Conversational veritas

[Xeno.of.athens]

Chats in CF ought to be truthful; rather than telling a SDA or a Catholic what you allege they believe and teach how about asking them? Rather than telling Calvinists what they teach ask them what they teach. It will work better. At least it ought to work better, but some are willing to lie or want to stir dissent rather than have a fruitful conversation. And be careful about treating chats as if they were formal debates, they aren't.

 

[RileyG]

Amen.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

Sigh, if only!

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

Actually, I'd be happy if Western Christians would remember that the Eastern Orthodox church exists. And if a Catholic would reference the EO prior to the schism as part of a unified church, I think I'd fall over in shock.

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

Actually, I'd be happy if Western Christians would remember that the Eastern Orthodox church exists. And if a Catholic would reference the EO prior to the schism as part of a unified church, I think I'd fall over in shock.

Back before 1054 the Orthodox were Catholic

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

Back before 1054 the Orthodox were Catholic

Hmmm... and Catholic comes from what language?

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

Hmmm... and Catholic comes from what language?

Oh, probably Greek, but Latin is good

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

Oh, probably Greek, but Latin is good

barbarian, word derived from the Greek bárbaros, used among the early Greeks to describe all foreigners, including the Romans.

Barbarian | Meaning, Connotations, & Facts

Barbarian, word used originally by ancient Greeks to disparage all foreigners as savage.

www.britannica.com

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

barbarian, word derived from the Greek bárbaros, used among the early Greeks to describe all foreigners, including the Romans.

Barbarian | Meaning, Connotations, & Facts

Barbarian, word used originally by ancient Greeks to disparage all foreigners as savage.

www.britannica.com

What does that make English-speakers? Even the Romans thought of the brits as barbarians