Sunday, October 23, 2011

Orthodoxy and Monarchy

Today, after the liturgy, I was talking with a reader and a subdeacon over coffee.  We were talking about books when the reader said, "The introduction to [A Gathered Radiance] contains the best explanation of why the Orthodox Church prefers a monarchy."  I expressed surprise at the idea and he the reader said, "Well, can you imagine Tolkein's last volume of Lord of The Rings set in a world of Republics?  Return of the Prime Minister just doesn't have the same power as Return of the King."

2 comments:

DebD said...

Well, that's an odd analogy since Tolkien was a Roman Catholic.

Having said that I've heard that statement about monarchies and Orthodoxy as well. Mine was specifically in the context of Russia.

Elizabeth @ The Garden Window said...

The return of some of the Prime Ministers in recent memory in the UK is enough to make me run screaming for the hills - or the nearest port in order to emigrate.......