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It’s fun to see the instant skirting of the new rules and wishes of the forum’s creators. Let’s see how many other ways we can be good little dissenters . . .
 
Freeway4321 said:
What does this mean for our reverent moderator Joseph Monahan? Is he out of a job? Is he still here to keep the peace? Where has he gone anyways!? Inquiring minds want to know!
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If you’ll look at Joe Monahan’s profile, you’ll see that the location title has been changed to Eastern Catholicism. The Important Info sticky in this forum also lists him as mod.
 
IMHO this would be the appropriate forum.
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It’s not your opinion that ‘counts’ as it were. You might use semantics to find a loophole, but I suspect you know that you are contrary to the purpose of the new forum.
 
StMarkEofE said:
Orthodox ARE catholic. IMHO this would be the appropriate forum.
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No, for the purposes of definition in this forum, Eastern Orthodox are not members of the Catholic Church and any blurring of that distinction by CAF members will fall outside the rules of this forum. Again, please read the Statement of Purpose. Thank you.
 
tizzidale said:
It’s fun to see the instant skirting of the new rules and wishes of the forum’s creators. Let’s see how many other ways we can be good little dissenters . . .
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Respectfully, it is the prerogative of the Forum moderators to get their heads together and decide on new formats. That being said, it may have been nice to forewarn the participants that a change was in the offings. However, its their call and that is what we live with.

Now, skirting the rules, what skirting is taking place now?
 
StMarkEofE said:
Oh Please, lets just leave it that both sides are guilty of this un Christian attitudes of fights. There is no black and white here when it comes to who is and who are not dialoguing properly.
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Yes all of us are to blame. This only proves mankind is imperfect.
 
Therese_Martin said:
No, for the purposes of definition in this forum, Eastern Orthodox are not members of the Catholic Church and any blurring of that distinction by members will fall outside the rules of this forum. Again, please read the Statement of Purpose. Thank you.
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With all due respect we are catholic and have been so since the time of the Apostles. You are correct, in that we are not members of the Roman Catholic church but we are members of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic church. No blurring - just making the distinction here.

Thank you
 
tizzidale said:
It’s not your opinion that ‘counts’ as it were. You might use semantics to find a loophole, but I suspect you know that you are contrary to the purpose of the new forum.
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At the risk of being scolded, maybe the forum should have been named “Eastern (In Communion With Rome) Catholicism” ?
 
StMarkEofE said:
With all due respect we are catholic and have been so since the time of the Apostles. You are correct, in that we are not members of the Roman Catholic church but we are members of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic church. No blurring - just making the distinction here.

Thank you
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The distinction I made is not negotiable. Blurring of that distinction by CAF members will be considered in contravention of the rules of this forum and subject to disciplinary action. If you have any further questions or concerns on this matter, please write to forumadmin@catholic.com. Thank you.
 
Therese_Martin said:
No, for the purposes of definition in this forum, Eastern Orthodox are not members of the Catholic Church and any blurring of that distinction by CAF members will fall outside the rules of this forum. Again, please read the Statement of Purpose. Thank you.
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So we are now restricted from defending our faith and have to tow the line as who is really Catholic? What kind of dialogue or debate is that?

Orthodoc
 
Therese_Martin said:
No, for the purposes of definition in this forum, Eastern Orthodox are not members of the Catholic Church and any blurring of that distinction by CAF members will fall outside the rules of this forum. Again, please read the Statement of Purpose. Thank you.
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Ok, so I guess we’ll see our Orthodox (and Catholic Orthodox 😉 ) friends in the Non Catholic Religion forums. Sounds good to me. That’s a good forum too - I’m always there. See you around, friends.
 
Orthodoc said:
So we are now restricted from defending our faith and have to tow the line as who is really Catholic? What kind of dialogue or debate is that?

Orthodoc
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No, you are free to do so, you simply no longer have a ‘home’ as it were to do it in. The non-Catholic Religions sub-forum seems the appropriate place now.

p.s. it’s toe the line
 
tizzidale said:
No, you are free to do so, you simply no longer have a ‘home’ as it were to do it in. The non-Catholic Religions sub-forum seems the appropriate place now.

p.s. it’s toe the line
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Actually that is where we started. The Eastern Christian Forum was opened for the purpose of respecting our Catholicity. Guess now it has been taken back by some who think they have the right to cutail other peoples opinions or beliefs.

