tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post5189548673000176898..comments2023-07-08T08:12:28.854-04:00Comments on Oh Taste and See: CredoFr. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03489705490983833993noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-23455052809995603982009-01-28T14:42:00.000-05:002009-01-28T14:42:00.000-05:00John,Thanks (to you and, again, to all) for your c...John,<BR/><BR/>Thanks (to you and, again, to all) for your comments. Och, I, too, am surprised by your father's use of the Creed. Good for him. As for s-p being ornery, well, what else is new? ;-)<BR/><BR/>As to your question regarding why some synods (re)baptize Baptists and not others: My response wound up being so long that I'm going to post on it on the blog itself.Fr. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489705490983833993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-13753042838727510732009-01-28T00:34:00.000-05:002009-01-28T00:34:00.000-05:00Thank you for this incredibly wonderful post. The...Thank you for this incredibly wonderful post. The Creed is where it is at for me. It is my favorite part of the service as well--the part where I tend to perk up a bit and take especial notice. I never took it for granted before I became Orthodox, mainly because I never had it! I came out of a group that rejected all creeds and had silly slogans like "No Creed But the Bible," and pretended Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-35633019880323998042009-01-26T23:41:00.000-05:002009-01-26T23:41:00.000-05:00... converts to the Orthodox faith (or any other, ...<I>... converts to the Orthodox faith (or any other, for that matter) make the worst apologists, at least at first, as they end up focusing almost exclusively on the often-esoteric distinctives of their new faith rather than its catholic core.</I><BR/><BR/>Spot-on.<BR/><BR/>Anglicans do recite the Nicene Creed with <I>filioque</I> at the Communion service.Ecgberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354592772973677609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-87532223960826276812009-01-25T13:24:00.000-05:002009-01-25T13:24:00.000-05:00Great post.Some Baptists do say the Creed, or have...Great post.<BR/><BR/>Some Baptists do say the Creed, or have said it, formally, in the past.<BR/><BR/>In England, until the last 15 years or so, it was not entirely uncommon for Baptists to recite the Creed (indeed, the Nicene Creed, though with filioque). In these same churches the pastor would usually wear robes essentially the same as the traditional ecclesial garb worn by Congregationalist Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-55732005081024355822009-01-23T22:52:00.000-05:002009-01-23T22:52:00.000-05:00RE: Baptists...Once in my Sunday AM Bible class in...RE: Baptists...Once in my Sunday AM Bible class in the church of Christ, I jumbled up the creed, substituted "universal" for "catholic" and asked the class to say AMEN if they agreed with the statements I made. I got 'em all, then read the creed and said the Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists etc etc recite this same thing every Sunday so that must mean .....? I got called in to the elder's Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-17138289475316884842009-01-23T22:51:00.000-05:002009-01-23T22:51:00.000-05:00This post, like so many of yours, is beautiful AND...This post, like so many of yours, is beautiful AND meaningful. What a rare gift you have, husband!Natalia Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06909149157758339647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-547181811019235302009-01-23T21:50:00.000-05:002009-01-23T21:50:00.000-05:00Thank you all for your replies.Rhology,Yes, Jared ...Thank you all for your replies.<BR/><BR/>Rhology,<BR/><BR/>Yes, Jared John did recite a creed as an Episcopalian (though it may have been the Apostles' instead of the Nicene; I'm not sure) -- regardless, the meaningfulness of the moment for him was not so much that he could recite the Creed in Church, but that he could recite it as part of an assembly <I>whose believers and leaders actually Fr. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489705490983833993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-16166587073839904712009-01-23T14:54:00.000-05:002009-01-23T14:54:00.000-05:00OH my goodness, you've nailed it, thank you Reader...OH my goodness, you've nailed it, thank you Reader.<BR/><BR/>And, Many Years to the newly Illuminted.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-32248559768486019532009-01-23T13:29:00.000-05:002009-01-23T13:29:00.000-05:00This article is very helpful. It is going to chang...This article is very helpful. It is going to change how I respond to people who ask me, as they do all the time, what the Orthodox believe. Thank you!<BR/><BR/>-xeniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-62759212292792731252009-01-23T11:42:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:42:00.000-05:00Did Jared not recite the Creed in his former commu...Did Jared not recite the Creed in his former communion?<BR/>I certainly wish that my church did...<BR/>And describing one's faith is a balancing act, b/c you can say what you say, and that captures the heart of it, but it doesn't distinguish your faith from other similar ones (or similar to the outsider), so that can be tough. But, if you do it right, it can lead to longer conversation, which isRhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-38882241013375414072009-01-23T10:30:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:30:00.000-05:00May Jared John and his family be blessed. And yes,...May Jared John and his family be blessed. And yes, Amen, well said.Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10336499.post-78909240530411642942009-01-23T08:47:00.000-05:002009-01-23T08:47:00.000-05:00Well said. Thanks for the reminder.Well said. Thanks for the reminder.Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107488973500025470noreply@blogger.com