/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

Catholic. Read the scriptures, God didn't overcomplicate anything. Submit to Rome.

>>857985

If orthodox Christianity is so excellent, strong, and righteous, why do the souls of Russian Chechens en masse belong to Sunni Islam?

>>857985

In Christian symbolism, white is associated with heaven, paradise, light, and God, while black is associated with the Devil. I understand that wearing white is difficult because it can easily get dirty, but why wear black and not dark brown, dark green, dark blue, dark orange, or any other dark color but specifically wear black?

>>858013

Because clothes are manmade, and therefore less value than the man itself, but the person has more value than the clothes and is white!

>>858013

black isn't the devil. black is the remembrance of death. the devil doesn't get to own a color, a day, an hour, a plot of land, or anything; it all belongs to Christ.

>>858001

>Submit to gay

Weird advice. No thanks

>>858013

>>858103

also you should understand, vestments as we have them now are somewhat different than they used to be. during ottoman rule, they mandated that christian monks and clergy be required to wear normal ottoman-era clothing rather than vest as they had done prior. So some of the headwear like kalimavkia and exorassa and stuff, they stuck from that time. The ottomans forbade christians from wearing certain colors, and we were usually required to wear blue or black.

To that extent, the way Christian clergy dress now is an aftereffect of forced humility/humiliation under the ottomans, because they wanted glorious garments to be reserved for islamic clergy only, so Christians could never be visually mistaken for muslims.