Copyright 2023 OrthodoxyToday and OrthodoxNetwork. Heirotonia). 5/9/2022 Fr. They represent Orthodox metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, priests, archpriests, hieromonks, seminary professors, and two deans of Orthodox Christian Seminaries. Help train Christians to boldly share the good news of Jesus Christ in a way that clearly communicates to this secular age. Tomorrow, we will look at the parallels between the two accounts and hopefully better understand these two traditions and why people are converting from one to the other. Fr. & Holy Orders. 11/27/2018 Fr. {margin-top:0in;
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16) Churches and ritualism - Churchianity, 17) Fake miracles - holy fire, myrrh dripping icons, 18) Liturgical worship, and calendarization of lifestyle. I would have caved had I not begun reading the Bible the Baptists had given me, John says with a smile. Jesus saves, and nothing else! 7/19/2017 Fr. Only when the fundamental truths of the Faith are seriously threatened by false teachings does the Church act to define dogmatically an article of faith. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is traced back to Jesus Christ and the Apostles.The Apostles appointed successors, known as bishops, and they in turn appointed other bishops in a process known as Apostolic . (Gr. color: #333333;
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see alsoHagia Sophia. Jesus said to keep your fasting secret, not have special clockwork calendar days specified for fasting. Lawrence Farley, Met. Sarakosti). John Whiteford, Missteps in the Churchs response to the LGBT movement [on Fr. What would you say if someone were to convert from evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy? I challenge. The Church is content to accept the element of mystery in its approach to God. He is a founding editor of The Gospel Project, an inaugural fellow with The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics, and the author of multiple books, including The Thrill of Orthodoxy, The Multi-Directional Leader, Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, and Gospel Centered Teaching. 101: Indoctrination of children and toddlers: Catechism. 6/5/2020 Monomakhos Blog, Impossible for Holy Communion to Carry Germs or Diseases Juvenaly Repass, Anatomy of a Foreword: Metr. Contrary to the lies of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, Evangelicals and Protestantsin general believe there is ONE church, that is all those who are born again, denominations emphasizing doctrinal choices made after becoming born again. John Whiteford, When A Bishop Does Right Idols were forbidden. Certainly it is heresy to put Orthodox traditions practiced by their false church on a par with holy writ. A similar view was espoused by a false teacher named Cerinthus (fl. This is because, in the presence of all the paperwork for a divorce and a remarriage, Jesus declares a man to be continually committing adultery if he divorces his wife for no cause or some insignificant cause (as does Romans 7) and therefore this proves adultery does not break the marriage bond, God sees the marriage still intact. But when I heard the Word of God preached for the first time, and the concept of repentance and being born again, I was touched. The fifty day fast preceding Easter for the spiritual preparation of the faithful to observe the feast of the Resurrection. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Unitarian Morality With a Little Theosis Sprinkled on Top Authentic Christianity, in marked contrast, declares the priesthood of Christ alone, who has made full and final atonement for sin: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1 Timothy 2:5-6), For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. example:Lent. I began reading my Bible, going to church, praying. 6/16/2021 Orthodox Christianity, From New York To Istanbul With Love: From Green To Rainbow Patriarch 11/5/2014 Fr. 74) Cathedrals. The Third Ecumenical Council was convened in the year 431 in the city of Ephesus (Asia Minor) during the reign of the emperor Theodosius the Younger (408-450). Please make sure all fields are filled out. notice they outright say these priestcraft administered sacraments SAVE THE BELIEVER. Robert Arida: Why Dont You Become Episcopalian? Johns family reacted harshly. The church is all the born again believers. How did your family get over their condemnation of your newfound faith? I wonder aloud. note: a marriage vow is not the same as a legal oath in court, banned by Jesus in Matthew 5. this also includes witch murders, superstitious murders, imprisonments etc. [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] 77)Consecration. 