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"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
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"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
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“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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Comments are most welcome. The whole point is to defend the discussion of real concerns which seem to have been squelched in general. We believe this is healthy. One caveat: even if feelings may run high, please try to be rational and courteous.
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The question of rites is precisely not, has never been and cannot be a mere question of rites per se , but is and has always been a question of faith, of its wholeness and integrity.
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A serious examination and judgment of something. From the Greek κριτικός, kritikós - one who discerns, which itself arises from the Ancient Greek word κριτής, krités, meaning a person who offers reasoned judgement or analysis.
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"My gut feeling about the site's owner turned out to be correct. He is not at all a rabid anti-Western riter but, like St. Thomas, wants to "put his hand into the side" of the Western rite so as to revere what is reverend about it. So far it has been a discussion zone less heated than other WR discussion fora. It shows some promise." - Rev. Hieromonk Aidan
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