Greek acceptance in the church! - Page 4

AggieDZ · #1 11-12-2001, 11:24 AM

OH, I'd really like to know your story on the Pope being a Phi Kapp. In an old Irish family full of priests and nuns, strangely, I've never heard this one.....

archangel689 · #2 11-12-2001, 04:51 PM

It's in our pledge manual.
It's also on our national website: www.phikaps.org

mmcat · #3 11-20-2001, 10:21 AM

in checking the web, one can also find a number of christian sororities and fraternities.
mmcat

lifesaver · #4 11-20-2001, 08:01 PM

IMHO, the only reason some religions/denominations would have a problem with GLO's is because they (religions) like to be first in the mind control line and cant stand the THOUGHT of someone else helping to shape a persons life. But religion has always been about freedom of choice - whatever.

Tom Earp · #5 11-21-2001, 05:32 PM

Ah LIFE, once again you stroll into a thread and lay down a carpet of infinite jewels and cut to the crux of the situation!

All i know is my Priest was a SN and said no drinking or the wedding is off!

little did I know that in his heart, he was telling me to not get married as I am Anglican and she was Roman

Did anyway but have happily divorced for awhile!

BrownEyedGirl · #6 11-26-2001, 02:13 PM

ROTFLMBO! Tom, you've got a GREAT sense of humor!

Optimist Prime · #7 11-27-2001, 01:58 PM

Sorry, but i can't read all these posts at once. I didn't see UNFSigmaChi's name on this thread. Get him to tell you his expericce. I am not Christian, but that is still a good story.

Tom Earp · #8 11-27-2001, 05:05 PM

Hell, where is it? I heard that heaven is up and hell is down. Well, heaven is up all around us so I have been told that hell is on earth!

It seems the way things are going in our world that may be even more true!

I wonder, how the pope can be in a Fraternity if he is Polish from Poland

I did not know he went to school in the USA!

paws · #9 11-28-2001, 04:11 PM

I think it is important to remember YOUR faith before criticizing others. Being in my NPC sorority has in fact STRENGTHENED my relationship with God. I am a stronger person, and I believe in myself and the ideals set forth by my founders. I would never be a part of something in which I was made to compromise my faith, or to worship false gods. For those of you who are so concerned with Greeks going to hell and the judgement of God is going to come down upon us, take a look inside yourself. What is it that you are trying to prove to all of us? If I did pay for my sisters, then I haven't paid nearly enough.

Optimist Prime · #10 11-28-2001, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by paws
I think it is important to remember YOUR faith before criticizing others. Being in my NPC sorority has in fact STRENGTHENED my relationship with God. I am a stronger person, and I believe in myself and the ideals set forth by my founders. I would never be a part of something in which I was made to compromise my faith, or to worship false gods. For those of you who are so concerned with Greeks going to hell and the judgement of God is going to come down upon us, take a look inside yourself. What is it that you are trying to prove to all of us? If I did pay for my sisters, then I haven't paid nearly enough.

Well said, Paws. But I have a question. You said you shouldn't critize other faiths, but then you called other gods (i.e. not your own) false. That is a bit confusing.

matthewg · #11 01-09-2002, 04:22 PM

[QUOTEI wonder, how the pope can be in a Fraternity if he is Polish from Poland

I did not know he went to school in the USA! [/B][/QUOTE]

I don't know where you got that from, but here a few comments to that. The actual pope isn't in a fraternity to all of my knowledge, but I think Pius the 6th was.

He and a lot of past and current priests, bishops and even cardinals of the roman catholic church are members of my catholic German fraternity. We are non-secretive, at least not to the extent of most American GLO's.

And one other thing. You don't have to live in North America to become involved in a fraternity. Fraternities have a long standing tradition in Europe with roots in the 13th century. There are non-GLO fraternities in the following countries that I know of: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, The Chzec and the Slovak Republics, the German speaking part of Italy and some student societies in the UK. In addition, my fraternity has a chapter in Tokyo, Japan, and another German fraternity has multiple chapters in Chile (but that is sort of imported and not exactly an indigenous product even if some are over 100 years old

).

archangel689 · #12 01-10-2002, 01:57 AM

>I wonder, how the pope can be in a Fraternity if he is Polish >from Poland

I did not know he went to school in the >USA!

PKT is an international fraternity.

>I don't know where you got that from, but here a few comments >to that. The actual pope isn't in a fraternity to all of my >knowledge, but I think Pius the 6th was.
Yes, the current pope is a member of a fraternity.
-Tony

matthewg · #13 01-10-2002, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by archangel689
[B
PKT is an international fraternity.

>I don't know where you got that from, but here a few comments >to that. The actual pope isn't in a fraternity to all of my >knowledge, but I think Pius the 6th was.
Yes, the current pope is a member of a fraternity.
-Tony [/B]

May I ask how he became a member?? Is he an honorary member?
Matt

archangel689 · #14 01-14-2002, 06:41 PM

May I ask how he became a member??
If you really want to know I can ask, the director of expansion is on campus.

Is he an honorary member?
Yes.
-Tony

matthewg · #15 01-14-2002, 06:49 PM

Yes, I would love to know,
I have to correct myself about the pope in my fraternity - it was Pius the VII (7th) and he was also an honorary member - and John the XXIII (23rd) was member of a different German fraternity.