A Response to “On administering Holy Communion in a Time of a Plague”
This was sent to me and deserves a read. You can read the Calivas article here . We can all agree that we are living in unusual times. However, the nature and extent of the illness that we face, and the proper response of the Church, is a matter of much disagreement. We have seen various responses to the COVID-19 epidemic: calls to close our Churches as infectious vectors, and demands to open them as places of spiritual healing. Directives a) ordering the cessation of sacramental life as part of an effort to “flatten the curve,” and cries for access to the divine grace that flows forth from those very mysteries; b) calling for the restriction of “at-risk persons,” and serious questions about the validity of such controls, c) instructions to liturgists to wear personal protective equipment during the celebration of the divine services and the distribution of the holy Mysteries, and uncertainty about the fitness of such practices. Who has been championing what and on behalf of whom? The ...
It's not a true Greek Baptism, its a true ORTHODOX Baptism. Exorcisms and renouncing the devil, which Ali apparently doesn't take seriously.
ReplyDeleteYou might have accidentally gotten my point.
DeleteToo subtle Josephus for internet time ;)
DeleteWow, never heard of her before, hope I never do again.
DeleteLook, it's Luke Skywalker!
ReplyDeleteTotal lack of preperation appreciation or even common decency. George Stephanopolis is the epitome of a secular Orthodox.
ReplyDeleteWhy did she not know of the triple immersion?
I'm assuming she was dumbing it down for her audience. This isn't exactly a show on Christian theology. I thought it was pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteDebD why do you make that assumption?
DeleteThe fact that she highlights the intensity in the faith and soberness of the Orthodox Church is good; the interesting thing to me is that she also highlights the Greeks as THE body of the entire Church (the world0wide rest of which there is no mention) and then so cast (in a strange and negative narrative) anglos as incompatible and alien to the True Church. Subtle in a way, but an ongoing narrative in culture these days; a divide and conquer (through ecumenical absorbance of the Church by the WCC etc.)
DeleteAnd , of course, the mocking of the existence of the devil and his minion, adding to the ignorance and denial in this world of the Devil constantly at work in all spheres to destabilize and destroy the One , Holy , Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church. (and evidently using this one ,but failing again, as she highlights the sobriety of Faith in the Orthodox Church : )
DeleteTry making fun of Islam on public media. See where that gets you.
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