Category: Church Administration
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Administrative Heresy
This term is strange to the ear of the believer, for he is accustomed to hearing about heresy in its intellectual form. But that heresy should be administrative requires reflection and a reading that embodies doctrines behaviorally. Doctrines are not purely intellectual terms that do not touch human reality. For what benefit does a person…
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“The Declaration of Failure”
The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Sunday of All Saints, which the Church placed after the Sunday of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, because the saints are proof that Pentecost is an ongoing event in history, and that the Holy Spirit is ever active in history, as Metropolitan Paul Yazigi says (1). The…
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A Comment on the Defrocking of the Metropolitan of Homs
He who speaks about human rights and their dignity and sanctity in the Sunday sermon must apply them in his institutions, in his decisions, and in his manner of dealing with cases. Yesterday’s statement of the Antiochian Synod does not observe the least of human rights and dignity, nor does it attain the lowest standards…
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Administrative Heresy
This term is strange to the believer’s ear, because he is accustomed to hearing about heresy in its intellectual form. But for heresy to be administrative, it requires contemplation and a reading that incarnates doctrines behaviorally. Doctrines are not purely intellectual terms that do not touch human reality, for what does man benefit from Christ…