"I admit I have not scrutinized this blog, however based upon a quick peruse of the site I find it to be at most times a healthy criticism of the milieu of Orthodox Western Rite. ... The author calls for balance in the face of American WR enthusiasms." - Fr Stavrophoremonk Symeon, OrthodoxWest moderator
"I just discovered the existence of this new Orthodox blog on the Western Rite. To me, it appears to be a serious, fair-minded, and substantive blog, though perhaps more critical of the concept of Western Rite than I should like. . . . critics of the Western rite abound. Few care enough, though, to really think out what it is they mean, beyond having a knee-jerk reaction." - Hieromonk Aidan
“I was directed to this site, recently, and I have to say I thank God for it.
I am a believer that the Western Rite is viable and possible; I also believe that we are going about it rather poorly! I have long wanted people within the Western Rite to question themselves, their presuppositions, and to look critically at what they are doing….”
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“The desire to escape the abuses is noble, of course. It is also true that the Novus Ordo was hijacked. But it is of critical importance that a genuine study and consideration of WR in the Orthodox Church separate the issues of what is happening in Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism from the historical study of the Ordines Romani in their own right. By separating those issues, we can come to a much better understanding, a far more balanced perspective how the present-day WR practises fit into the life of the Orthodox Church.” – Mark Harrison 7/9/2006
December 19, 2007 - Posted by [] | Liturgics, Quotes | -- Stations of the Cross, -- Tridentine, anglican, byzantine rite, comments, debate, Discussion, matins, ordo missae, ordo romanus primus, orthodox, passion gospels, roman catholic, rosary, western rite | No Comments Yet