Fr. Al Kimel on the 12 Differences between the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches

Vivificat! - News, Opinion, Commentary & Reflections from a personal Catholic perspective ^ | 12 August 2009 | Fr. Al Kimel

[getoffmylawn]

This is really a beautiful post. I feel so lucky to have been raised cradle Orthodox. Everything in this post resonates so true to me.

[getoffmylawn]

This was a pretty interesting thread, and then suddenly it’s like someone left a window open and Satan’s flying monkeys came in and have infiltrated the place and started throwing their feces everywhere. It’s to the point I can’t even read the FR Prots’ poste anymore without feeling like I need a shower afterward. It’s very sad :(

[conservonator]

Funny, I heard almost the same thing, except that it was the Church of Rome that is coming back to The Church.... :)

Either or, I'll still do the happy dance, assuming I'm still above ground.

[Kolokotronis]

Here’s a cure for flying monkeys, my brother! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yPMicTjW4&feature=related

[Kolokotronis]

Here’s another cure for the howling; she always is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1FzSC8DBs&feature=related

[Cronos]

I do the happy dance that we are at least talking. I don't expect anything more -- more than that is in God's hands.

goml is correct --> Dr. BK, even highlighting this gets out the usual suspects. I know you meant well, but we can argue or even fight behind closed doors. Doing it in public is like taking a family discussion or family argument in public.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

it’s like someone left a window open and Satan’s flying monkeys came in and have infiltrated the place and started throwing their feces everywhere. It’s to the point I can’t even read the FR Prots’ poste anymore without feeling like I need a shower afterward.

Very well put. As Cronos stated, the only way to have a discussion now on FR is in a caucus thread or via PM. Its a shame, but that's just the way it is.

However, I do believe that we are on the cusp of the end of this anti-Catholicism, and we will see a new evangelization with East and West reunited, true ecumenism replacing false ecumenism, and the heresies silenced and anti-Catholics vanquished in the near future.

[getoffmylawn]

She certainly is the cure! I LOVE Divna. Her voice stills me.

I think if we let the guys with the neat hats hammer stuff out at their end, and we refer to each other as "our Brothers and Sisters from the Western or Eastern branches of the Church" to ourselves and our children, everything will work out.

In the meantime we gotta keep them windows shuttered and the Divna crankin'!

[conservonator]

Beautiful! I have no idea what she is saying but her voice gives peace and joy.

[Kolokotronis]

It is called Agni Parthene and was written by +Nektarios of Aegine in the late 19th century; Here is a translation from the Theotokion:

Refrain: Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!

O Virgin pure, immaculate/ O Lady Theotokos
O Virgin Mother, Queen of all/ and fleece which is all dewy
More radiant than the rays of sun/ and higher than the heavens
Delight of virgin choruses/ superior to Angels.
Much brighter than the firmament/ and purer than the sun’s light
More holy than the multitude/ of all the heav’nly armies.

Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!

O Ever Virgin Mary/ of all the world, the Lady
O bride all pure, immaculate/ O Lady Panagia
O Mary bride and Queen of all/ our cause of jubilation
Majestic maiden, Queen of all/ O our most holy Mother
More hon’rable than Cherubim/ beyond compare more glorious
than immaterial Seraphim/ and greater than angelic thrones.

Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!

Rejoice, O song of Cherubim/ Rejoice, O hymn of angels
Rejoice, O ode of Seraphim/ the joy of the archangels
Rejoice, O peace and happiness/ the harbor of salvation
O sacred chamber of the Word/ flow’r of incorruption
Rejoice, delightful paradise/ of blessed life eternal
Rejoice, O wood and tree of life/ the fount of immortality.

Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!

I supplicate you, Lady/ now do I call upon you
And I beseech you, Queen of all/ I beg of you your favor
Majestic maiden, spotless one/ O Lady Panagia
I call upon you fervently/ O sacred, hallowed temple
Assist me and deliver me/ protect me from the enemy
And make me an inheritor/ of blessed life eternal.

Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!

[MarkBsnr]

And, also, that there is no purgatory - if anyone is going to burn - it's for eternity.

Who said that people burn in purgatory? Are you running off the rails again?

Jesus the SAVIOR is not enough for catholics - they need to clean up their sins themselves. Jesus the SAVIOR is not enough for catholics - they assign a co-redeemer for Him.

And ranting from the windshield tracts continues.

Blasphemy, Idolatry, Disobedience - won't catholics be surprised when they find out God will not be mocked.

Actually, Catholics know that heretics don't get to pass Judgement. I wonder if the popcorn will be good ballpark popcorn as we watch the proceedings.

[MarkBsnr]

Catholicism is over the top in deception, blasphemy, paganism, idolatry, disobedience.

Actually, we just watch as the churches of men practice it, and rise and fall because of it. We'll be here until the end because He promised it. As for churches of men, well, read the NT...

[OpusatFR]

Teo, are you still in the sandbox? We continue to pray for you and your family.

Very good post. Too bad the actual topic got completely derailed by threadnapping.

[Teófilo]

Still in the sandbox, yes. For a few more months. :-)

-Theo

[Coleus]

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