tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post2388818557334146154..comments2023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00Comments on Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Fr Touma Bitar on the Situation in the Patriarchate of JerusalemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-22698554022171061202014-07-14T10:37:31.560-04:002014-07-14T10:37:31.560-04:00I think what he's talking about is the differe...I think what he's talking about is the difference between imperialism and nationalism. If nationality truly did not matter, then the bishops could just tell their flock to learn Greek and shut up and let them continue exercising their discretion in ordinations. <br /><br />This is another fruit of our (or, more precisely, Greek) ecclesiology which cannot acknowledge that the region was conquered by Arab Muslims and the Byzantine Empire has vanished into history.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-80018499229828703692014-07-13T22:49:58.208-04:002014-07-13T22:49:58.208-04:00Amen.Amen.Jon Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906335382429497204noreply@blogger.com