Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow - I never thought I'd see a post about the filioque clause on the LUG... way to go Brian - how about bringing us up to date on Arius vs.. Athanasius next... :) Tim A > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Brian Reid > Sent: May 15, 2001 8:49 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] feuds > > > Sometimes a disagreement takes on a life of its own. > > If you read the newspapers at all (I just look at the pictures, myself) > you will have noticed that Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman > Catholic Church, visited Greece, a stronghold of the Orthodox church, > and was not exactly welcome. > > For about 1000 years there was, more or less, one church. In 1054 AD > there was a big fight, and the Christian church broke into two major > groups. The Pope's visit to Greece was the first visit since 1054 by > the leader of one side to a stronghold of the other side. > > What was the fight about? Almost nothing, seen through the lens of > history. The Roman church wanted the Nicene Creed to say "the Holy > Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, proceeds from the Father and the > Son", while the Eastern Church (centered in Constantinople) didn't like > the words "and the Son" at the end. That phrase is called "the > filioque" "feel e OH kay", and arguing about it has lasted a thousand > years, a dozen crusades, sacking, burning, pillaging, and so forth. > > Was it worth it? Not for us to decide. Sometimes the feud is life > itself, and when people stop feuding they no longer have any reason to > exist. > > Find it in you to ignore people that you are convinced are wrong. > Whether what they are wrong about is lens sharpness, or whether the > Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son or just from the > Father, it is not worth the combat.