Pierre St. Pierre

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@OrdinariateUSA @ruckusofantioch in my experience, Catholic monastics were either scrupulous and hyper-legalistic Thomists or they were into Zen Buddhism or something since their own traditions had been stripped of its depth (this obviously isn't true in every case)

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@OrdinariateUSA @ruckusofantioch I'm the opposite of an OrthoBro lol. It's true though! Don't take it from me, here's a former Benedictine monk who's spot on https://t.co/pZwYG7S8og

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@ruckusofantioch Which may sound harsh. I've met a lot of lovely RC friars and nuns (far more Christian than I am, frankly), BUT it's qualitatively different than EO monasticism (and this is coming from someone who leans ecumenist over triumphalist!)

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@ruckusofantioch I heard a former RC say that modern RC monasticism is basically gays, scrupulous women, and guys who like reading, whereas EO monasticism is still monastic. I'm also former RC, I told this to all my ex-RC (now EO) friends and they all laughed because we've all experienced this

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@roddreher Does it help with your mono? Two years post-mono and I’m a shell of what I used to be.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@noetic_healing Praying for you! 🙏✝️

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@noetic_healing 4 The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and a sensible person won’t ignore them.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC @Tricknologist_ Fair enough. I wish you well. God bless. 🙏🏼✝️

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC @Tricknologist_ (Once again, I must assert that I’m not an expert! So take it with a grain of salt)

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC @Tricknologist_ (3/3) Not every detail of a regional synod is received over time. The historical context changes, and the Holy Spirit cements universal dogma through the living memory of the Church.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC I just found the church fathers, while not exactly univocal theologically, held to an ecclesiology more closely resembling EO than branch theory, which is why I chose the mess that is EO over the mess that is Anglicanism.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC I'm a legit idiot though so idk. God bless🙏

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC I'm sure you're familiar with "reception theory" as opposed to the way RCs claim dogma works. You may say reception theory is all cope and I can understand your stance. It can get messy. But, as you originally stated, the early church was messy, just as EO ecclesiology is today.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC What's the proof of this? Ask ten Orthodox if it's binding and you'll get eleven answers. Ask them about, lets say, Ephesus or the Palamite synods and everyone will affirm them no question.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@USATrackAIPAC Not trying to argue (love me some Anglicanism) but 1672 isn't binding in the same way that the first 7 councils are. Or even Const 879, Trullo, or the Palamite synods for that matter. Its "softly" binding in that what's been received is just a general rejection of Calvinism.

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@Sophiologist_ I’m a failed standup comedian who is Eastern Orthodox

[Pierre St. Pierre @AphexTwink89]

@Soulful76_Leaf Please do! Thank you 🙏🏼