tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post893912443498234840..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Met. Hilarion interviewed after Havana summitByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-83893018009321640792016-02-24T11:58:31.210-06:002016-02-24T11:58:31.210-06:00Thank you Dr. Butcher for the additional links to ...Thank you Dr. Butcher for the additional links to articles. Steve_Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700596373993979010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-62478512853070212082016-02-21T14:26:48.914-06:002016-02-21T14:26:48.914-06:00I do not think that Metropolitan Hilarion and his ...I do not think that Metropolitan Hilarion and his church have any sense of moral values except when it suits them.<br /><br />The Moscow Patriarchate is seeking to take over the Russian Orthodox Cemetery at Caucade, Nice, France, as well as the properties and buildings of the Russian Orthodox community in Nice under Constantinople, despite a Court Order expressly denying them those properties.<br /><br />Has Metropolitan Hilarion, who has a D.Phil from the University of Oxford, forgotten a basic tenet of Christian life - "Thou shalt not steal"?Triggstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207102854621511529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-17125850601878854462016-02-21T14:24:26.149-06:002016-02-21T14:24:26.149-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Triggstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207102854621511529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-10174621257358359582016-02-21T08:37:48.487-06:002016-02-21T08:37:48.487-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dr. Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490187143300157804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-84886540292657089702016-02-21T08:37:30.949-06:002016-02-21T08:37:30.949-06:00I very much appreciate this blog, but would apprec...I very much appreciate this blog, but would appreciate it if you publish the following, to bring some balance to your coverage of this important event:<br /><br />https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/02/called-to-unity<br /><br />And this piece, which responds directly to Metr. Hilarion's comments:<br /><br />http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/4591/pope_francis_calls_havana_joint_declaration_debatable_understands_ukrainians_might_feel_betrayed.aspx<br /><br />Metr. Hilarion does not understand, nor relay accurately, how the UGCC or the Pope view what transpired in Havana.<br /><br />SbDcn. Brian A. Butcher, PhD <br />Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology<br />Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies<br />Director, Centre for Abrahamic Studies & Interfaith Activities (in development)<br />Saint Paul University<br />223 Main Street, Ottawa ON K1S 1C4 Canada<br />Tel: 613-236-1393, ext. 2011<br />E-mail: bbutcher@ustpaul.caDr. Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490187143300157804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-82901277906227840122016-02-19T20:01:48.458-06:002016-02-19T20:01:48.458-06:00"Those statements show that the administratio..."Those statements show that the administration of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has not changed its position"<br /><br />Fortunately the MP has changed his, by formally recognizing the right of the UGCC to exist and to minister to its people. The only commission needed now is to hold the MP to its statement, by for example, allowing UGCC ministry in Crimea.David Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910337488097178145noreply@blogger.com