tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post7698636039892654114..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : What is the Priesthood?Alice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-76414132051788687072009-02-19T11:05:00.000-08:002009-02-19T11:05:00.000-08:00Father Tim, Holy Tradition is not synonymous with ...Father Tim, Holy Tradition is not synonymous with folk tradition which can become quite elaborate over time. Consider how popular Catholicism has built up "dogmas" about Mary's immaculate conception, Purgatory, and the special role of certain Saints: St. Jude for lost things and lost causes, etc. Anglicans have these also. Consider Our Lady of Walsingham. Mary is said to have appeared in a vision to the devout Saxon noblewoman Richeldis de Faverches in 1061. While I don't mean to be cynical, these elaborations on Mary contribute to tourism (pilgrimages) and therefore become quite popular in certain areas. <BR/><BR/>The litmus test for me is not in the folksy particulars as much as in the theological implications. Mary was in fact the new Temple, the new Holy of Holy while the Christ was in her womb. She contained in herself the uncontainable One. Her womb enclosed the Maker of the universe. This is the theological point and it is more about who Christ is than about Mary. <BR/><BR/>I responded to your questions posted at Ideologies Opposed to Holy Tradition today. Sorry for the delay.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-91532643256727599972009-02-19T08:46:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:46:00.000-08:00Thank you again, for a good post. A couple of que...Thank you again, for a good post. A couple of questions.<BR/>1. This might just show my ignorance of Orthodoxy. I'm in agreement that no woman entered the Holy Place. Here is my dilemma: I thought that one of the feasts of Orthodoxy was the presentation at the temple of the Theotokos, where she is escorted into the Most Holy Place by the High Priest. Maybe it's just my Protestantism speaking, but that idea to me is absolutely scandalous, and one of the reasons I cannot be Orthodox. And I thought this was dogma, part of THE Tradition, not just some tradition. I don't see how that can reconcile with this.<BR/>2. I don't know if you saw my last post on you Ideologies opposed to the Great Tradition, as I posted several days after your last post. I'd love to hear how that might relate.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, <BR/>TimTimothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348004504241440566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-82949199777913436392009-02-18T18:21:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:21:00.000-08:00Great article. GRL3Great article. GRL3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com