tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post1083869624832757831..comments2023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00Comments on Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Official Statement from Patriarch John X on the Situation in SyriaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-70351073182996256612013-09-03T14:34:20.401-04:002013-09-03T14:34:20.401-04:00Makes sense, especially since "Melkite" ...Makes sense, especially since "Melkite" is used by the Uniats. Thank you. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-43093232613531904652013-09-03T11:31:26.141-04:002013-09-03T11:31:26.141-04:00Hi Jason,
"Greek" here translates the A...Hi Jason,<br /><br />"Greek" here translates the Arabic word "Rum", which means something more like "Byzantine". Since both the Rum Orthodox and the Syriac Orthodox call themselves "Orthodox", they have to distinguish themselves from each other somehow...Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-10615185242564414472013-09-03T10:27:28.937-04:002013-09-03T10:27:28.937-04:00Thank you posting this. I have a rather stupid que...Thank you posting this. I have a rather stupid question, but I'm ingnorant of the answer - Why is the Patriarchate of Antioch referred to as Greek-Orthodox, and not simply Orthodox? Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288849522994640993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-5775975119461678912013-09-02T12:47:03.525-04:002013-09-02T12:47:03.525-04:00Evidence that the Bashar regime used chemical weap...Evidence that the Bashar regime used chemical weapons is extremely sketchy. The evidence Barack Hussein cites (classified, of course) was supplied by Israel, which would like nothing more than for Syria to become another backwards, Sunni hellhole.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.com