That reminds me about how someone kept asking persistently (and quite seriously, even after corrected by a peer) why wasn’t I going to seminary to be a real Catholic priest
.Oh yeah, been there, heard that but it’s still oh so :tsktsk: isn’t it? OTOH, it’s so absolutely typicalThat reminds me about how someone kept asking persistently (and quite seriously, even after corrected by a peer) why wasn’t I going to seminary to be a real Catholic priest
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Great Scott!That reminds me about how someone kept asking persistently (and quite seriously, even after corrected by a peer) why wasn’t I going to seminary to be a real Catholic priest
Surprised, Peter? Shouldn’t be. Happens more often than you might think. Trust me when I said been there, heard that.
Well, not really surprised actually. But a bit outraged nevertheless.
SO have I. And the Trads who show up and ask, “Why isn’t it in Latin?” when we sing anything in Slavonic.Perhaps it’s less “us guys” and more so human nature. I’ve seen Latins swarm and explode when someone says something contrary to Latin praxis.
I only get offended when I have thoroughly corrected someone but they still insist that “this is not the teaching of the Catholic Church.” It might not be the teaching of the Latin Catholic Church but is is the teaching of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches. Then they present a link to support their position and it is a link that only concerns the Latin Church.
I don’t participate much on that forum, but I’ve had a similar experience wrt to the “Non-Catholic Religions” forum (on which I do participate regularly). Namely, there seems to be an unwritten understanding among some/many Catholics there that the Eastern Catholic pov doesn’t really belong on that forum.I have even been told that the spirituality forum is a Latin Catholic forum.
I’m reminded of a thread, a few years ago, in which a Roman-Rite Catholic – after being suitably informed that the practice of referring to EC Churches as “Rites” was both incorrect and offensive – unabashedly informed us that he/she was going to continue doing so anyhow because he/she liked it better that way!
Doesn’t belong in that forum? From the way a lot of threads end up here, one could argue that it doesn’t belong in this forum either.
A few years ago? I could swear there was one like that a few days ago.
I’ll take the Slavonic over the English anytime. But then I don’t consider myself a Trad.
If you’d heard us, you might change your mind…
I remember my Protestant friend getting a scolding by a trad for calling the mass a “service.” I wish people would not be so quick to jump on others for not using the previse language they are accustomed to.Perhaps it’s less “us guys” and more so human nature. I’ve seen Latins swarm and explode when someone says something contrary to Latin praxis
I think this would be less common if people were more careful with their words and more understanding of others’. I often see Eastern Christians say that they don’t believe in original sin. This is scandalous to Latin ears because it sounds like an affirmation of Pelagianism. However, when this is elaborated on, it seems that in reality, the same people do in fact believe in original sin, only they would speak of it in different language.I only get offended when I have thoroughly corrected someone but they still insist that “this is not the teaching of the Catholic Church.” It might not be the teaching of the Latin Catholic Church but is is the teaching of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches. Then they present a link to support their position and it is a link that only concerns the Latin Church.
Well they’re partially right … not that there was a time when all EC priests were celibate, but that there was a time when married EC priests were less accepted than they are now.
Peter, I think you have to qualify that one to the diaspora, or at least the USA. There was never a question in the “homelands” about it.
I’m not talking about major doctrines. One specific incident was whether or not Uriel the Archangel is permitted to be venerated as a saint. One person kept saying that the Catholic Church surpressed his veneration because he is not named in the Bible. I explained that this is the practice of the Latin Catholic Church and that the Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches do venerate him.
Yes, that’s what I mean.Peter, I think you have to qualify that one to the diaspora, or at least the USA. There was never a question in the “homelands” about it.
Actually, Deacons and Priests must be married before they receive Holy Orders, so the statements are untrue. A man can receive all the sacraments before ordination, not after.Well sure. (Priests are deacons too, right?)
Well… There are priests that are voluntarily laicized so that they can get married. I personally know one.