Posted on 01/27/2007 6:12:35 AM PST by NYer
Don't even get me started on that one Chappy!
At least they aren't calling the Muslims Protestant.
"They never were sure what to do with the Orthodox."
LOL! That figures! Who does? My Dad's two favorite priests were both chaplains; one Latin, a rear admiral, the other Orthodox and a four striper; both Navy.
I've seen so-called "Mormon Protestants," "7th Day Adventist Protestants," "Church of Scientology Protestants," etc., etc.
It's enough to make a Christian gag.
Meant to add that our fellow Freeper pachomius73 is now at the GOA seminary at Brookline, Ma. Went there after his return from a tour in Iraq. He has re-upped and when he is ordained in three years, he will be an Orthodox chaplain in the Army National Guard.
Congrats, pachomius73.
If you're not already a Chaplain Candidate, become one. You get to train and get retirement points.
Discuss the issues, but do NOT make it personal.
"Congrats, pachomius73.
If you're not already a Chaplain Candidate, become one. You get to train and get retirement points."
Back at the parish we are VERY, VERY PROUD of him, sinfully so, I'm afraid! :) (We miss him and his wife and kids too, the oldest of whom is my goddaughter!)
While in ROTC I was in the Simultaneous Membership Program. Basically it put non-scholarship cadets into the Guard or Reserve, (I missed the graduation requirement age by 6 months, came in to late) and gave us E5 pay, drill time, and GI bill money.
The one thing it didn't do was count towards was pay and retirement. Anyway, back in 94(?) I saw an Army Times headline that read: Some Officers Get Pay Raise." That caught my eye and as I read the article I saw that the SMP grads would have their time count for pay.
Instant pay raise!
We need good Chaplains.
When will he graduate? Hopefully before I retire. (No idea when that will be)
That wasn't a Catholic nun.
It was a protestant pimp nun.
"We need good Chaplains.
When will he graduate? Hopefully before I retire. (No idea when that will be)"
2010, I believe. he got back from Iraq last spring and entered the seminary last August. He had doubts about re-upping, but some of us old bulls, a couple of young priests and a Metropolitan got to him!
He'll make a wonderful chaplain. Because he spent time in a Protestant theological school before becoming Orthodox, he has an excellent grasp of scripture (we call him our walking concordance) and a better understanding of the American mindset than many born Orthodox priests, in my opinion.
For the sake of this discussion, sure. I am still waiting for an answer.
The question really should be, why are they, children of God, doing that and why are they enabled by other children of God?
I thought I did.
As an Evangelical Protestant, I have no problem learning from their great-great-grandchildren, such as Thomas Aquinas, G.K. Chesterton, and so forth. I'm also looking forward to reading B16's upcoming book.
Make no mistake: I have severe disagreements with Catholicism, and I am aware of them when I read them. But those disagreements are not where the battle of today is. The battle is not amongst those who have good-faith differences about the authority of the Church, the Communion of the Saints, the Sacraments, and so forth. No, the real battle today is against secular post-modernists who want to break people of their faith, against a world that wants to distract us with its baubles, and against an errant heart that wants to buy into the lies of the world so I can do what I know I should hate.
My enemies are not other Christians. It's the world, the flesh and the devil.
Who is enabling them?
I've already explained what's going on here.
Where are their priests?
The problem is not what you listed. When Trent anathematized Sola Fide we parted ways.
Oh, that part.
No
I talking big picture here, not your individual situation, which you have already clarified.
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