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To: Zemo

"The Orthodox consider the Catholics to be a fellow Apostolic church that has fallen into heresy and schism and thus their business - especially since the Pope has made a reconciliation with the Orthodox his mission. So that makes what the Catholics do, Orthodox business."

No, what they believe as dogmatic matters of Faith is our business but even then only because of the reunion dialog. Their disciplinary practices, to the extent they aren't heretical, and God knows a celibate priesthood isn't, are absolutely none of Orthodoxy's business. Why would we care about their rules for their priests in their particular church? As long as they are men and their bishops aren't married, we have nothing to say nor should we.


75 posted on 12/16/2006 3:39:14 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
Why would we care about their rules for their priests in their particular church? Because a universal church has univeral rules as I recon it.
87 posted on 12/16/2006 4:52:16 PM PST by Zemo ('Anyone who is able to speak the truth and does not do so will be condemned by God.' - St. Justin)
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