tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17052672.post2045605530533707390..comments2024-02-05T16:38:28.448+00:00Comments on Orthodox Monk: Neophyte Monk (Modified)Orthodox Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07240761033816443587noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17052672.post-82135874207603503052008-02-19T20:25:00.000+00:002008-02-19T20:25:00.000+00:00The only people I have seen that use the plural ar...The only people I have seen that use the plural are Westerners. The OCA and GOARCH parishes I belong to use only the singular, and the ROCOR English-language parish at Synod HQ in NYC also only used the singular. Perhaps Old Believers use the plural, which would be telling re your comments on the conservativism of Russian practice. (Fr. Georges Florovsky once quipped that Russia got everything she has from the Greeks, too bad they didn't keep any of it.)123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17052672.post-61133536899334596922008-02-18T19:41:00.000+00:002008-02-18T19:41:00.000+00:00We have responded to this comment in an addition t...We have responded to this comment in an addition to the body of the post.<BR/><BR/>Orthodox MonkOrthodox Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240761033816443587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17052672.post-91884654920190483822008-02-18T18:06:00.000+00:002008-02-18T18:06:00.000+00:00The Creed, as approved by Nicea I and Constantinop...The Creed, as approved by Nicea I and Constantinople I do in fact begin with "We believe". When this was incorporated into the Divine Liturgy, and other services and prayer rules, the corporate confession of faith was made personal. Since we are not only assenting to the faith of our community, but we are testifying as to our own, personal faith. <BR/><BR/>Not sure what difference it makes since it has such an ancient, wholly Orthodox pedigree, or why such vehemence on the part of Anonymous, but perhaps something was lost of the subtlety and thoughtfulness of his comments in translation.123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.com