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A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition
Month: August 2010
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The faculty of St. Vladimir’s website will be posting occasional essays on topics of current events. In this essay, Dr. Peter Bouteneff, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, discusses ecumenical dialogue, particularly how different contexts and settings shape how discussion occurs. Dr. Bouteneff is a reader of the AOI blog and an occasional contributor.
Recently, the Orthodox internet was abuzz with the words of Fr. Siarhei Hardun, an Orthodox priest from Belarus who had been invited as an “ecumenical delegate” to the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, USA. Fr. Siarhei’s words, which can be seen in their entirety here, were indeed memorable: he said that some of what he witnessed at this meeting seemed like an attempt to “invent a new religion — a sort of modern paganism.” He added that “When people say that they are led and guided by the Holy Spirit to do it, I wonder if it is the same Holy Spirit that inspired the Bible.”
As Fr. Hardun later explained to me, most of what shocked him had to do with the Assembly’s treatment of gay marriage and abortion. While the marriage of homosexual couples was not formally sanctioned by this meeting, nor was the ordination of practicing homosexuals, the discussion was apparently alienating enough to merit comment. However, a provision that was approved by a majority of 60% obliges congregations to compensate their staff who needed time off work to get an abortion.
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I have a Scripture reading system in which I read first from the Gospels and then from the Epistles. I read this as well as a selection of Psalms every day.
One day I came across a section of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans (13:1-7), and it caused me to pause and really think about it. What are our duties to the state?
According to Paul, we have the following obligations:
1. Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities
2. Whoever resists authority resists the ordinance of God
3. Those who resist will bring judgment upon themselves
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Finally the resistance is starting. Note the final paragraphs. Cardinal George Pell is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. Emphasis mine.
By + Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, 29 August 2010
Democracy is alive and well in Australia. Democratic processes are robust and generally followed with good humour.
I voted at Sydney Town Hall, taking whatever cards were offered. One Sex Party volunteer ignored me politely and resolutely although their next distributor smiled and said that I probably didn’t need their material. I cheerfully agreed. Afterwards I went to say a prayer in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, which I do once in a while, but it was closed.
The electioneering was a long, hard and often negative slog and many were tired of it by the end. To the dismay of the commentariat both leaders, formidable politicians, avoided catastrophe and were well matched. Continue reading →
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James Taranto in Oikophobia: Why the liberal elite finds Americans revolting (from the Wall Street Journal, available for seven days only) discusses the cultural divide made evident by the Ground Zero Mosque debate and what it reveals about America’s self-appointed elites.
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