Must Eastern Catholics Accept Ic?

[marigold]

For myself, I'm much more interested in comparisons of practices and how they have come about. And what they imply theologically. I love reading and talking about what practices imply theologically and it's all my spiritual father's fault.
 

 

I'll take myself up on the offer. So if you say 'what does a praying person look like' to an Orthodox person, they'll stand upright with their hands upturned, but if you ask a Roman Catholic, they'll kneel with their hands clasped. My friend and I were talking about this and he suggested that it might be this way because the Orthodox faith is more resurrectional and Roman Catholicism is more penitential/focused on the death of Christ. Does anyone have thoughts on this? 

Edited June 28, 2014 by marigold

[Selah]

I'll take myself up on the offer. So if you say 'what does a praying person look like' to an Orthodox person, they'll stand upright with their hands upturned, but if you ask a Roman Catholic, they'll kneel with their hands clasped. My friend and I were talking about this and he suggested that it might be this way because the Orthodox faith is more resurrectional and Roman Catholicism is more penitential/focused on the death of Christ. Does anyone have thoughts on this? 

 

Agreed. Though, on the subject of what praying looks like; I saw an interesting interview with an Athonite monk once. He was asked about the idea of praying without ceasing. He smiled and answered he was praying right now. Which, I think, comes from the belief that the Jesus Prayer becomes, not just a prayer of the mind, but of the heart, even when you technically don't appear to be praying.