Difference between revisions of "Talk:John S. Romanides"

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::That's a good point (I'm thinking of frankfurters, etc.) - I was just cutting and pasting to stir some discussion. I hope that, in time, this will become a very lively article! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
 
::That's a good point (I'm thinking of frankfurters, etc.) - I was just cutting and pasting to stir some discussion. I hope that, in time, this will become a very lively article! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
  
::: That seems like a pretty egregiously obvious error on Bratton's part.  Do you perhaps have a source for some more informed criticism of Romanides?  What about his debate with Meyendorff over the nature of Barlaam's errors?  --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 14:34, 26 Mar 2005 (CST)
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::: That seems like a pretty egregiously obvious error on Bratton's part.  Do you perhaps have a source for some more informed criticism of Romanides?  What about his debate with Meyendorff over the nature of Barlaam's errors
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::: P.S. Do you think it's wise/okay to copy text from a 9 year old listserv message into OrthodoxWiki?  Did you contact Dr. Bratton?  --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 14:34, 26 Mar 2005 (CST)

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Professor Romanides and his followers appear to confuse the Greek usage of "Franks" -- which later writers applied indiscriminately to _all_ Western Latin Europeans, including Germans! -- with the original tribe that occupied Gaul.

Franks are Germans, and Frankish is a Germanic language. See: Wikipedia:Franks --Rdr. Andrew 13:42, 26 Mar 2005 (CST)
That's a good point (I'm thinking of frankfurters, etc.) - I was just cutting and pasting to stir some discussion. I hope that, in time, this will become a very lively article! Fr. John
That seems like a pretty egregiously obvious error on Bratton's part. Do you perhaps have a source for some more informed criticism of Romanides? What about his debate with Meyendorff over the nature of Barlaam's errors?
P.S. Do you think it's wise/okay to copy text from a 9 year old listserv message into OrthodoxWiki? Did you contact Dr. Bratton? --Rdr. Andrew 14:34, 26 Mar 2005 (CST)