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Old 08-15-2006, 08:00 AM   #12
hereiamguy

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I don't see what the concern is. The reality is is that the Orthodox Church is growing. The fact that Protestants are becoming Latins does not negate the fact and reality that many Protestants and Latins are becoming Orthodox. 80% of the Clergy in the Antiochian Archdiocese of America are converts. I have heard that 50% (and maybe more) is the case for the OCA and the Russian Church Abroad. Even in the Greek Archdiocese, particullary among the communities of Elder Ephraim, there are many converts. I do not have any official figures, but I one time read that the Orthodox Church is the 3rd fastest growing Church in America and the fastest growing liturgical (as opposed to pulpit based) Church there.
As for the scandals in Greece and Palestine, that is the result of human sinfulness. If one studies Church history, even from the earliest times, one can find corruption, scandals, and unchristian behaviour on the part of the clergy and faithful of the Church.
We know very well that the Roman Catholic Church has anything but a clean slate in its history. The recent scandal it finds itself in is far worse that any financial or property scandal we see in Greece or Palestine. The Roman Catholic Church now finds itself bereft of any moral authority, even among its own flock, based on the actions of their clergy and moreover based on the fact that their hierarchs knew what was occuring and did nothing.
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