Comments on: On the Dual Role of Christian Leaders in the Middle East http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/26/on-the-dual-role-of-christian-leaders-in-the-middle-east/ A First Things Blog Sun, 19 May 2013 01:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: A Reader http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/26/on-the-dual-role-of-christian-leaders-in-the-middle-east/comment-page-1/#comment-88485 A Reader Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:40:55 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=56274#comment-88485 The Armenian approach is incomprehensible if one’s point of view does not permit God to have “anything to do” as Pope Benedict once wrote.

If there is a Holy Spirit and if those who, through sacramental consecration are empowered to act “in the power of the Spirit” (not of course through any human agency), the Armenians willingness to include ordained persons in their government becomes understandable. In other words, the religious authorities are certainly not the only voice; neither though are they no voice at all.

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