Posted by David Adrian
on 6/7/2009, 10:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Pre-Conciliar Consultation "
Al:
Your second point, "The vast majority of Orthodox Christians in North America voluntarily belong to parishes under the protection of a foreign Patriarch," is somewhat misleading. In my experience, in both Anglican and Orthodox churches, most people's choice of a place of worship is focused primarily on the qualities of the individual parish and their own personal spiritual needs, not on larger ecclesiastical issues.
At any rate, as we've discussed before, the quality of leadership, not the number of followers, is a key issue here. As Andrew Jackson said, "One man with courage makes a majority."
David
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