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**9mm_fan** · 12-21-2006, 08:48 PM

Unfortunately, this seems less about theology and more about property. Monastics are not supposed to be tied to a place. It is one thing to stay in the monastery, awaiting massacre by pagans or moslems. It is another thing to defy lawful ecclessiastic authority. I would think that, even if the Esphigmanou monastics are right, the thing to do would be to leave the authority of the Patriarch, "shaking the dust off their sandals" and set up shop elsewhere. I don't know but the whole "spirit" here just seems wrong.

12-21-2006, 08:48 PM	#6
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 53 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	Unfortunately, this seems less about theology and more about property. Monastics are not supposed to be tied to a place. It is one thing to stay in the monastery, awaiting massacre by pagans or moslems. It is another thing to defy lawful ecclessiastic authority. I would think that, even if the Esphigmanou monastics are right, the thing to do would be to leave the authority of the Patriarch, "shaking the dust off their sandals" and set up shop elsewhere. I don't know but the whole "spirit" here just seems wrong.
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