That is strange. I can say that the "other" Easterners (i.e. Orthodox) do not believe any of what you posted the Maronite priest stated -- and I don't belive the Maronites believe it either. I am pinging a Maronite freeper for an insider comment.
Unless I am sadly mistaken, this Maronite priest you mention is on a fringe and does not relefct what the Maronite Church teaches as a full member of the Vatican community.
That is strange. I can say that the "other" Easterners (i.e. Orthodox) do not believe any of what you posted the Maronite priest stated -- and I don't belive the Maronites believe it either. I am pinging a Maronite freeper for an insider comment.
I'm telling you. You have to be careful with modernists in the Church and you can't just depend on their "rite". It took me three hours of conversation to get this guy to open up with his true beliefs. Everything is couched. The words he uses and says he believes in do not mean the same things as they do to as traditional Catholic of whatever rite. I often wondered why the Society of Saint Pius X works with traditional priests of other rites as well. It turns out that there are many good priests resisting the post-Vatican II changes that have crept into the Eastern rites.
Unless I am sadly mistaken, this Maronite priest you mention is on a fringe and does not relefct what the Maronite Church teaches as a full member of the Vatican community.
Well, he's in good standing in a very large Maronite community that is thriving in the eparchy. I'm sure he comes off as just fine and "conservative" to most. I'm sure he sincerely believes he's a good Catholic. But he's a heretic. It's like dealing with a Mormon. They believe in "the Trinity" but it's not THE Trinity.