Figroth

Writer and currently figuring out streaming. Likes D&D, anime, animations, storytelling. Opinions are of the AI Hive Mind that's controlling me.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

I've been wanting to write more, so I decided to challenge myself with a writing blog. Tumblr seemed like a good place for it (maybe), so I made this:
https://t.co/BXScoJq0y4

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@Alex_Ortodoxie @greatmaambino @HwsEleutheroi @Michael__Garten How exactly is iconodulia the religion of the Empire when the Emperors were the ones pushing iconoclasm. People, at least get some basic history right before starting to talk about "overwhelming evidence".

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@Alex_Ortodoxie speaking any term that ends in -mancy originally referred to a form of divination. Biblical references to necromancy would be referring to that ancient meaning, not later modern or medieval ones.

That being said, his application of the word was sloppy and can be easily refuted.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@Alex_Ortodoxie Minor note Alex:
JP was (kinda) right about necromancy being a method of divination/communication with the dead. Necromancy as bringing back the dead is mostly a modern re-interpretation of the term by the fantasy genre. "Mancy" (manteia / μαντεία) means divination, so generally

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@brycejofficial I'd say it's at least somewhat significant which of the two Councils is considered authoritative (if either), since the Const/ple avoids much of the language/statements that makes Jerusalem 1672 controversial. It's easier to present the Orthodox view from the former.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@brycejofficial https://t.co/o9KmEK2Xhc

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@MrAugustlw2c @AngloVarangian Newman Nahas (https://t.co/kd1OiRNuvP) argues that this is in reference to a Constantinople synod of the same year. The text refers to the Councils of Constantinople and then follows up with the list of years.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@MrAugustlw2c @AngloVarangian I'd say maybe Jerusalem 1672 is intended to be connected to Const/ple 1672 and the other Councils, but I'd hesitate to say that it has authority independently of them and of its own accord. It might be more like the Palamite Synods that are collectively referred to as one synod.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@MrAugustlw2c @AngloVarangian Finally, we can see in the opening speech of the EP that he mentions the same list of Councils, but includes 1672 in the ones that took place in Constantinople. Only 1642 is listed separately as Jassy.
https://t.co/jh2ivQ7zEL

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@ErickYbarra3 @CloserToSource Newman Nahas (https://t.co/kd1OiRNuvP) argues that this is in reference to a Constantinople synod of the same year. The text refers to the Councils of Constantinople and then follows up with the list of years.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@MrAugustlw2c @AngloVarangian It was a Council as far as I understand, but its status as general/Ecumenical is a different question.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@MrAugustlw2c @AngloVarangian Newman Nahas (https://t.co/kd1OiRNuvP) argues that this is in reference to a Constantinople synod of the same year. The text refers to the Councils of Constantinople and then follows up with the list of years.

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@Nicholai_Korea To be precise, are you saying that Orthodoxy is inherently right-leaning or just that in the specific circumstances of current US politics, the Democrats are not a good party for the Orthodox worldview?

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@buckrebel @Michaeldudufudu I don't have a formed opinion of Jay, but I see this response a lot and I don't get it. How is someone's behaviour offline a response to complaints (justified or not) about someone's behaviour online?

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@Alex_Ortodoxie This argumentation provides both a mode of attack to question the idea that there could be created inf/ty at all, but it also provides the Orthodox a way to explain that the whole inf/ty question does not make sense to us. We participate in the Energies of the Only Infallible One

[Figroth @TheFigroth]

@Alex_Ortodoxie For the Western Christian, it seems that they all kind of implicitly buy into that idea of created inf/ty and the only question is where to find it (the Bible, the Pope, the Councils, the Church, etc.)
The Orthodox reject the premise, therefore the question does not apply.