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<blockquote data-quote="Eusebius Erasmus" data-source="post: 1490982" data-attributes="member: 20940">The manner of clothing is not important? What&#039;s your limiting principle? Do you think it&#039;s okay for priests, bishops, and deacons to appear in church wearing booty shorts and crop tops (God forbid!)?As for the timing of fasts and feasts, you clearly don&#039;t read Christian history. We know, for example, that Easter was celebrated in the Bible (Acts 12:4), but different churches celebrated on different dates. The Council of Nicea set a single date for the entire Church to promote unity.Fasting is prescribed by Jesus Himself (Matthew 6:16), but you&#039;ll find that the Orthodox Church is not Pharisaic when it comes to fasting.Your use of the word &#039;superficiality&#039; is telling, since it suggests that the physical world is not at all important in God&#039;s plan for salvation, which makes no sense: why did Jesus come in the flesh, if not to redeem the Fallen world, both physical and spiritual?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eusebius Erasmus, post: 1490982, member: 20940"] The manner of clothing is not important? What's your limiting principle? Do you think it's okay for priests, bishops, and deacons to appear in church wearing booty shorts and crop tops (God forbid!)? As for the timing of fasts and feasts, you clearly don't read Christian history. We know, for example, that Easter was celebrated in the Bible (Acts 12:4), but different churches celebrated on different dates. The Council of Nicea set a single date for the entire Church to promote [B]unity[/B]. Fasting is prescribed by Jesus Himself (Matthew 6:16), but you'll find that the Orthodox Church is not Pharisaic when it comes to fasting. Your use of the word 'superficiality' is telling, since it suggests that the physical world is not at all important in God's plan for salvation, which makes no sense: why did Jesus come in the flesh, if not to redeem the Fallen world, both physical and spiritual? [/QUOTE]

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