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Peter_J
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I want to ask about something that came up on the Contemplating Orthodoxy thread, but I didn’t ask it there because it’s a bit off-topic. Anyhow, what came up was this
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Splagchnizomai
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What does this have to do with Eastern Catholicism?
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Peter_J
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Huh? The thread was “Contemplating Orthodoxy” not “Contemplating Eastern Catholicism”. In any case, I already admitted it was off-topic, which is why I started a new thread.What does this have to do with Eastern Catholicism?
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Nine_Two
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I would say (as I pretty much said in the thread in question), if we use that definition, not only are Protestants anti-Catholic, but Catholics are anti-Protestant, and anti-Orthodox. All three branches of Christianity are anti-Shinto, anti-Buddhist, anti-Hindi, and anti-Judaism.
We are all anti-everyone else, and now the “anti-” prefex has been rendered useless.
We are all anti-everyone else, and now the “anti-” prefex has been rendered useless.
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mardukm
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One is “Anti-” something only if one intentionally misrepresents that position to make it look bad.
Lumping Catholics and Protestants together indiscriminately would be “anti-Catholic.” Lumping Orthodox and Protestants together indiscriminately would be “anti-Orthodox.” And I’m sure there are many Protestants who don’t appreciate being lumped together with Catholics or Orthodox either.
Blessings,
Marduk
Lumping Catholics and Protestants together indiscriminately would be “anti-Catholic.” Lumping Orthodox and Protestants together indiscriminately would be “anti-Orthodox.” And I’m sure there are many Protestants who don’t appreciate being lumped together with Catholics or Orthodox either.
Blessings,
Marduk
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Paul_theApostle
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From
socrates58.blogspot.com.au/2007/03/response-to-orthodox-critiques-of.html
Orthodox Anti-Catholicism
A vocal Orthodox minority, however, is currently expressing itself in an alarmingly different fashion, which might be described as “anti-ecumenical,” or, in some instances, “anti-Catholic.” This group is largely drawn from converts from evangelical Protestantism or from Catholicism (Orthodoxy, like Catholicism, is experiencing a wave of conversions of late). From this highly polemical perspective, the Catholic Church is regarded as a radically corrupt church which has departed from the apostolic “mainstream,” so to speak, rather than as a “sister Church,” or as one of the “two lungs” of the Body of Christ, as in the Catholic and mainstream ecumenical Orthodox outlook. According to some of these critics, even the validity of Catholic sacraments (including baptism) is denied: an extremely serious charge reminiscent of the ancient heresy Donatism. Catholicism is criticized and lambasted with a frequency unbefitting self-confident followers of Jesus, at times resembling the “negative campaigning” of politicians (the Catechism of the Catholic Church, on the other hand, mentions Orthodoxy only briefly - e.g., #838 - stressing commonality rather than differences).
socrates58.blogspot.com.au/2007/03/response-to-orthodox-critiques-of.html
Orthodox Anti-Catholicism
A vocal Orthodox minority, however, is currently expressing itself in an alarmingly different fashion, which might be described as “anti-ecumenical,” or, in some instances, “anti-Catholic.” This group is largely drawn from converts from evangelical Protestantism or from Catholicism (Orthodoxy, like Catholicism, is experiencing a wave of conversions of late). From this highly polemical perspective, the Catholic Church is regarded as a radically corrupt church which has departed from the apostolic “mainstream,” so to speak, rather than as a “sister Church,” or as one of the “two lungs” of the Body of Christ, as in the Catholic and mainstream ecumenical Orthodox outlook. According to some of these critics, even the validity of Catholic sacraments (including baptism) is denied: an extremely serious charge reminiscent of the ancient heresy Donatism. Catholicism is criticized and lambasted with a frequency unbefitting self-confident followers of Jesus, at times resembling the “negative campaigning” of politicians (the Catechism of the Catholic Church, on the other hand, mentions Orthodoxy only briefly - e.g., #838 - stressing commonality rather than differences).
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Peter_J
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Oh yeah, I know the blog you’re talking about.
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ByzCathCantor
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This is a rather thoughtful, honest and largely accurate piece. I would only caution that much has improved since Vatican II, and both +Blessed Pope JPII and Pope Benedict XVI have been marvelously supportive of the Eastern Churches. There is still work to be done, but even over the course of my relatively young lifetime, much has changed and improved with regard to restoration of traditions and a true sense of “equality in dignity” among the Churches in the Catholic Communion. Despite the trials of the past, in fairness, this must be considered.
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