tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post6871107940781580052..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Tradition & True Religion: St. Basil the GreatThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-22880099941628692832020-05-18T09:47:11.397-05:002020-05-18T09:47:11.397-05:00“Which saint has left us a scriptural account of t...“Which saint has left us a scriptural account of the words of epiclesis at the manifestation of the bread of the Eucharist and the cup of blessing? We are not satisfied with the Eucharistic words that the Apostle or the Gospel mentions, but we add other words before and after theirs, since we have received non-scriptural teaching that these words have great power in regard to the mystery.”<br /><br />I’m familiar with the Words or Institution vs Epiclesis controversy. <br /><br />But Do we accept this as Latin Christians? My understanding was that the epiclesis wasn’t added until the 4th century. If “we are not satisfied with the Eucharistic words”, how can we Latins claim that these words are in fact satisfactory?<br /><br />Basically, if Basil to be believed... we really got ourselves mixed up!john churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495607339468299146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-10188894154870739732016-11-16T11:10:05.640-06:002016-11-16T11:10:05.640-06:00"Religion is overcoming demons, Faith is beli..."Religion is overcoming demons, Faith is believing in the Holy Trinity" - my translation His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim (Mentzelopoulos) of PiraeusMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224676979690855135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-79155655515367982572016-11-16T04:13:32.000-06:002016-11-16T04:13:32.000-06:00"No one would deny these point,[...]" St..."No one would deny these point,[...]" St. Basil could not forsee Western Man of the 20th century.Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.com