tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post4349764027787451639..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Lord, have mercy!Elizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-21896663475926379902011-04-18T11:28:27.222-04:002011-04-18T11:28:27.222-04:00I suppose I am behind the 'increasingly modern...I suppose I am behind the 'increasingly modern scholarship' which had, I confess, passed me by and left me completely unaware of the changes. I'm glad to have you bring me up to date. Thank you. <br /><br />I just wish to note that I meant it as a descriptive, not as a pejorative term.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-82227792196781670312011-04-18T11:23:25.134-04:002011-04-18T11:23:25.134-04:00Though I appreciate what you are getting at, and n...Though I appreciate what you are getting at, and note you lower-cased it, nonetheless increasingly modern scholarship would suggest that the use of the word 'Byzantine' as a pejorative is really quite misplaced. See here for more details: http://easternchristianbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/byzantines-and-armenians-in-dialogue.htmlDr. Adam DeVillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505315831493271933noreply@blogger.com