[Agrarian]

"How can you lose when you stick with the 'A' material? :)"

Indeed. Except I would consider our many and lengthy Scriptural readings to be our "A+" material -- our "A" material is our huge corpus of liturgical texts, which have been honed and polished over countless centuries. :-)

It is no exaggeration to say that if one were to attend an Orthodox Vespers and Matins daily for a year (with the services in a language one understands, of course), with not a single service ever being preached and without reading a single book, one would probably have a better understanding of Christian theology than the average person with an M.Div.

[kosta50]

It is no exaggeration to say that if one were to attend an Orthodox Vespers and Matins daily for a year (with the services in a language one understands, of course), with not a single service ever being preached and without reading a single book, one would probably have a better understanding of Christian theology than the average person with an M.Div.

That seems about right! Amazing.

[annalex]

It is no exaggeration to say that if one were to attend an Orthodox Vespers and Matins daily for a year (with the services in a language one understands, of course), with not a single service ever being preached and without reading a single book, one would probably have a better understanding of Christian theology than the average person with an M.Div.

I don't doubt that for a moment. After all, theology is secondary to liturgy; it is through liturgical union with Christ that we know the Word, Who is Christ Himself. An attempt to discover Christ through scripture alone is about as fruitful as trying to impregnate one's wife through e-mail. See my 4882 for elaboration.

[Forest Keeper]

Indeed. Except I would consider our many and lengthy Scriptural readings to be our "A+" material -- our "A" material is our huge corpus of liturgical texts, which have been honed and polished over countless centuries. :-)

OK, correction noted. :)