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Postby Fersceau » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:49 am

I'm a Catholic, so it's not MUCH of a leap....how many shares do you have?

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Postby Fersceau » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:56 am

How many shares would would you give me if I got the Catholic to refund the schism of 1054?

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Postby The Archregimancy » Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:34 am

Fersceau wrote:How many shares would would you give me if I got the Catholic to refund the schism of 1054?


If you get the Catholic church to renounce and reject the filioque, purgatory, Papal infallibility, the Immaculate Conception, and doctrines of Papal monarchical supremacy by the end of the share trading period while embracing patriarchal collegiality and returning to the bosom of the One True Church?

Manage that, and you can have all of Max Barry's shares.

You have my word as a game mod.

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Postby The Archregimancy » Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:35 am

Tergnitz wrote:Baptized Serbian Orthodox; I'll be taking those shares thank you!


Silly Tergnitz; I'm not wasting my shares on people who are already Orthodox.

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Postby The Archregimancy » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:23 am

I am disappointed there have been no takers so far.

Perhaps it's the insistence of our Greek Orthodox brothers that potential converts within their jurisdiction take month-long courses to understand the full richness of the Orthodox theological and liturgical tradition.

I can see why that might be a problem.

Pro-tip: instead go to a church under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. There's plenty of them scattered around the Western world (even our South American members don't have an excuse), and they'll take just about anyone.
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Postby Ursakov » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:26 am

Aw man, there are no Orthodox churches around here.
Wait, wait, there's a Ukrainian Orthodox church, does that count?
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Postby Lancov » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:10 am

If someone where to unify all the churches in North America under one jurisdiction, would that be worth something?
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Postby The Archregimancy » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:20 pm

Ursakov wrote:Aw man, there are no Orthodox churches around here.
Wait, wait, there's a Ukrainian Orthodox church, does that count?


That depends on the type of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - there are three separate jurisdictions claiming the title, only one of which is canonical.


Lancov wrote:If someone where to unify all the churches in North America under one jurisdiction, would that be worth something?


Yes - but the North American bishops seem to be getting there anyway. But if you can speed up the process, feel free to try!

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Postby Palermo Della Isola » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:38 pm

I was actually converted to orthodox as a child.

So I scanned my certificate, here you go.

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Postby Tergnitz » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:10 pm

The Archregimancy wrote:
Tergnitz wrote:Baptized Serbian Orthodox; I'll be taking those shares thank you!


Silly Tergnitz; I'm not wasting my shares on people who are already Orthodox.

I of course meant that I was baptized yesterday!

Help out a brother of the faith here Arch :D

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Postby Nightkill the Emperor » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:12 pm

Krishna is saying I should go for it.
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Postby Polkopia » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:14 pm

I'm curious, what type of Orthodox are you? I follow the Russian Orthodox faith :p
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Postby Yes Im Biop » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:16 pm

K Mill couldnt get me to do this XD
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Postby Samuraikoku » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:16 pm

The folks in the Russian Orthodox church of Buenos Aires (located Brasil 315, near the intersection with Defensa) were kind enough to let me convert. Took a picture while was at it.

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Postby New high charity 24 » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:18 pm

Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Krishna is saying I should go for it.


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Postby Our New World Oceania » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:18 pm

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Yep. I just converted a moment ago. Shares, now would you?

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Postby Itanica » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:42 pm

http://i39.tinypic.com/a3lgtg.jpg

I converted.

No guarantees of authenticity of certificate. Heh.
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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:12 pm

Forum Seven wrote:Would you accept a non-denominational Christian who baptized himself in the holy spirit?


No. Sorry.

Heretics. Honestly...


Tergnitz wrote:Help out a brother of the faith here Arch :D


No certificate, so no shares. Sorry.


Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Krishna is saying I should go for it.


What did विष्णु say?


Polkopia wrote:I'm curious, what type of Orthodox are you? I follow the Russian Orthodox faith


There's no such thing as a 'Russian Orthodox faith' - merely the Russian Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church. But yes, we also tend to be under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate (though our current church is a Russian tradition parish of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; these things are always tricky in Orthodoxy).


Samuraikoku wrote:The folks in the Russian Orthodox church of Buenos Aires (located Brasil 315, near the intersection with Defensa) were kind enough to let me convert. Took a picture while was at it.


I know the address - I plan on visiting when I'm in your part of the world in three weeks. However, I happen to know for a fact (because I checked a couple of weeks ago) that the Buenos Aires cathedral is a ROCOR jurisdiction, and there's no way they'd let you convert on a whim. Also, I don't see your certificate. Sorry.


Our New World Oceania wrote:(Image)

Yep. I just converted a moment ago. Shares, now would you?


You really thought I wouldn't notice that A) the date of conversion is listed as 1958 (though I had to use Photoship to get a high enough resolution to confirm that) and B) The self-proclaimed 'African Orthodox Church' (which is an African-American organisation founded in the USA in the 1920s) is of dubious canonicity; certainly it's not in communion with Constantinople and Moscow, as specified in the OP. Sorry.

Itanica wrote:http://i39.tinypic.com/a3lgtg.jpg

I converted.

No guarantees of authenticity of certificate. Heh.


A) I can read that small print and B) all of the details have been erased. Sorry.


Oh well, looks like I've kept my shares.

Cyril and Methodius I'm clearly not.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:25 pm

I should have known about this earlier. The orthodox church is one of my favourites. Mostly to use as a religion in computer games, but still.

Also, Arch, don't take it to hard C&M took years, you had like, what a bit more than a day?
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Postby Laerod » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:30 pm

You probably would've gotten more had you been selling membership rather than offering to pay converts. It's just how this twisted forum works...

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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:41 pm

Laerod wrote:You probably would've gotten more had you been selling membership rather than offering to pay converts. It's just how this twisted forum works...


Maybe if I'd offered to start posting photographs of myself wearing a bikini underneath monastic robes?

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Postby Laerod » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:46 pm

The Archregimancy wrote:
Laerod wrote:You probably would've gotten more had you been selling membership rather than offering to pay converts. It's just how this twisted forum works...


Maybe if I'd offered to start posting photographs of myself wearing a bikini underneath monastic robes?

The market for that was saturated, I believe. It's why I went for doing art.

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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:50 pm

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Don't smiley spam a mod's thread - really bad idea.



Laerod wrote:
The Archregimancy wrote:
Maybe if I'd offered to start posting photographs of myself wearing a bikini underneath monastic robes?

The market for that was saturated, I believe. It's why I went for doing art.


And that's why I went for religious conversion and giving away my worldly riches in a show of Christian charity.

I was sure all the cool kids would go for it.

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