tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post97757312324145795..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Kallistos Ware raises questions and more. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-50926574754315104272018-06-14T12:42:37.823-05:002018-06-14T12:42:37.823-05:00His argument falls apart if you have a passing fam...His argument falls apart if you have a passing familiarity with the Scriptures. But his current actions are no surprise.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-78615450577627575002018-06-14T11:51:24.510-05:002018-06-14T11:51:24.510-05:00Kallistos Ware argues that we should treat unrepen...Kallistos Ware argues that we should treat unrepentant, monogamous homosexuals better than repentant but promiscuous ones. But his argument falls apart if you apply that same line of reasoning to other sins. If a married man occasionally resorts to prostitutes while on business trips, but regrets that behavior and always goes back to his wife, he does far less damage to his marriage than if he carries on a long, adulterous affair with one mistress and says that he will never give her up. Or which is the worse form of idolatry: the wholehearted devotion to only one idol or the occasional lapse into whatever idolatry appeals most at the moment? It's not the number of idols or mistresses or sex partners that matters; it's whether one repents of the misdirected affection.James Kellermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159737422545602449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7930584314396121292018-06-13T08:38:03.322-05:002018-06-13T08:38:03.322-05:00One must distinguish between the "official Or...One must distinguish between the "official Orthodoxy" of the world and the True Orthodox Church. The "official Orthodoxy" (of which Ware is a representative)is an organization that has succumbed to the heresy of Ecumenism and is on the same path as it's partners in the WCC, albeit, a slower path. The True Orthodox Church doesn't change or waiver in its truth. As in all groups, many are "Orthodox" in name only. Unfortunately, they are always presented as the Church because of their officialdom. The Church is not an organization but the Body of Christ that holds to the truth in worship and practice with apostolic succession in chronology and in truth. Joseph Braggnoreply@blogger.com