tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post5445598177291296728..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: 'A True Son of Byzantium'—Bl Theophylact of OchridAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-34464740068270826482010-04-02T09:46:37.009-05:002010-04-02T09:46:37.009-05:00MEΛΕΤΗΣΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΕΔΩ :
http://new-byzantium.blogspot...MEΛΕΤΗΣΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΕΔΩ :<br /><br />http://new-byzantium.blogspot.com/ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204389818816438296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-34846964849216253002010-01-17T02:29:10.489-06:002010-01-17T02:29:10.489-06:00I have no doubt such concerns often play into it, ...I have no doubt such concerns often play into it, though I have known those who vehemently deny the toll houses, but who I know for a fact are not shy of the reality of sin even to the point of political incorrectness.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-68805669721863199492010-01-14T21:06:25.394-06:002010-01-14T21:06:25.394-06:00There are not taught because they convey the messa...There are not taught because they convey the message that the sins for which the devils at every house accuse the soul, are not "real". To call sodomy a sin is so politically incorrect, to call heresy by its name and warn people against the fate that awaits heretics in hell is to show lack of brotherly love, that better not to talk about it altogether.seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804487873268748108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-89599041193455409082010-01-14T07:38:42.771-06:002010-01-14T07:38:42.771-06:00Protov> I am very glad to hear it! I and many o...Protov> I am very glad to hear it! I and many others in the US (including basically everyone in the Russian Church Abroad) consider it absolute Orthodox teaching as well, but the 'tollhouses' are not commonly taught in the larger jurisdictions here and many American Orthodox, to the extent that they do know of it, consider it either a negotiable 'folk belief' or else something actually heretical.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-50643445569632554722010-01-13T23:18:14.162-06:002010-01-13T23:18:14.162-06:00Aaron,
My comment here is rather by tangent. I fo...Aaron,<br /><br />My comment here is rather by tangent. I followed the links and I stumbled upon the "toll houses of the air" (in Romanian "vămile văzduhului"). In Romania this is absolute Orthodox teaching. It is illustrated by the celebrated external frescoes of Churches like Suceviţa, Voroneţ and others (the "tollhouses" appear in conjunction with the Ladder of St. John Climax). The "Viaţa şi petrecerea svinţilor" (The life and the journey of the saints) of Metropolitan of Moldavia Dosoftei (1682), numerous other "Cazanii" (Homelies), the services for the dead, all speak of the "tollhouses".seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804487873268748108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-73463063940479098942010-01-13T20:59:06.589-06:002010-01-13T20:59:06.589-06:00Well, I did my best with what I had. Unfortunately...Well, I did my best with what I had. Unfortunately, Bl Theophylact's own writings are still for the most part rather inaccessible. Obolensky has a book with a full treatment of him that I keep meaning to order but haven't yet. Maybe tomorrow!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-51661897040792616902010-01-13T16:31:52.924-06:002010-01-13T16:31:52.924-06:00Very informative. I had always wondered what the ...Very informative. I had always wondered what the 11th c. saint had thought about the Schism, esp as it related to the territory grab between Franko-Germans and Byzantines in his see.Isaachttp://www.thecrabtree.netnoreply@blogger.com