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Nobody is suggesting such hyperbole. Entertainment and excitement? Where do you get this?
The West used to be part of Orthodoxy. It was holy and united with our faith. Don't tell me that the Celtic lands were celebrating the St. John Chrysostom liturgy. Why can't we look back at what the West was doing right BEFORE their albatross event of 1054 and restore the good things they turned their backs on? What is so wrong with reviving something beautiful and making it right? I just don't get the cynical angle. Nobody is saying the Divine Liturgy is insufficient, but why must that form of liturgy be the only option for all peoples across the world either? You have yet to prove a Western liturgy would bring any harm to Orthodoxy, just vague speculation. And it feels like there is a lack of faith in our patriarchs and bishops to protect it? I don't see pulling in Westerners who come from a Catholic or Anglican background who want their Western style of worship to continue while joining Holy Orthodoxy as some threat.
Mind you, I'm in a Serb parish. I'm a HUGE fan of our liturgy. I adore it from beginning to end! I've never even gone to a WR liturgy. I just don't see the dastardly outcomes therein.
The West used to be part of Orthodoxy. It was holy and united with our faith. Don't tell me that the Celtic lands were celebrating the St. John Chrysostom liturgy. Why can't we look back at what the West was doing right BEFORE their albatross event of 1054 and restore the good things they turned their backs on? What is so wrong with reviving something beautiful and making it right? I just don't get the cynical angle. Nobody is saying the Divine Liturgy is insufficient, but why must that form of liturgy be the only option for all peoples across the world either? You have yet to prove a Western liturgy would bring any harm to Orthodoxy, just vague speculation. And it feels like there is a lack of faith in our patriarchs and bishops to protect it? I don't see pulling in Westerners who come from a Catholic or Anglican background who want their Western style of worship to continue while joining Holy Orthodoxy as some threat.
Mind you, I'm in a Serb parish. I'm a HUGE fan of our liturgy. I adore it from beginning to end! I've never even gone to a WR liturgy. I just don't see the dastardly outcomes therein.
I guess this is my beef. Why insist on re-instituting discontinued traditions? For fun and excitement? Why rebel against or reject an established liturgical tradition that has obviously been sufficient for the entire Orthodox Church for a thousand years?
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