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To: Kolokotronis; count-your-change
Maybe because the "translations" of the Gospels you are reading are nonsense. At least the The Church understands, and even prays in, Greek.

Not the Roman Catholic church.

Are you saying that they are NOT The Church, then?

Is the Orthodox one the only true one since it understands and prays in Greek?

5,852 posted on 12/26/2010 12:47:55 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom; count-your-change; annalex
"Not the Roman Catholic church."

Well, as unaccustomed as I am to defending the Latins, as a matter of fact, there are portions of their Mass which are in Greek and prior to the promulgation of the Latin Mass centuries ago, the Liturgies in Rome were chanted in Greek. In fact, they were nearly the same in form as ours are today. In the early Church at Rome, the language was Greek. The Roman Church learned its most basic theology in Greek, mm. Latin, Rome's theological language, isn't Greek, nor is it Slavonic, but it does come a close third when it comes to a theological language. In fact, though, Greek is the liturgical language of a number of particular churches whose hierarchs are in communion with the Pope of Rome.

"Are you saying that they are NOT The Church, then?"

Not at all. The Church of Rome is very much a part of The Church. The fullness of The Church is found in every single Roman Church diocese, just as it is in my Orthodox metropolis.

"Is the Orthodox one the only true one since it understands and prays in Greek?"

I don't know if Holy Orthodoxy is the "only true one" praying in Greek or not. These matters are up to God. That said, we do pray,

"We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshiping the undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us."

but we pray this because we believe we do have the True Faith. We don't know everywhere it can be found, though we generally can say where it is not found. Forming a theology based on very bad translations of Scriptures probably will lead to one of those situations where the True Faith is not found, at least not in anything approaching its fullness.

5,853 posted on 12/26/2010 1:29:04 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: metmom; Kolokotronis

” At least the The Church understands, and even prays in, Greek.”

And this is significant how, I wonder.


5,859 posted on 12/26/2010 2:43:13 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: metmom

“Is the Orthodox one the only true one since it understands and prays in Greek?”

In Greece it is, it being the state church. Proselyting for any other religion can bring arrest and jail.

All in the name of Christ though, you see.


5,863 posted on 12/26/2010 3:08:33 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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