... I am not totally flamiliar with the Coltrane Church, so I can't comment in detail on it, but indeed there is a wide difference (from a Western perspective)...
... Adam, 1. Preaching is especially needed on Good Friday, that we might rightly understand the nature of Christ's death upon the Cross, and it's impact on ...
For Thomas and James both, University of Pittsburgh/EdGate has the best single site I've found so far on vocal health and physiology. I haven't had time to...
... Hi Thomas. again, let me clarify: I was not saying that the Coltrane church had been accepted by Rome (assuming Rome had ever heard of it), but only...
... Well, you did in effect say this. and you used this as a "magical" (your word) Catholic theology. It is just all bunk, and you used it as case to ...
Of course, on the rare occasion that Annunciation coincides with Great and Holy Friday, there will in fact be a celebration of the complete Liturgy of St. John...
FWIW, Metropolitan Laurus of ROCOR is traveling to Russia in May to meet with Patriarch Alexi of the MP and it just so happens that my parish priest will be in...
This was actually the case with an unofficial study of Swedish orders at the request of the Vatican published in 1944 by Theodore van den Haag at the request...
Frank Senn
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Apr 2, 2004 2:31 am
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You asked me if I know of any case of a Lutheran pastor in the Reformation period who moved to the Catholic side and wanted to pastor there. The most...
Frank Senn
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Apr 2, 2004 2:31 am
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This if for Doug and Frank... Within the Book of Concord, in Power and Primacy of the Pope, we have the famous citation of the example of the Church at...
Yes, the :Lutherans could appeal to Jerome and the Alexandrians. Arthur Carl Piepkorn, in an essay in *Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue IV: Eucharist and...
Frank Senn
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Apr 2, 2004 2:54 pm
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Dear Kenneth: Thanks for adding this bit. I was trying to keep it simple (as if the Typicon is in any way 'simple'!). I must confess that there are times...
... We basically still do this today. When a bishop dies, the people and the priests set one of their own over them. At least ideally one of their own; in...
Did you mean to say "I just don't believe that a Bishop in a city 20, 50 or 200 miles away can effectively provide..." It sounds very much like you and I are...
... You're showing, if I understand you correctly, a rather Americo-centric viewpoint. Here in the UK most dioceses are based on the borders of counties. But...
... County size in the US varies greatly. Counties fifty miles across are not unusual, and it can be much larger in the Western states. Some of the ...
... John, It widely varies in the United States. I'll give you three examples. 1) I live in Madison County. The County Seat is a city named Anderson. If I...
... Thomas, I would tend to argue for the ancient principal. 1) There is one Christian congregation (or at least, one of each kind of Christian Congregation!)...
I think there is a need to explore the question of the nature of the episcopacy, especially the essential difference between bishops and presbyters. As I have...
... <SNIP> The problem is, how do we do this on a practical level? Internet discussion groups are fine, but I doubt there is anyone in Rome, Canterbury, or...
Historically, bishops in the ancient Mediterranean world had oversight of urban churches and therefore were titled "bishop of (name of city)." Their...
Frank Senn
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Apr 4, 2004 12:07 am
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Dear Fr. Robert: That seems to be what the Mormons do. When a Ward (parish) starts getting too large, they split off another one. Of course they save money...
Dear John, Counties in the US can vary quite a bit, and in fact not all states have counties. Louisiana has parishes (but their law is also based on French ...
I would say because of lines of commuication. In rural counties a county would make a good diocese because most people have most of their dealings in the...
Maybe some of us should just take it into our own hands. I rather suspect that many of us on this list are more alike in theology, than we are with members of...
... It seems that counties are a bigger deal in some states than in others. Someone from Texas, for instance, might introduce themselves as being from, say,...
... That's true. The importance and place of counties (or their equivalent) varies widely. It has also changed over the years. Up until the 1960's counties...
Very true, something interesting about this list, is I learn a lot of cultural and other geography about the US and other places that I might not ever have...
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