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Psalti Chrysostom
- Oct 25, 2010
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Kristos said this better than I did. I studied canon law in seminary and it becomes a huge morass if you try to follow ALL the canons (which is what I was trying to show). And as Kristos says some are doctrinal and even with these have to be interpreted for new circumstances. For example, as I recall, it was the Russians who first argued for chrismating Protestant converts rather than rebaptising them, based on canons dealing with earlier heresies. Coptic and Orthodox churches in the Middle East tend to be a little more ecumenical towards each other primarily because of the constant threat of Islam. Even here in the US, Holy Cross seminary always has a handful of Coptic students because the Copts do not have a US seminary. No those students did not commune with us, but we did partake in prayers together.
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