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To: dangus

It’s such an interesting story that it’s twice as nice?

I know you’re a Romanist but do the Easterners consider him a great martyr for their religion?


30 posted on 07/22/2010 2:11:20 PM PDT by the_conscience (We ought to obey God, rather than men. (Acts 5:29b))
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To: the_conscience

Since he was condemned as a heretic, I guess not. But Orthodox don’t seem to think in patterns which I find predictable, so I’m hesitant to draw any syllogisms.


31 posted on 07/22/2010 2:56:24 PM PDT by dangus
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To: the_conscience

Oh, by the way... The term is “Catholic,” not “Romanist.” Just as “Orthodox” doesn’t imply that Catholics aren’t orthodox, neither does Catholic imply that Orthodox aren’t catholic. A Protestant (or other non-Catholic Christian) calling a Catholic “Romanist” is just as offensive as a Catholic calling a Protestant “Apostate” or “Schismatic.”

For the record, the Vatican isn’t in Rome. It’s in exile, across the Tiber, from Babylon. (Hence, “crossing the Tiber” is a deeply ironic expression, since the person who “crosses the Tiber” from the Catholic Church would be entering Babylon.)


32 posted on 07/22/2010 3:02:02 PM PDT by dangus
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