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authorMatěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>2023-02-12 23:37:28 +0100
committerMatěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>2023-02-12 23:48:58 +0100
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Few fixes of greek_church_orthodoxy
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@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ There seems to be now an emerging agreement from many sides that
the extreme stress on the theological unity was crippling the
Church in the war of the fifth and sixth century, but also that
the exact minutiae of this fight are now mostly irrelevant
-:xcite:`[@JenkinsJesusWars2011]`. This idea was (kind of
-surprisingly) partially supported by
-:xcite:`@cantalamessa:2015serving`:
+:xcite:`[@JenkinsJesusWars2011]`. This criticism of excessive
+stress on past theological issues was (kind of surprisingly)
+partially supported by :xcite:`@cantalamessa:2015serving`:
The situation in the beginning of the third millennium is not
same as the one in the beginning of the second millennium,
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ That is not to say that I consider these discussions to be
useless, or that I would like to doubt the Trinitarianism. I
believe that the Trinitarianism and the ability to maintain (more
or less successfully) balance between the two Natures of Christ
-are two most important distinctions between the Christianity as a
-religion and other religions of the world. So, I don’t think
-the theology is the problem, but the too high stress on the
+are two most important distinctions between the Christianity as
+a religion and other religions of the world. I mean, I don’t
+think the theology is the problem, but too high stress on the
correct theology as a qualification for the membership in the
-Church or even for the salvation itself.
+Church or even for the salvation itself could discourage people
+from faith.
My claiming that the current Church puts too much stress on the
Greek inheritance may seem too theoretical and abstract. Let me
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ around :xcite:`[@RatzingerFaith2006]`. [#]_ It is obvious that
this speech was completely misunderstood equally both by the
Moslem religious fanatics and secular journalists. While
everybody was excited about the citation taken out of context, we
-missed what the whole speach was all about. I more or less agree
+missed what the whole speech was all about. I more or less agree
with :xcite:`[@Jenkins2009]` that “Benedict insisted that
authentic Christianity had to be based on the Greek philosophical
tradition, establishing the European intellectual model as the