay
sr72000
Dec 14, 2008 4:33 am
Rebecca, glad I could help! Incidentally, I came across an interesting bit in St. John Chrysostom about the role of angels in judgement. Commenting on the...
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randall hay
sr72000
Dec 14, 2008 4:42 am
Glad my comments were helpful! I came across an interesting bit by St John Chrysostom on the role of angels, that I included in response to Rebecca.... In...
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phos_hilarion@...
phos_hilarion
Dec 14, 2008 8:26 pm
Well, you are all no fun! I *was* going to have my kids process with icons and incense but I'll forgo that plan now. :D I don't suppose our Lutheran neighbors...
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randall hay
sr72000
Dec 14, 2008 8:56 pm
Hi, guys. One recent topic that came up is the Orthodox definition of "gospel." Our definition, obviously, is broader than the Lutheran. I came across this...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 15, 2008 2:57 pm
This isn't the section I mentioned in a previous post, but it makes some of the same points regarding Fr. Seraphim Rose's presentation of the the teaching...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 15, 2008 3:20 pm
Fr. David Moser lays out rather succinctly some of the issues behind the controversy concerning Fr. Seraphim and the toll-houses: "Fr Seraphim is definitely...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 15, 2008 3:35 pm
... A more extensive extract from the Minutes of a 1980 Session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside or Russia Bishop relayed by ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 15, 2008 5:49 pm
The Truth About Men & Church: On the Importance of Fathering to Churchgoing By Robbie Low* * "The Truth About Men & Church" first appeared in the June, ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 18, 2008 8:43 pm
Fr. Laurence Cleerewerck's Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible (EOB)<http://www.orthodox-church.info/eob/index.asp>is in need of proofreaders. The introductions to...
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BPeter Brandt-Sorheim
donpedrogordo
Dec 20, 2008 5:08 pm
from THE JESUS PRAYER by a Monk of the Eastern Church [Fr Lev Gillet], SVS Press, 1987, pp 100-101: 6, The Body of Christ The invocation of the name of Jesus...
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BPeter Brandt-Sorheim
donpedrogordo
Dec 20, 2008 5:19 pm
http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/gillet_jesus.html BPeter Brandt-Sorheim <donpedrogordo@...> wrote: from THE JESUS PRAYER by a Monk of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 23, 2008 4:06 pm
... Above is a request I received and thought it best to pass on to the eminent and wise members of the list for comment. Some background to this dialogue...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Dec 23, 2008 4:20 pm
Some feedback from J's dialogue partner below: Christopher ... [J]: I'll need to think more on this, but initially I would say that your question doesn't hit...
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Katherine
kitanna59
Jan 1, 2009 12:23 am
I am the "new member" and have always had a leaning towards the East. My husband is an excommunicated Catholic. He did not pay the RCC enough $$ to annul his...
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BPeter Brandt-Sorheim
donpedrogordo
Jan 1, 2009 3:09 pm
adapted from a comment of Hieromonk Elias on another list: "To understand Sacred Tradition... one begins by making prostrations, and in silence, which heals a...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jan 2, 2009 12:50 am
My wife (nondenominational background) and I (Lutheran background) both did well when we became Orthodox. There is plenty reverence, none of the RC medieval...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 3, 2009 3:51 am
It sounds as if your husband is still quite bitter about his experience in the Catholic church. May the Lord help him heal and forgive. It has been my...
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phos_hilarion@...
phos_hilarion
Jan 8, 2009 3:05 pm
Hi Katherine! I'm glad to meet someone new on LLE. I've found them to be a very helpful group and I hope you make good use of them. The blessings of our...
