Posted on 08/16/2020 2:11:25 PM PDT by ebb tide
All will be seen as quislings and none will have much influence on religious voters.
Should have let the place burn down.
“...faith leaders”
It seems that Archbishop Elpidophoros will just deliver a benediction. Hopefully relatively harmless!
Maybe he—or another Orthodox heirarch—can do the same at the Republican convention!
Why would anybody give blessing to a convention of baby killers?
Other faith leaders scheduled to speak include the Rev. Gabriel Salguero, the Florida-based pastor who founded the National Latino Evangelical Coalition; Jerry Young of the Mississippi-based New Hope Baptist Church; Archbishop Elpidophoros, leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; and Rabbi Lauren Berkun, vice president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.
I got the above from another post because I can't read the NYT article (have to be a subscriber).
Does the rest of the article mention that there is a Novus Ordo priest too?
Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners!!!!
Blessing killers at a killers’ convention is not saving them.
It isn’t sufficiently inclusive until they begin the convention with “Hail Satan!”
Yes, Francis' pet priest, Fr. James Martin, S.J., will speak at the convention.
We’ll see what Elpi has to say. I doubt that he will bless baby-killing!
At the last Dim convention, the Dims booed God Himself. They may just ignore any invocation and benedictions from clergy this time, or curse them, either in private or in public!! But the ministry of these clergy might just “save a few”. Who knows?
I’m following this whole issue on a conservative Orthodox (and Greek-background) website, http://www.monomakhos.com
A benediction is a blessing.
Yes. But we just have to see what and whom he (and all the other clergy) bless, and who curses them in return.
At the last Dim convention, when the great majority of the delegates cursed and booed God, things didn’t work out very well for them, did they? We’ll see what happens this time!!!!
Here’s a brief historical view of Greek Orthodox hierarchs participating in political conventions:
....Abp. Elpidophoros will offer the benediction on Wednesday, the third night of the [2020 Democrat] convention.
His predecessor, Archbishop Demetrios, also offered benedictions at several conventions. For example, he delivered the benediction at the Republican National Convention in 2012, and at the Democratic National Convention in 2016...
https://orthochristian.com/133368.html
From a different article:
Dem Convention Features Fr. James Martin
Martin will be featured during the pinnacle of the convention, after former vice president Biden, the then-official Democrat nominee for president, accepts his nomination.
Fr. James Martin's ambiguous language and attempts to ignore the Church's doctrine on homosexual acts keep him out of step with authentic Catholic Tradition and official Church teaching.Tweet
Martin will be joined by Rabbi Berkun, a female rabbi who is vice president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and Imam Dr. Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, who is described as a "Muslim faith-based social justice activist ... [who] has been the religious and spiritual leader of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, Inc."
One challenge of the DNCC was to tap media-prominent clergy and other so-called religious leaders of the major faiths of the United States who align with the party of death's official platform. The official draft of the Democratic Party Platform 2020 includes the following:
Democrats believe that every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We will restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides vital preventive and reproductive health care for millions of women, especially low-income women and women of color, and LGBTQ+ people, including in underserved areas. Democrats oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to women’s reproductive health and rights. We will repeal the Hyde Amendment and protect and codify Roe v. Wade.
False teachers. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. The redemption plan requires repentance. The God who created Pleiades and Orion and sent His Son for us is not moved by these infidels.
Here is the Archbishop’s message (both video and slightly different text):
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