Let him be whatever religion he wishes, pullbicly or privately, I doubt it will be the first thing St Peter asks him or any of us about, but I thought this juxtaposition amusing is said to be especially drawn to the Orthodox church's rugged spirituality. Orthodox faithful are allowed to marry up to three times.
Yeah, I thought it strange that the article felt the most important thing we should know about Orthodoxy is that one could marry up to three times. Is the British press so cynical now after Charles?
No doubt we will be asked what use we made of the spiritual means we had at hand. For Charles, Orthodoxy looms large among them, thanks to family and to his traditionalist studies. For Nixon it was the Society of Friends. Perhaps Nixon's tragedy is that Elton Trueblood watered down the Friends' tradition to what would suit rather than challenge the young man's ambitions.
You would agree that Orthodoxy is a way to Christ, a way of Christ, and perhaps for some the best way. And if Charles has found it, more power to him.
of course. I found the juxtaposed phrases amusing. I have no concern what church he belongs to, in general have no knowledge of the man to know where he is spiritually --I think there are some for whom 'church' as in which one, looms too large, but have no way of knowing whether this is true of him or not. when it is ,it is something (like Avicenna's last string restraining the bird) which must be gone beyond isn't it? but my thought in this post was solely the humor of the phrasing... +S.
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rugged spirituality
Date: 2004-05-13 09:55 pm (UTC)pullbicly or privately, I doubt it will be
the first thing St Peter asks him or any of
us about, but I thought this juxtaposition
amusing
is said to be especially drawn to the Orthodox church's rugged spirituality. Orthodox faithful are allowed to marry up to three times.
Re: rugged spirituality
Date: 2004-05-14 05:18 am (UTC)Re: rugged spirituality
Date: 2004-05-14 09:37 am (UTC)You would agree that Orthodoxy is a way to Christ, a way of Christ, and perhaps for some the best way. And if Charles has found it, more power to him.
avicenna
Date: 2004-05-14 09:58 am (UTC)amusing. I have no concern what church
he belongs to, in general have no knowledge
of the man to know where he is spiritually
--I think there are some for whom
'church' as in which one, looms too large,
but have no way of knowing whether this
is true of him or not. when it is ,it is something
(like Avicenna's last string restraining the bird)
which must be gone beyond isn't it?
but my thought in this post was solely the
humor of the phrasing...
+S.