Friday, March 13, 2020

The wisdom of Fr. Thomas Hopko

Posted by Byzantine, TX

2 comments:

  1. JakeMarch 13, 2020 at 7:04 PM

    A friend of mine had taken a masters degree from St. Vlad's in the early 1990's, and she had recorded her classroom lectures including Fr. Thomas's. She loaned me these tapes (this was the mid 1990's) and I would listen to them in the car on the way to and from work. As a neophyte, I recall being slightly aghast when he went into a semi rant about how all the clergy/bishops dress up like (Byzantine) Roman courtier's and how these traditions may or may not be for the Gospel and God's glory today.

    In my opinion, a step in the direction of facing up to these challenges he identifies would be to address in a serious/sustained way at the catechetical level, so that the "liberal" or the "conservative" has at least the opportunity to see these two failure paths. Anyone know if this ever occurs?

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  2. TimmyMarch 14, 2020 at 11:04 AM

    Powerfully relevant & refreshing words of wisdom that challenge & inspire!
    Memory Eternal!

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