As a general proposition, he was not particularly well thought of among Orthodox people, from hierarchs on down. It was precisely this personality cult, what we saw as his showman style and frankly his distinctly un-Orthodox, rather loose theology which turned us off. That said, I oubt his personal holiness wasnt doubted. You know what we think of +BXVI.
I didn't know the Orthodox felt that way about JP2. And what do they think of B16?
36 posted on 05/22/2008 9:31:45 AM PDT by E. Cartman
(Screw MacCain and the elephant he rode in on.)