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To: kosta50; bornacatholic; Pyro7480; Agrarian

I know the Liturgy was not a Sunday Liturgy; that's why I said the canon referred to Sundays. The reason I even mentioned it is that it struck me as odd that Fr. Z commented on it.

"I guess that will be another topic...but again the Orthodox have no leg to stand on as long as they imitate Western Christians in America and are breaking their own obligations with the Councils."

Well, that's certainly true and it is a topic for another time, but I will say that the argument supporting kneeling on Sundays is that the canon is a disciplinary one peculiar to the times it was written, when daily attendance at the Liturgy was common. I don't say I agree with that; indeed I don't, but that is the argument. By they way, I've seen kneeling during the consecration on Sundays in Greece in small villages and large cities so its more widespread than simply America.

By the way, BAC & P, who is this Fr. Z?


16 posted on 12/02/2006 8:24:59 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis; kosta50; bornacatholic; Agrarian
By the way, BAC & P, who is this Fr. Z?

From his blog: "Fr. Z is Moderator of the Catholic Online Forum and the ASK FATHER Question Box. The WDTPRS columns appear weekly in The Wanderer. Fr. Z lives in Rome, though he is often in the USA. He is available for retreats."

18 posted on 12/02/2006 11:40:49 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world." - Pope Blessed Pius IX)
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To: Kolokotronis; bornacatholic; Pyro7480; Agrarian
I know the Liturgy was not a Sunday Liturgy; that's why I said the canon referred to Sundays. The reason I even mentioned it is that it struck me as odd that Fr. Z commented on it

Fr. Z's comment was very appropriate, Kolo. The Orthodox, as a rule (I am speaking now of numbers) do not kneel on Sundays, or any other day for that matter (Pentecost notwithstanding).

23 posted on 12/02/2006 2:26:32 PM PST by kosta50 (Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: Kolokotronis

Convert. He is much loved and admired due to his knowledge of Latin and his zeal. He is the ONLY reason to get The Wanderer


32 posted on 12/03/2006 3:26:31 AM PST by bornacatholic
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