tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post6686343349404324714..comments2023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00Comments on Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Jad Ganem: The Heartbreak of the FeastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-35660118845867166992019-03-20T11:28:06.518-04:002019-03-20T11:28:06.518-04:00Metr. Emmanuel’s petulance mirrors that of his Pri...Metr. Emmanuel’s petulance mirrors that of his Primate, and it is in turn parroted by Metropolitans like Gerasimos of San Francisco who convened his Metropolis’ recent Clergy-Laity Conference with a decrial of ‘those who use Sacraments as weapons against the Mother Church for exercising her pastoral care in resolving the schism in Ukraine’ and went on to enjoin the gathered clergy and laymen to carry the defense of the Mother Church and her prerogatives to their respective parishes. In some cases GOA clergy have actually convened parish colloquia in order to thoroughly propagate the Phanar line that Gerasimos enunciates. <br /> <br />As a simple pastor I fail to see how carrying water for the Phanar to my Parish accomplishes any Christian purpose. It’s painfully obvious to any undeluded observer that passionate defense of Phanar privilges accomplishes the exact opposite of working toward fulfilling the Great Commission (the reclaiming of which was the theme of the CLC). The worsening incoherence of the Phanar line from a merely Christian perspective points out to this undistinguished pastor that the burden of unconfessed sins upon ministry is deadly. VanOldenPhatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397386244607513016noreply@blogger.com