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To: RedDogzRule
If you want accurate, conservative, divine liturgy, and historical doctrine without liberal compromise, join the Orthodox Church.

That raises the question, Which Orthodox Church? There are several in the United States. This of course is non-canonical, but overlapping jurisdictions seem to be the rule here for the Orthodox Churches.

As for the OCA, members of that church are comparing their new Metropolitan Jonah to Barack Obama. He even mentioned Obama in his speech before being elected Metropolitan. Why would anybody want to join a church whose head carries the mantle of Obama?

Traditionally, Orthodox Christians vote Democrat. I don't see any indication of that changing.

13 posted on 12/03/2008 2:40:21 PM PST by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: stripes1776
Traditionally, Orthodox Christians vote Democrat.

That's certainly not true in my Orthodox parish, at least as evidenced by the political bumper stickers and pro-life license plates I see on cars in the church parking lot.

You have a point about the overlapping Orthodox jurisdictions. That does not, however, bother me very much. Perhaps that's because by tghe time I left TEC the only dogma the heretics seemed to care about was jurisdictional purity ("Don't cross my boundaries, bro!").

I am a member of an Antiochian Orthodox parish. We tend to have large numbers of converts, perhaps because of the mass entry of the Evangelical Orthodox Church. You might feel right at home in a convert parish. There are some Orthodox parishes that use a Divine Liturgy based on the 1928 Prayer Book. I am happy myself with the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

I had not heard about Metropolitan Jonah's comment about Obama. That surprises me, but I'd like to hear the context. I listened to some of his talks on Ancient Faith Radio and he seemed uninterested in politics, only in Jesus Christ. Given his statements about stopping the tragedy of homosexuality and the importance of reaching out to traditional Episcopalians, I would be very surprised if he is a lib. He may be somewhat naive, after all he spent the last 12 years in a monastery.

25 posted on 12/04/2008 9:33:07 AM PST by Martin Tell (Happily lurking in one location for over ten years)
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