tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5404852795042369816..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Interfaith debatesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-11942665033834067262007-06-02T14:46:00.000-04:002007-06-02T14:46:00.000-04:00orthodox said:"Who speaks for a particular Orthodo...orthodox said:<BR/><BR/>"Who speaks for a particular Orthodox Church? Each church speaks on things that they want to speak on."<BR/><BR/>Which confirms my original point: there is no such thing as the Orthodox Church, only Orthodox churches.<BR/><BR/>" a consensus seems to be emerging that the Oriental Orthodox now consider the whole split to be a misunderstanding."<BR/><BR/>A 1500+ year old "misunderstanding"? So what possible confidence can there be in having a true understanding?stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-33659533282362332972007-05-31T23:32:00.000-04:002007-05-31T23:32:00.000-04:00Strange posting. Who speaks for a particular Ortho...Strange posting. Who speaks for a particular Orthodox Church? Each church speaks on things that they want to speak on. Who speaks for Steve? Maybe Steve? What is the point?<BR/><BR/>Oriental Orthodox: Meetings between the Oriental Orthodox and other churches, protestant, reformed, Catholic and Orthodox, a consensus seems to be emerging that the Oriental Orthodox now consider the whole split to be a misunderstanding. e.g.<BR/><BR/>http://www.warc.ch/dt/erl1/21.html<BR/>"Now the misunderstanding that happened during the Council of Chalcedon is being removed and Christological agreements are being reached among Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian churches."<BR/><BR/>So I don't see a great deal of comfort coming to protestants from the Chalcedonian split. And if there is any free pass going on with this split, then there are ten thousand free passes in protestantism with all their splits.orthodoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445301151975209564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28674515097618632632007-05-31T04:13:00.000-04:002007-05-31T04:13:00.000-04:00there is no such thing as The Orthodox Church. It ...<I>there is no such thing as The Orthodox Church. It never existed.</I><BR/><BR/>This reminds me of that very short, 20-something word story of Arthur C. Clarke (or was it Isaac Asimov?). It ends in "Cancel program. It never HAD existed".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-76635771110715490332007-05-31T04:09:00.000-04:002007-05-31T04:09:00.000-04:00Who speaks for Greek Orthodoxy? Cyril of Alexandri...<I>Who speaks for Greek Orthodoxy? Cyril of Alexandria or Theodore of Mopsuestia?</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, none.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-77639550953021610082007-05-31T03:27:00.000-04:002007-05-31T03:27:00.000-04:00I definately see the point you are trying to get a...I definately see the point you are trying to get at. There might be a problem with Orthodoxy for this reason.<BR/><BR/>I don't mean to sound inflammatory, (which is how questions like these sometimes sound...) but doesn't your argument cut both ways? Can't I even use your argument to point out the vagueness of Christianity in general? So for instance I could ask this: who speaks for Christians?<BR/><BR/>Again, Im not trying to sound like a jerk. But I do want to know why these kinds of questions don't put all Christians in an equal amount of trouble.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the interesting post.MGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961603927935499412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-36761753091674835172007-05-30T20:58:00.000-04:002007-05-30T20:58:00.000-04:00What an excellent post, if just for the comment ab...What an excellent post, if just for the comment about the Oriental Orthodox. Very presuppositional.<BR/><BR/>If we grant their high-church presuppositions, how can we decide between the two?geoffrobinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949411893531888555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-42183779770360054022007-05-30T11:58:00.000-04:002007-05-30T11:58:00.000-04:00"Besides, you're not Eastern Orthodox and you just..."Besides, you're not Eastern Orthodox and you just don't understand anyway..."<BR/><BR/>Heh, that's one of the reasons people like James White have not debated Eastern Orthodoxy. It's hard to define, and most of its proponents would rather talk about "the prayers and liturgy" and "mystery" rather than exegete a passage.MariePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068136449955788896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-30144067976202997392007-05-30T11:51:00.000-04:002007-05-30T11:51:00.000-04:00C'mon Steve, just ask an Orthodox priest. It's si...C'mon Steve, just ask an Orthodox priest. It's simple.<BR/><BR/>Unless the Orthodox priest disagrees with the Orthodox layman who has been trying to defend the EOC here in the combox. Then, well, it gets complicated.<BR/><BR/>Besides, you're not Eastern Orthodox and you just don't understand anyway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-24042503662657437272007-05-30T11:39:00.000-04:002007-05-30T11:39:00.000-04:00Steve asked:---They also need to explain who speak...Steve asked:<BR/>---<BR/>They also need to explain who speaks for Eastern Orthodox, and why.<BR/>---<BR/><BR/>You mean it's not Orthodox?!?! :-oPeter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.com