Putin on mount Athos sat on the throne of the Byzantine emperors (trunc)

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[ichabod1]

I love it! THink of all the intelligence you could get at confession!

[05 Mustang GT Rocks]

Any communist/socialist infested place could use a Pinochet, and observing the recent “protests” we are getting darn close to it.

[1rudeboy]

Time for a small semantics lesson. You used the term “the church.” You meant “his church.” And he’ll toss the Orthodox overboard the moment Patriarch Kirill deviates from his Kremlin-approved lines.

[05 Mustang GT Rocks]

Ha, ha, I don’t think the Orthodox do confessions the way the Catholics do.

[ebb tide]

I’m surprised he kept his shirt on.

[Navy Patriot]

When Putin met with W in Crawford, Texas he said he was an atheist.

Wow, I always thought Bush was a Christian.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Do you see anybody else stepping up? He is smart.

[Biggirl]

As I have said on other threads, the protesters are handing the election to Trump.

[Romulus]

Well, Jesus Christ is his favorite philosopher. Draw your own conclusions.

[dfwgator]

Bushes worship Saudi Oil.

[Popman]

——Allegedly——

???

Didn’t Putin invade and annex Crimean and Georgia under false pretenses?

[Chaguito]

“It wasn’t until the double-whammy of 1) his wife’s car accident in 1993 and 2) a life-threatening house fire in 1996 that Putin began questioning his atheism. During a vulnerable moment before Putin departed for a diplomatic trip to Israel, his mother gave him a baptismal cross. He said of the occasion:

I did as she said and then put the cross around my neck. I have never taken it off since.3

Now, Putin has become a bit of a zealot. “

http://hollowverse.com/vladimir-putin/

Good site, BTW, for summaries of religious leanings of well-known people.

[Larry Lucido]

Impressive apparel. Though there is much to be said for the Latvian Orthodox, also.

[MarMema]

It was HIS baptismal cross.
Just fyi.

[The Duke]

If Putin poisons journalists then I think we could use about a dozen Putins.

[VerySadAmerican]

In the proper sentence structure the noun is “Putin”. Therefore, the first pronoun refers to the “Putin”.

If I wanted to say W was a Christian I would have written:

“When Putin met with W, a Christian, in Crawford, Texas he said he was an atheist.”

[Tax-chick]

In choosing the antecedent for a pronoun, a case can be made that the antecedent is the subject of the sentence (Putin). Alternatively, a case can be made that the antecedent is the nearest appropriate noun (W).

In either case: Crawford ... comma ... Texas ... comma!!!

[VerySadAmerican]

Cool

[Tax-chick]

That was your official Midnight Punctuation lesson. Please tip your server ...

[Kolokotronis]

Putin sat on the "Θρόνος", the "Throne" which all Orthodox churches have. Usually it's for a bishop, but any big wig can sit on them. I suspect one of the God Ordained emperors may well have sat on this particular one, but it wasn't then nor is it now reserved for emperors.