Punished Kero on Nostr: イリエ >first of all he can't even remember in what book he read it, or whether ...
イリエ (npub1x66…vxqr) >first of all he can't even remember in what book he read it, or whether Belloc wrote that at all, making it just another opinion on the internet
Even if that's an opinion, it's a good one I think.
>Second, there is no reason given to the main point. The Great Schism was a self-inflicted wound by German interests in the West.
It is worthless to say who's the fault here, I think the best way is to look at the consequences. Out of all 5 Patriarchs, only one still stand. That alone is a good reason why the west wasn't wrong.
>hird, it contradicts direct words of Belloc about European roots being Mediterranean (which is true).
I don't see how it contradicts the statement, seeing how Italians are Meds. Spanish, Portuguese and to some degree France are Meds and they're Catholic.
>Finally, Belloc was a Catholic, it would be weird to expect him to demand a return to Orthodoxy; but, him being a learned man, it would not be surprising for him to demand a return to the Greco-Roman legacy, which is fully preserved in Orthodoxy as it encapsulates Eastern Roman spirit and tradition.
The Greco-Roman spirit died when Rome fell, what exist in the East now is the the accumulation of Greek Christian spirit imbued with Eastern philosophies.
Even if that's an opinion, it's a good one I think.
>Second, there is no reason given to the main point. The Great Schism was a self-inflicted wound by German interests in the West.
It is worthless to say who's the fault here, I think the best way is to look at the consequences. Out of all 5 Patriarchs, only one still stand. That alone is a good reason why the west wasn't wrong.
>hird, it contradicts direct words of Belloc about European roots being Mediterranean (which is true).
I don't see how it contradicts the statement, seeing how Italians are Meds. Spanish, Portuguese and to some degree France are Meds and they're Catholic.
>Finally, Belloc was a Catholic, it would be weird to expect him to demand a return to Orthodoxy; but, him being a learned man, it would not be surprising for him to demand a return to the Greco-Roman legacy, which is fully preserved in Orthodoxy as it encapsulates Eastern Roman spirit and tradition.
The Greco-Roman spirit died when Rome fell, what exist in the East now is the the accumulation of Greek Christian spirit imbued with Eastern philosophies.