Benedict XVI

[arisbe]

The Romans have a new Pope. What this means for my own Church remains to be seen.

JP II and Cardinal Ratzinger were a team, the good cop and the bad cop, when, by all reports, the good cop role would suit Ratzinger's private character better. If he can make the transition from sheepdog to shepherd, my friends on the right will be seriously disappointed.

But let me state for the record that I am personally prejudiced in favor of Bavarians.

Comments

*confusion*

[kali-ma.livejournal.com]

"my own Church"

You are not Catholic?

Re: *confusion*

[naqerj.livejournal.com]

I think "Catholic, but not Roman Catholic" is the official catch-phrase. :) arisbe is an Eastern Rite Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rite).

Re: *confusion*

[kali-ma.livejournal.com]

oic!

Re: *confusion*

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I thought you said "Confucian!" And most of the time I would rather be Taoist.

To be specific, I am a member of the Russian Catholic Church sui juris, formed by a small number of Russian Orthodox who wanted to affiliate with the Roman Catholic Church without becoming Roman Catholics, that is, while keeping the Orthodox ways, except for church governmnent. (Not that the Russians had an Orthodox form of church government -- Peter the Great had imposed a Lutheran system which lasted until the Revolution.)

Re: *confusion*

[naqerj.livejournal.com]

Tell me about the Russian Catholic Church. When? Where? Who? Why? How? There's a very brief mention of them in the Eastern Catholic entry in the Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, but not much other than a tiny bit about Nikolai Tolstoy and Vladimir Soloviev, and a mention of some Old Believers.

(Would you be willing to write about this for OrthodoxWiki?)

Re: *confusion*

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

If you dan't find somebody better. How many words do you think you need?

Re: *confusion*

[naqerj.livejournal.com]

Well, the great thing about a wiki is that there is no limit to how many people can work on a topic (the more the better... usually!). I'd love it if you'd come on board.

I'm quite curious about all things Eastern and Christian, so whatever you might wish to contribute would be helpful.

Re: *confusion*

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Love to.

How are the permissions set?

Re: *confusion*

[naqerj.livejournal.com]

You just have to register (which is free) and login (which is also free!). You can find me there as ASDamick.

Re: *confusion*

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

OK. Let me explore it a little.