If I was some one considering the Petrine portion of the Catholic Church these restricts would certainly have a negative view.

Orthodoc
 
Man, I got really confused when I was searching for my posts. Anywho, I look forward to seeing if this indeed solves any fighting issues.
StMarkEofE said:
With all due respect we are catholic and have been so since the time of the Apostles. You are correct, in that we are not members of the Roman Catholic church but we are members of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic church. No blurring - just making the distinction here.

Thank you
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I think as this is Catholic Answers Forum they are not trying to undermine you as Catholics, it’s just a ‘Roman’ Catholic Site. So, to relieve any confusion over what context of Catholic we are talking about is why this rule exists. For any young Roman Catholic who wants to come in and learn about the Eastern Orthodox Church on a RC site, they may come here and click on Eastern Christianity, and get all types of confused. I think that’s what that’s all about.
 
Therese_Martin said:
The distinction I made is not negotiable. Blurring of that distinction by CAF members will be considered in contravention of the rules of this forum and subject to disciplinary action. If you have any further questions or concerns on this matter, please write to forumadmin@catholic.com. Thank you.
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Well, just to clear the air, is it Ok to refer to ourselves as Orthodox catholic because thats what our identity is and what we really are? We didnt loose our catholicity when the schism occured. This is what is taught and this is what I firmly believe.

I will not argue you claim to being Catholic because thats what you are. I would no more prevent a Muslim or Bhuddist from claiming his almighty beliefs and I would expect no less from this forum. I know that I am a guest here and as such will endeavour to not offend those who are participating in these dialogues. As my archived posts will attest to my non-agressiveness. However, I also know that when our faith and beliefs are challenged as being false or incredibly difficient then I feel that a certain amount of response, albeit cordial, is necessary.

Now, with all this aside I look forward to interesting and informative discussions on this forum.
 
cascherman said:
Man, I got really confused when I was searching for my posts. Anywho, I look forward to seeing if this indeed solves any fighting issues.

I think as this is Catholic Answers Forum they are not trying to undermine you as Catholics,** it’s just a ‘Roman’ Catholic Site.** So, to relieve any confusion over what context of Catholic we are talking about is why this rule exists. **For any young Roman Catholic who wants to come in and learn about the Eastern Orthodox Church on a RC site, **they may come here and click on Eastern Christianity, and get all types of confused. I think that’s what that’s all about.
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All those of you who are insulted by the term Roman Catholic when we Orthodox Catholics use it want to set this guy straight?

Orthodoc
 
Orthodoc said:
Unfortunately, we have discussed this when the forum was the ‘Eastern Christianity Forum’ which has been archives so one can no longer access it. But to answer, we as Orthodox are Catholic. We never left that One Holy Catholic & Apostolic Church we recite in the Nicean Creed IN IT’S ORIGINAL FORM at every Liturgy.

You may not recieve this since under the new title and rules it can be erased by the moderaor.

Orthodoc
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Personally I hope certain anti- polemics will not be tolerated any longer and substantial appologetics threads will not just disappear while zelous Catholics are admonished and rude non Catholics are encouraged. There needs to be a uniform standard of charity and respect applied to all involved.

I would ask then Ortho if you are Catholic then why do you not assend to the Churches doctrines but instead engage in polemical statements against her like the one above that insinuates the Church has no right to further define truth in the filoque? “IN IT’S ORIGINAL FORM”

Perhaps your have some other definition of what a Catholic is to be that we are unaware of.

I must say you didn’t take long to mention the filoque which by the way is completely true and scripturally and theologically sound.

Peace.
 
Re: Posts on Eastern Orthodoxy

We do not want Non-Catholic Religions turned into the old Eastern Christianity forum. Orthodox posters are welcome to participate in the NCR forum, but they are not to view it as a place to stump for Eastern Orthodoxy. This is in conformity with the rule that other non-Catholics are not allowed to proselytize Catholics in the NCR forum.
 
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