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juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted March 16, 2004 10:14 AM
 
I heard that statement today and it puzzles me. I`m certainly not very familiar with Catholicism, but I thought it was a faith/belief rather than a lifestyle.  Can ya straighten me out here  ? juniperb  ------------------
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theFajita3
Knowflake Posts: 1457
From: Sunny South Florida, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted March 16, 2004 11:24 AM
They probably mean someone who adheres to the principles and rules of the religion..which are many!!------------------
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FishKitten
Knowflake Posts: 1033
From: on the trail of the Old Ones
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted March 16, 2004 02:30 PM
I think the acual word "catholic" means all encompasing or something to that effect and has nothing to do with the Catholic religion. Maybe if you are living an authentic catholic life you are experiencing everything possible in this incarnation. I doubt I would like the religious explanation, but the linguistic one seems pretty cool!IP: Logged |
Isis
Knowflake Posts: 1922
From: CA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 16, 2004 02:37 PM
Catholic: (adj)1.Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive
2.Including or concerning all humankind; universal
3. a) Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.
b) Of or relating to the universal Christian church.
c) Of or relating to the ancient undivided Christian church.
d) Of or relating to those churches that have claimed to be representatives of the ancient undivided church. Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox are Catholic religions. Since they're using it as an adjective I would have to guess: a lifestyle that conforms to whatever form of catholic christian religion to which they belong. IP: Logged |
gloomy sag
Knowflake Posts: 355
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted March 16, 2004 02:50 PM
I am sorry Isis but Greek Orthodox is not the same as Catholic. At least not anymore 
We have different traditions, celebrate holidays on different days and fast on different days (months)"When, eventually, the Eastern and Western branches of the Church parted company in 1054, the western Church called itself Catholic and the Eastern part took the title "Orthodox". At the Reformation which again split the Western Church, those who continued to follow the traditions of the Roman Church became known as "Roman Catholic" while the others were termed "Protestant". The Church of England claims to be a fusion of Catholic and Protestant with those at the "Roman" end of the spectrum being known as "Anglo Catholic". " IP: Logged |
Isis
Knowflake Posts: 1922
From: CA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 16, 2004 03:39 PM
I'm Greek Orthodox as well, and my priest told me we're a type of Catholic...it's also why my Catholic husband didn't have to convert to marry in the Greek church...Catholic is a type of Christianity is how it was put to me, and there are a few types of catholics: roman, greek and russian (well, Roman and Eastern, actually, the Greeks and Russians being two subsets of Eastern)... They used the word Orthodox to differentiate themselves and to indicate that they hold true to what they consider to be the "traditional" "real" form of catholocism: Orthodox: 1) Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion. 2) Adhering to the Christian faith as expressed in the early Christian ecumenical creeds. (the definition was for me as much as anyone else, I'm a word hound, love to read the dictionary)
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gloomy sag
Knowflake Posts: 355
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted March 16, 2004 03:49 PM
Yeah, I live with Catholics who believe that the Orthodox Church is the same as the Catholic one.
If you are a Greek Orthodox and you have lived in Greece you know that those are two different things. IP: Logged |
Isis
Knowflake Posts: 1922
From: CA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 16, 2004 03:53 PM
Ya, they're different types of the same thing- like there are many organizations that fall into the "protestant" heading, but they're certainly not all the same. You don't have to have lived in Greece to know the difference... You need to drag them into the church, our incense smells better  IP: Logged |
gloomy sag
Knowflake Posts: 355
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted March 16, 2004 04:00 PM
OK, you win.
I don't belong to any church after all.
But if I had to choose between Orthodox and Catholic I would choose Orthodox. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted March 16, 2004 04:02 PM
No wonder I was Thank you for all the great insight. I think Fishkittens linguistics approach has the most flavor for me.
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experiencing everything possible in this incarnation
very inspiring concept  juniperb ------------------
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Isis
Knowflake Posts: 1922
From: CA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 16, 2004 04:22 PM
Gloomy: I wasn't trying to win anything  I'm sorry if I offended you.
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gloomy sag
Knowflake Posts: 355
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted March 16, 2004 05:41 PM
sorry, I didn't mean to neglect your question Juniperb. I'm not sure what it was meant by that phrase (it all depends on who said it, right? I live with people that are active believers - they go to church every Sunday for a couple of hours,and are very conservative (like if you have a boyfriend you have to get married before you have sex.) I guess they see themselves as true catholics
Isis, I'm not offended at all. It is just sad to know that the priests in my country do everything possible for the Orthodox Church to be recognized for what it is and how different it is from the Catholic one. And it doesn't even matter in the end. IP: Logged |
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