Is the Church Roman?
I can understand why one might want to associate the Church with the glories of the Roman Empire, but such associations, though they may be historically important, are not essential for her.Â
Mary, in the Glass Coffin of the Museum
The Bible, decked with jewels and precious metals, was placed just above waist level — the perfect height for us to bow and kiss it. And that’s what would have happened in the Orthodox church for which the holy book was created. But if we’d tried that here, our lips would have bumped into a … Read more
