tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post1554153861233445400..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Turnabout is fair play?Byzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-53072189807687485802018-09-17T08:04:13.333-05:002018-09-17T08:04:13.333-05:00Hmmmmm. If it's a real church, maybe Moscow w...Hmmmmm. If it's a real church, maybe Moscow would suggest the name "Orthodox Church in Turkey" (OCT) and announce it is autocephalous. Of course then they would ignore it, put patriarchal parishes there and ROCOR would arrive. Sound familiar? The phahar folk are notably unresponsive to anything, try putting a thumbtack on the EP's chair.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039146105983736459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-62702275045967944762018-09-10T20:04:46.930-05:002018-09-10T20:04:46.930-05:00How does the EP think he has authority over a chur...How does the EP think he has authority over a church which isnt even in communion with him?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128240901316040291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-23586815338897375502018-09-10T04:15:04.114-05:002018-09-10T04:15:04.114-05:00Likewise the Filaretians have no apostolic success...Likewise the Filaretians have no apostolic succession. Actually this is a great idea it may even wake up the EP from its malaise in a century from now as Russian missionaries are better than Greek and can push back from Turkish discrimination. By the time the schism is healed there may actually be 100,000 Orthodox in Turkey with actual parishes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14417175420814677236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-39704409555168049582018-09-10T02:11:21.637-05:002018-09-10T02:11:21.637-05:00I think the MP getting involved with the Turkish O...I think the MP getting involved with the Turkish Orthodox Church, which doesn't have valid episcopal consecrations and has married patriarchs (or at least has historically) is very implausible, unless they were able to somehow just appropriate its legal identity as a means of starting MP parishes. Probably not their first move by any means, though.Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.com