The article was excellent, both replies were to our Roman Catholic friend who posted his view that Rome predates the Orthodox East by a millennium. I obviously fumbled the comment structure. Thanks for your work, Jamey.
“Reunion could take place in this context if, on the one hand, the East would cease to oppose as heretical the developments that took place in the West in the second millennium and would accept the Catholic Church as legitimate and orthodox in the form she had acquired in the course of that development, while, on the other hand, the West would recognize the Church of the East as orthodox and legitimate in the form she has always had.”
Thanks for this, Adam. Reunion is a conversation worth having, and I appreciate you bringing Ratzinger into it. This piece is narrower, though. It's about which Old Testament the apostles actually quoted. I'd love to hear your take on that part.
No farming here, Adam. Ben Merkle opened this conversation himself, and the episode and article are a sincere, respectful answer to him. Give the episode a listen or the piece a read, and I think you'll see it's a real conversation.
The Catholic Church, which predates the Orthodox by a thousand years, has always used the Septuagint. Go to the Catholic Church not the Orthodox. The article, though, makes very valid points.
Thanks for reading, John, and I'm glad the piece landed. For the first thousand years there weren't two churches to choose between, East and West shared that history together, and the Septuagint has been the Old Testament of the East the whole time. Glad we agree on the Septuagint, though. That's the part Merkle got right.
The article was excellent, both replies were to our Roman Catholic friend who posted his view that Rome predates the Orthodox East by a millennium. I obviously fumbled the comment structure. Thanks for your work, Jamey.
Ha, that's on me, Adam. I read you backwards! Thanks for the kind words, and for jumping in on the Rome question. Glad you're here.
Per Cardinal Ratzinger:
“Reunion could take place in this context if, on the one hand, the East would cease to oppose as heretical the developments that took place in the West in the second millennium and would accept the Catholic Church as legitimate and orthodox in the form she had acquired in the course of that development, while, on the other hand, the West would recognize the Church of the East as orthodox and legitimate in the form she has always had.”
Thanks for this, Adam. Reunion is a conversation worth having, and I appreciate you bringing Ratzinger into it. This piece is narrower, though. It's about which Old Testament the apostles actually quoted. I'd love to hear your take on that part.
I assume this is engagement farming and not a serious statement.
No farming here, Adam. Ben Merkle opened this conversation himself, and the episode and article are a sincere, respectful answer to him. Give the episode a listen or the piece a read, and I think you'll see it's a real conversation.
The Catholic Church, which predates the Orthodox by a thousand years, has always used the Septuagint. Go to the Catholic Church not the Orthodox. The article, though, makes very valid points.
Thanks for reading, John, and I'm glad the piece landed. For the first thousand years there weren't two churches to choose between, East and West shared that history together, and the Septuagint has been the Old Testament of the East the whole time. Glad we agree on the Septuagint, though. That's the part Merkle got right.