tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post3364702970682010634..comments2022-04-27T23:07:59.833-04:00Comments on Conversi ad Dominum: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin MaryFr John W Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post-45361744150993658172007-11-24T09:12:00.000-05:002007-11-24T09:12:00.000-05:00Chris,Thanks for the helpful comment. I think we'r...Chris,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the helpful comment. I think we're saying the same thing. For is it not correct that the Protoevangelion is (perhaps not entirely but at least at this point) within the Tradition of the Church. In other words, isn't "Tradition of the Church" the 'category' which takes in Scripture, liturgy, church fathers, logion, etc.? If that is the case, then is not "based on the following episode" effectively no different than "based on the Tradition of the Church" with the latter designating the more properly while the former designating more specifically?Fr John W Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post-42755844381366788792007-11-23T21:21:00.000-05:002007-11-23T21:21:00.000-05:00On the 21st day of our Ninth month (November), we ...On the 21st day of our Ninth month (November), we celebrate the bringing into the Temple of the one of whom the Temple was but a type, and whose whomb became the true Holy of Holies. <BR/>On the 25th day of their ninth month [November/December], the Jews celebrate the Feast of the Rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem by Judah the Maccabbee.The Blogger Formerly Known As Lvkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663692507774640889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21841592.post-69481370285300415662007-11-23T18:38:00.000-05:002007-11-23T18:38:00.000-05:00Isn't the Feast based on the Tradition of the Chur...Isn't the Feast based on the Tradition of the Church, with the only non-liturgical 'proof' for the Feast having survived only in the text of the non-canonical Protoevangelion? That stress seems to lay the 'canonicity' of the Feast on the true, reliable source of Holy Tradition rather than arising out of a text that is filled with numerous other, non-Orthodox things? I understand what you mean by "based on the following episode", but many Christians used to relying primarily or solely on written texts to derive their faith may find this disconcerting, no?123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.com