Ad Orientem: Memory Eternal: Metropolitan Philip

Thursday, March 20, 2014

A (sometimes controversial) giant in the history of American Orthodoxy has passed. May his memory be eternal!

The Anti-Gnostic said...: God rest this lion's soul. His bold talk will be sorely missed.; 3/20/2014 9:49 AM
Stephen said...: And some of his bolder actions will not be.; 3/20/2014 9:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Controversial indeed. It'll be interesting to see who will take his place.; 3/20/2014 11:08 AM
The Anti-Gnostic said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/20/2014 12:40 PM
The Anti-Gnostic said...: The rumors I have heard is that he won't be replaced.; 3/20/2014 12:43 PM
CJ said...: The rumors I have heard is that he won't be replaced.

How does that work? Is Damascus pulling their "self-ruled" status?; 3/20/2014 4:40 PM
The Anti-Gnostic said...: I have been told the Patriarchate wants to add more bishops and just deal with a synod. This is from well down the food chain, so cum grano salis.; 3/20/2014 9:15 PM
John (Ad Orientem) said...: FWIW I have heard similar rumors from similar sources. But my rumors are dated by a couple years. The understanding was that Philip was seen as something of a minor Caesar over here and this did not sit well in Antioch or with some of his demoted "auxiliary bishops." But the feeling was that given his age and known health issues it was better to just nature resolve the problem and then put things to right afterwards.; 3/20/2014 9:35 PM