tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post1539525951863906545..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: MARTURION and the Good ShepherdFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-76948388196400950692010-04-23T17:32:36.889+01:002010-04-23T17:32:36.889+01:00"Passion Bearers" (strastoterptsy) are t..."Passion Bearers" (<i>strastoterptsy</i>) are those who died righteously at the hands of others, meeting their death in a Christ-like manner, but in circumstances where their death was not necessarily an explicit act of Christian witness. It is thus a super-category of "martyr" (all martyrs are passion-bearers, but not <i>vice versa</i>). It is a useful category, and would be Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010105719301587195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-35452608346865369282010-04-20T20:07:51.406+01:002010-04-20T20:07:51.406+01:00Regarding the term "confessor" I believe...Regarding the term "confessor" I believe that the Russian Orthodox have a term that would fit exactly to those who suffered under communism and other afflictions. The Tsar and his family are called "The Holy Passion Bearers." It has no counterpart in the Latin Church, although "confessor" would seem to be closest.Father Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780819473061582998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33131316238784349022010-04-19T13:34:43.754+01:002010-04-19T13:34:43.754+01:00Yes Father, I too was struck by those words of Pop...Yes Father, I too was struck by those words of Pope Benedict at his inauguration. While some might have interpreted them in view of the opposition he had faced in the Curia over the years, others saw them in terms of the Third Secret of Fatima and opposition <i>ad extra</i>. There may have been a bit of both reflected in them.<br /><br />But more than the words themselves, what struck me was the GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.com