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@Phototopas So come join us! I used to be Protestant myself...

A few mistakes, janitorcoeli:

Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death on that fearsome day when heaven and earth are to be shaken and You shall justly end the age [/world] by fire. I begin to tremble; I fear the time when I shall plead my case, and fear the wrath soon to come. Yea, on that day, t...

@Xenogeek2 Finally, the Sarum was always done only in Latin. There is some suggestion that the "Bidding Prayers" may have sometimes been done in the vernacular, but otherwise Latin was used exclusively. Latin is a hugely important language of the Orthodox Patrimony, like Greek and Slavonic, and ...

@mike200017 A "dogma" is "a truth integral to a system of belief." Hence, one meaning of this Greek term is "support-beam." Every affirmation of truth involves dogmata. Like: "There is no God." This dogma is unscientific, i.e. faith-based & religious. Surprise!

My own abandonment of atheism...

@davijeph It means "THOU" shalt love," NOT "the government shall love for Thee." Charity ceases to be a virtue, if your money is extorted, rather than freely given. Plus, thoughtful people know that the welfare state is the bane of both charity and the poor.

Finally: "Every one [shall give] as...