Why are Roman Catholics Always Trying to Jack our Swag?

[biro]

Yes we are.

[choy]

Most ultra-trads are ultramontanists.  They also believe that the Latin Rite is the only valid form of the faith, and that Eastern Catholicism is nothing but a transition phase to ease the Orthodox into the Roman Catholic Church.  But the goal is that they will be Roman Catholics.

Not meaning to get off topic, but I wish people on this forum would stop speaking of the "Latin Rite". I know it's commonly used, but it's just as incorrect as saying "the Melkite Rite" or "the Ukrainian Rite".

What should I use then?  RCs at CAF want to be called Latin Rite Catholics.  Like the Latin language and other silly complaints of Latins, they are preoccupied again with things that doesn't matter to their salvation.

Don't get me wrong, "Roman" and "Latin" are perfectly correct terms. The problem is only when people mix up "Rite" and "Church", and talk about "the Latin Rite" and "the Roman Church", instead of "the Latin Church" and "the Roman Rite". (Or, likewise, "the Melkite Rite" and other such errors.)

The Roman Rite refers to the Mass, not the Liturgical tradition.  Although a lot have taken to the term Latin Church because of this notion that Roman Catholic is somehow derogatory.

[Peter J]

In some cases, the new Rome-affiliated churches even come with newly minted ethnicities or at least ethnoreligious identities (e.g., Chaldean, Maronite), making the situation even more confusing for the outsider.

I'm sure Abraham would agree with you.

Now Abraham was a member of the Chaldean Church, too?

Well I don't know about that.  I'm saying that he would have joined you in calling them a new ethnicity.

[Peter J]

Although a lot have taken to the term Latin Church because of this notion that Roman Catholic is somehow derogatory.

Well alright, but notwithstanding their particular motivation, Latin Church is still the proper term. (For that matter, I there are also many of us who are motivated less by a desire to get the terms "Roman" and "Latin" right, than by a desire to get the terms "Rite" and "Church" right.)

[Fabio Leite]

Been out for some days. I copied and pasted and didn't see the word. For that I apologize.

Here's the original link:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=swag

1.    swag   
Orginally from the Scottish slang word "swagger" which was a description of the way some Scots walk (in a swaying motion), the word was then misinterpreted by the English as "the way someone presents themselves". Eg, whether someone looks cool.
The word quickly made its way to the states and has ever since become the catchphrase of I have no words to substitute what you wrote which was in clear violation of ethics and oc.net rules. -username! section moderator
Person 1: "I think that guy off Jersey Shore has swag"

swag1   [swag]  Show IPA noun, verb, swagged, swag·ging.
noun
1.
a suspended wreath, garland, drapery, or the like, fastened up at or near each end and hanging down in the middle; festoon.
2.
a wreath, spray, or cluster of foliage, flowers, or fruit.
3.
a festoon, especially one very heavy toward the center.
4.
a swale.
5.
a swaying or lurching movement.
verb (used without object)
6.
to move heavily or unsteadily from side to side or up and down; sway.
7.
to hang loosely and heavily; sink down.

Know your Meme website:
“Swag” is an internet slang term often found in comments, discussion forums and image macros used as a synonym for “swagger,” a type of style or presence that exudes confidence and is sometimes interpreted as arrogance.

I know exactly what you mean, the only difference is that when I tell them I'm an old calendarist they either have no idea what I'm talking about or assume that I'm a matthewite and that I hate them or something and slowly back away.  I just don't understand anything in the RCs anymore...

Also, swag=Secretly We Are Gay... Just saying

You are hereby officially warned for 40 days per language. You ought to know better than to use foul language like that on a Christian forum.  If you feel you have not used curse words and that your mother would be totally happy with you using said language in front of your bishop then feel free to appeal it to the higher ups. -username! section moderator.  Also you can not copy and paste something without the link.  You have 24 hours to provide the link for the above definition or you will be placed on post moderation. 

 You were asked here to provide a link for the definition of swag you used.  You didn't comply to the 24hour request.  That was two violations in one post.  Welcome to 2 weeks post moderation. -username! Section moderator.

[Asteriktos]

I nominate the title of this thread for the best thread title of the year.

[William]

I nominate the title of this thread for the best thread title of the year.

Seconded.

[Sinful Hypocrite]

Seems to me the swag jacks both ways .

[orthros]

While I know this thread has been dead for a month and a half, I wanted to point out that the phrase "jack our swag" points to this thread as the # 4 overall result in Google.  Kudos!

[erimos]

Swags are things you sleep in. A swagman is someone who carries a swag.

Tell your Latin friends to convert to Orthodoxy, if thy really thing there are no real differences. You will discover that they will find reasons not to.

[Peter J]

Tell your Latin friends to convert to Orthodoxy, if thy really thing there are no real differences.

If someone thought that there were no differences, why would he/she abandon one group in order to join the other? (Unless we were talking about protestants, which we aren't.)

[Cyrillic]

Tell your Latin friends to convert to Orthodoxy, if thy really thing there are no real differences.

If someone thought that there were no differences, why would he/she abandon one group in order to join the other? (Unless we were talking about protestants, which we aren't.)

Why indeed would one go through a long catechumenate to join a group identical to the one you already belong to?

[Peter J]

Tell your Latin friends to convert to Orthodoxy, if thy really thing there are no real differences.

If someone thought that there were no differences, why would he/she abandon one group in order to join the other? (Unless we were talking about protestants, which we aren't.)

Why indeed would one go through a long catechumenate to join a group identical to the one you already belong to?

Is not-switching-sides really a matter of not wanting to be bothered with the procedure?

[orthros]

Can't speak for anyone else, but there's too much at stake, eternally, to be put off by mere inconveniences once one is convinced of the Truth.

[Peter J]

Can't speak for anyone else, but there's too much at stake, eternally, to be put off by mere inconveniences once one is convinced of the Truth.

Well, that does make sense; but I've already rejected the idea that not-switching-sides is a matter of not wanting to be bothered with the procedure, so ...

[choy]

On a very high level it does look like there is no difference between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy.  But is our faith merely a high level view and each Church through their own traditions can simply make stuff up in the details?  The more I learn of Orthodoxy, the more foreign it to Roman Catholicism, at least in my view.  Externally and mechanically there if very little difference.  But when we look at what all of these means and what we actually believe about each and every single thing in our faith, we are so far apart.

I'm not trying to promote division here.  Just being honest about how things are and what things are.

[Anastasia1]

It just seems like with almost every Roman Catholic I have met, whenever they discover that I am Orthodox, they end up acting real friendly and ecumenical--saying that we're "the same" or that the differences aren't really that big. The most false ecumenism I get comes from Roman Catholics--not even "non-denominationals" are as ecumenical as the Roman Catholics I have met. They're kind of like that annoying kid at school who no one in your group of friends really likes, but he still hangs around you and follows your group anyway acting like he's all a part of the gang and everything.

Is this sense of false ecumenism with the Orthodox a normal trend for Roman Catholics, or is it just something among the American Roman Catholic world? Like, maybe the reason they are so friendly and falsely ecumenical with the Orthodox is because we're both religious minorities in their eyes in the domain of Evangelical Protestantism?

Speak for yourself Schismatic..........how's that better?  

That's a first.

Not for me.

[JoeS2]

Can't speak for anyone else, but there's too much at stake, eternally, to be put off by mere inconveniences once one is convinced of the Truth.

I agree.  This is why I converted.....

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