Sources:

1) americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhi...

2) www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11409....

LOL now we’re talking

…dispute began as an intra-Protestant theological conversation, and that’s influenced it’s language and trajectory ever since. Not a bad thing at all- just how it worked out imo.

Yes, I read theory

Exactly right. The muezzin offered him the opportunity, which was basically a gesture of interfaith hospitality, and he politely declined; the same interaction happens in reverse in churches all the time. I doubt the mosque staff/officials took any offense at all, and would likely have done the same

I think you're right re: calendars; it's one of those things that could easily be accomplished, and so generates some excitement; but I think the fact that Leo and Bartholomew are equally committed to human rights and freedom is potentially more transformational w/r/t ecumenism and interfaith

Thank you- I really appreciate that

Take lots of breaks and leave plenty of space for across the room book throwing

Here it is!
bsky.app/profile/phil...

Was just thinking this- we’ve spent the last ten years spending more and more time interacting with illusions we specifically created to mirror our own irrational impulses; the only reality we all share is the same spiritual crisis!