On my last post Steve made a comment that jumped ahead and saw part of where I am going with this whole discussion, he said, “Maybe these Catholics are really Protestants after all?” To which I replied: Steve, you win the “seeing-ahead” prize. Whether it makes it into this series or not, one of the […]
When is a good Orthodox (or Catholic) not a good Orthodox? part 03
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https://calif-ilc.org/1ua9mamln Let me repeat a phrase from the day before yesterday, “Orthodox and Catholic alike are asked to deeply consider and listen to the pastoral guidance given by those synods. . . our responsibility as Orthodox and Catholic when we disagree with a pastoral letter is first to consider how we may be personally wrong. We […]
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When is a good Orthodox (or Catholic) not a good Orthodox? part 02
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https://juristas-ruidos.org/y5j9i5omu From a couple of comments I understand that some think that this series is meant to jump on conservative Christians. That is only partially true. Actually, as you will see, it is my opinion that both the conservative and the progressive “Christians” are making exactly the same mistake when it comes to politics and Christianity. […]
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Mark Sanford and the Religious Right
Warning, warning, warning, the following quote is from a quite liberal commentator. Read it with that understanding. June 26, 2009 | Whenever the latest Republican politician is caught with his zipper undone, a predictable moment of introspection on the right inevitably ensues. Pundits, bloggers and perplexed citizens ruminate over the lessons they have learned, again […]
The Lost Art of Righteousness – Fr. Orthohippo
Fr. Orthohippo recently posted the below on his post. It is a good analysis about the masks the self-righteousness bears. It was interesting to Father Orthoduck that conventionality is one of the better masks worn by the Pharisee. ==================== “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail […]
Second Amendment pumpkin chuckin
Father Orthoduck wishes to contribute this video to the Second Amendment discussion on one of Father Ernesto’s posts. This is a video of the Second Amendment, the world champion pumpkin chucking gun for several years running. Last that Father Orthoduck read they had not yet reached the one mile mark in chucking that pumpkin, but […]
Susan Pevensie and salvation
Have you ever had a fictional character so stick in your mind that you keep returning to that character? Obviously the characters in the C.S. Lewis series, The Chronicles of Narnia, are such characters. But, among them stands one character that makes me ache when I think of her. Who is she? Susan Pevensie, Queen […]
Fr. Orthohippo runs 4 July contest
My friend Father Orthohippo is running a 4th of July contest. He asked me to reproduce it below. I have disabled comments on this post because it does no good to post your answer here. You have to click on his name, at the beginning of this paragraph, and go to the website to enter the […]
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