tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post113251615430051118..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Patristic Quote for the DayWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1132521551934881902005-11-20T15:19:00.000-06:002005-11-20T15:19:00.000-06:00Well, but since you bring it up, just one little p...Well, but since you bring it up, just one little point. Consider the long-term impact of how God is named. In typical Western liturgy (Lutheran, RC, Anglican and Western Rite Orthodox), God is denominated: "O Almighty God" more frequently than anything else.<BR/><BR/>In typical Eastern rite liturgy (Orthodox or Byzantine Rite Roman), God is denominated most frequently as: "O Lover of Mankind." <BR/><BR/>Ponder the difference in accent in those most popular names and I think you'll see a bit of difference between Eastern and Western rite liturgies.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1132521086047324742005-11-20T15:11:00.000-06:002005-11-20T15:11:00.000-06:00I tend to nitpick I know (I hang on every little w...I tend to nitpick I know (I hang on every little word I read in the liturgy, prayers, scriptures ect), but the gospel seems clearer to me at times, in the orthodox liturgies I read, than in the lutheran ones, I am familiar with. I've often wonder why that was...I don't know if I just don't understand the lutheran ones in the way they are intended or what. hmmmm.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for getting off on that. To use your words, I guess that's for another day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1132519890210383142005-11-20T14:51:00.000-06:002005-11-20T14:51:00.000-06:00Well, their "synergy" is suceptible to gross disto...Well, their "synergy" is suceptible to gross distortion - especially if one thinks they mean that term in the way it used in the West that we cooperate with God in order to accomplish salvation. But that is a story for another day...<BR/><BR/>Your point about actually reading their prayers and their hymns and their devotional writings is right on. When one PRAYS such a liturgy, one soon realizes that the caricatures one can find about Orthodoxy, especially among Lutherans intent on defending the faith, are truly that: caricatures.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1132518859017636542005-11-20T14:34:00.000-06:002005-11-20T14:34:00.000-06:00I have to say for a church that is supposedly syne...I have to say for a church that is supposedly synergistic, I've been rather impressed by the degree of gospel clarity in orthodox prayers, hymns, ect. that I keep coming across. <BR/><BR/>I know that the lack of formal teaching regarding justification is a huge issue for many. But given that, I think it's safe to say that the thought is there.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com