The Five Stages of 24
It Was the Best of Seasons and the Worst of Seasons...
by Julius Dithers April 10th, 2006
04:44:53 AM CST or How I Got Over Tony's Death and Can Still Watch This F*cking Manipulative Show:
Denial - "He can't be dead! It's a trick!"
Anger - "Those motherf*cking 24 showrunners authorized TONY'S DEATH!
F*ck Surnow,
f*ck Gordon,
f*ck Fury and f*ck Coto!"
Bargaining - "Why didn't they just kill that little
girl at the mall and spare Tony's life?!"
Depression - "If he's dead, nobody's safe! You, too, Sutherland! Ah, what's the point in watching this show anymore?"
Acceptance - "The President's the big bad?! Holy shit, what happens next?!"
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
The Melkite Church
My fiance and I will be getting married in this Melkite church.
I've been learning quite a bit about the Greek Catholic Churches and other "particular" churches in communion with Rome. Inevitably, I stumbled across the topic of Orthodoxy, and the strange case of the "Uniat" Churches:
The Catholic Church considers the Eastern Orthodox to be in schism and therefore not in full communion with the Holy See. Some of Eastern Orthodox Christians in turn consider Roman Catholics to be heretics, while the majority consider them in schism. Confusingly, the term "Western Orthodox" refers to Uniat Catholic churches in communion with the Roman See, known also as Eastern Catholic Churches. Actually this is rarely the case in semantic terms. Today "western Orthodox" will probably refer to groups of real apostolic Orthodox Christians in the UK, USA,and perhaps smaller numbersin France, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, who wish to be Orthodox and yet want a western and Latin rite. In Ukraine and Romania there are Uniates called Greek Catholics who have Byzantine rite, but accept primacy of the Pope, and Papal infallibility, so they are Byzantine Catholics. Also in the Lebanon are groups called Maronites and Melkites in a smilar situation.
Confused yet?
How do you think I feel? Basically, it all comes down to which churches are "in communion" with Rome --e.g. those that recognize the primacy of the Pope and accept the authority of the Holy See are Catholic, regardless of the rite they use. The Melkites actually use the Eastern Rite which, to someone raised in the Latin rite, makes for an entirely different church experience than what one is accustomed to. I see it as a wonderful example of the amazing diversity that exists within the worldwide Catholic community.
My fiance and I will be getting married in this Melkite church.
I've been learning quite a bit about the Greek Catholic Churches and other "particular" churches in communion with Rome. Inevitably, I stumbled across the topic of Orthodoxy, and the strange case of the "Uniat" Churches:
The Catholic Church considers the Eastern Orthodox to be in schism and therefore not in full communion with the Holy See. Some of Eastern Orthodox Christians in turn consider Roman Catholics to be heretics, while the majority consider them in schism. Confusingly, the term "Western Orthodox" refers to Uniat Catholic churches in communion with the Roman See, known also as Eastern Catholic Churches. Actually this is rarely the case in semantic terms. Today "western Orthodox" will probably refer to groups of real apostolic Orthodox Christians in the UK, USA,and perhaps smaller numbersin France, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, who wish to be Orthodox and yet want a western and Latin rite. In Ukraine and Romania there are Uniates called Greek Catholics who have Byzantine rite, but accept primacy of the Pope, and Papal infallibility, so they are Byzantine Catholics. Also in the Lebanon are groups called Maronites and Melkites in a smilar situation.
Confused yet?
How do you think I feel? Basically, it all comes down to which churches are "in communion" with Rome --e.g. those that recognize the primacy of the Pope and accept the authority of the Holy See are Catholic, regardless of the rite they use. The Melkites actually use the Eastern Rite which, to someone raised in the Latin rite, makes for an entirely different church experience than what one is accustomed to. I see it as a wonderful example of the amazing diversity that exists within the worldwide Catholic community.
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