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Comments on: The Byzantine Liturgy as Missionary https://www.aoiusa.org/the-byzantine-liturgy-as-missionary/ A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 By: Scott Pennington https://www.aoiusa.org/the-byzantine-liturgy-as-missionary/#comment-9446 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:05:12 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6010#comment-9446 “Thus, not only can the Byzantine Divine Liturgy be a unique instrument in an alliance of all the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, but also can reach out to all Apostolic Churches and even the communities of the reform movement in the West.”

Fr. George,

I’m not sure precisely what you’re getting at in the article. You seem to put the efficacy of Byzantine liturgy as missionary in the same bag as a Catholic-Orthodox alliance to battle the forces of secularism. I’m not sure what the two have to do with one another.

Yes, for the Orthodox Church, Byzantine liturgy is an invaluable tool for evangelism. And yes, it might be a good thing to form a political alliance with Catholics to combat the marginalization of Christianity in European and American life. What would concern me would be that tying these two things together might encourage “Byzantine Catholics” to evangelize with the support or involvement of the Orthodox Church. This would be a travesty. I’m sure you’re not suggesting any such thing.

It might be wiser to keep the two separate.

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