[lbo-talk] Comments from the informed? "The 1, 500 year old schism fuelling the clash between Russia and the West"

michael perelman michael.perelman3 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 20:22:23 PST 2014


The schism showed up in the Crimean War, but Joanna, coming from that part of the world would know more about it than I do.

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:06 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> I'd say it's bullshit.
>
> Joanna
> (former east-european)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> Any thoughts from those who know something about Eastern Europe on this
> thesis?
>
> "The truth of the matter is that the current conflict is but a
> manifestation of an ancient schism between East and West that has been
> tearing Christianity apart for 1,500 years."
>
>
> http://www.karlremarks.com/2014/03/the-1500-year-old-schism-fuelling-clash.html
>
> It seems farfetched to me, but my most extensive experience with Orthodoxy
> has been in Palestine, where sectarianism between Christians is pretty much
> non-existent.
>
> --
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