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You know, I've been to that "small group" home Bible study in a previous life ...
Very, very funny, but true. As an Orthodox, I found I can't step back into the lingo time warp when talking with Protestants. I start bringing up what these terms mean, and then the Orthodox teaching, etc.. But I think that people are more just reassured when hearing this lingo between each other, rather than mere curiosity of what it all means. Funny and sad.
I never knew that either.
Metanoia. Phronema. Nous. Prosphoron. Artoklassia. Therapeutic not legalistic.
Lent. Shrimp. Askesis. Don't forget askesis.
I think this is an American issue, as I don't hear cliches in Russia, after living here 8 years. Why is that...?
Anon, That is interesting. Maybe it has to do with what "brands" of evangelicals are missionaries in Russia. The "lingo" thing is definitely a subculture even within Protestantism.
Ingemar, I think I will work on a "Protestantese to Orthodoxese" dictionary and phrase book. Watch for it. :)
While this was wildly amusing...it left me a little disappointed that this was a parody and the tapes are not really available. Could have had some real fun with those.
A Protestantese to Orthodoxese lexicon would help overcome the disappointment though.
I have to turn to my wife for a translation when I encounter people like this. WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
"Believing in Sophia."
Wait, what?!
Thanks for this Steve. I especially liked the phrase "unwanted embarrassment." This got me wondering, who, exactly, is "wants to be embarrassed?
AS for the Orthodoxese tapes, count me in--more than happy to help! :)
orthodoxese phrases:
the fathers say...
i'm going old calendar for thanksgiving...
i'm going new calendar for the 4th...
are you (enter ethnicity), why are you here?
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