Thanks you Somsoc.
Glory to God in all things. I am just pleased that I recalled those articles - having read them a long time ago, when I was on the unbenounced to me, path toward Orthodoxy.
The one from GoArch is very well put.
This issue, in my opinion can really be summed up with two points I think.
First however I will interject a brief personal note. I was raised a barefoot, non-practicing Catholic. That is to say I know there was a God, He was/is a Trinitarian God with the Son and Holy Spirit, He loved me and I should fear Him. During my High School years I went to a Charismatic non-denominational Christian church where they spoke in tongues and went about acting on other gifts. I have intimate personal familiarity, and personal opinions relating them back to my own experiences.
Ok, that said on to the two things I set forth to say in the first place.
I feel most modern examples of Glossolalia are suspect at best, yet more importantly I know it is not my place to judge the people involved as I certainly do not know their hearts’ as God does. I simply prefer, and I would hazard to say wisely so to remove myself from involvement in such things.
To paraphrase Fr. George Nicozisin:
The Church does not rule out Glossolalia. We simply does not regard it as one of the important Spiritual Gifts. Better to \\"speak five words that can be understood ... than speak thousands of words in strange tongues.\\" This is the Orthodox Christian viewpoint.
Thanks for listening, may God bless you all and pray for me a sinner
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