I think one can be conservative and faithful to Orthodox tradition without becoming like a Protestant fundamentalist, refusing to think things through logically as far as the limits of human reason will go, and go fully to those limits, knowing in this life, of the things of God, we will understand and know only in part. While rationaiism and intellectual pride is not the way to go, false mysticism, relativism, and syncretism, irrationalism is not the way, either, and if Taverner tries to act as an alleged \"free thinker\" or \"mystic\", I reserve judgment to God\'s mercy: God will judge others; I judge no one (no man). Anyway, perhaps his doctrines are not in keeping with Orthodoxy; in that case, we should be cautious about listening too closely to his work.
I listened to his cello music cd, \"The Protecting Veil\" about the Blessed Theotokos, and found it rather strange.
Anyway, I guess prayer and incense and asking \"Through the intercessions of the Blessed Theotokos, LORD have mercy on us ...\" is sufficient. We don\'t need cello music to revere the Blessed Mother of God.
Take care.
Part is definitely Western Latin in his use of the Latin creed with \"Filioque\". It is OKAY to recite the Nicene Creed IN LATIN as LONG AS it SAYS \"qui ex Patre procedit\" and does not add the word \"FILIOQUE\".
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