81)Equal to the Apostles. 50) Their definition of heresy is heresy!!! We have people in church with the ministry of teaching, and others teach like Pastors, however we also believe our relationship with God comes first, and if we choose to believe the Holy Spirit tells us something, we will believe that rather than a teacher we believe is in error. Orthodox bishops are only chosen from the celibate clergy, but widowers, who have accepted monastic vows, may also be chosen. The common and official name used by the Greek Christians and Eastern Christian Church. 6/3/2017 Russian Orthodox Academic, Soft-Pedaling Christian Morality: A Review of a Curious Review [on Fr. As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. / the 7Ecumenical.Council, /Euchologion. margin-left: 20px;
Johannes L. Jacobse, The Abnormal Cannot Dictate Whats Normal 11/11/2017 Fr. If we hold such false principles as valid, then the Orthodox Church ceases to be the Church of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Apostles, the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Ecumenical Councils, and the Fathers of the Church. (Gr. Following Apostolic Tradition, Orthodoxy teaches that the original apostles appointed bishops, who in turn appointed bishops, and on and on through a laying on of the hands that touched the hands that touched the hands of Christ. John Whiteford, Stricken with Death A liturgical book containing the lives of the saints and the special hymns (stichera) for the feast-days of the Orthodox Saints. If so, if they and Roman Catholicism were supposedly one church at one point in history, whenwas it dropped by the Catholics. Isapostolos). font-family: Verdana;
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76)Communion of Saints. 83) Defining the true church as Heterodoxy. Thanks for naming these sites & people we should stay away from. John Whiteford, The Pro-Abortion Orthodox (The Birth of a New Religion, Part 1) 2/23/2019 Fr. The "Scarlet and Purple heresy" (Rev 17:4) introduced formally by Constantine, that is the melding ofsecular (purple) and religious (scarlet) power is also an heresy of Orthodoxy. Authentic Christianity, in marked contrast, declares the great doctrines of grace: Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Nor do we view it as a guilty stain on the soul in desperate need of cleansing. margin-right: 20px;
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Monastic prisons predated and made a case for the Atheist Experiment and their infamous gulag. artos). Subsequently there will always be a culture of denials about any division on it. John explains how he quickly left behind former Orthodox doctrines that he had been taught in church. The official sites like to miss it out their dictionaries as it is an immediate reminder the two dates for it refute that =Tradition is on a par with holy scripture. 88) Leavened Bread & alcoholic wine in the eucharist. He is in reality "the first among heretics" taking on for himself a more terrible day of judgement in respect of his boasting, just as the Pope has. We also suggest that you include a direct hyperlink to this article for the convenience of your readers. These preachers and teachers speak and write from within the Moral Tradition of the Orthodox Church. John Whiteford, Contrary to Nature: A Response to Would the True Nature Please Stand Up? [refuting Public Orthodoxy false teaching] 7/2/2019 Multiple Senior OCA Priests (six priests and one bishop, authored July 2018), Protodeacon Feldmans Old Testament And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died." The ordination of an individual to priesthood through the sacrament of Holy Orders. False teachings led me away from the Church I just wanted to share my story and, in a way, my frustrations, as someone who left the church for a while due to extremist teachings, even though luckily I have found my way back to the faith. Shortly thereafter, he rejected the Orthodox doctrine of infant baptism. John admits he cannot conceive of Orthodoxy as a minority; neither can he come up with a reason why one would leave a life-giving relationship with God for a dead church.. The Catholics tend to answer more specifically and clearly than the Orthodox in certain areas. Ioannes Apiarius, The Ten LGBTQ Commandments [satire] 12/29/2021 TruthBeTold7, Orthodox America Has a Cultural Marxist Problem [Refuting Aram Sarkisians Defamatory PO Article]
preposterous! The Orthodox Pope also preaches murder. John Whiteford, Orthodox Priests Joining the Fight Will Change Everything Digamia). Thus quote 1/21/2020 Jennifer Davis, An Anonymous Open Letter against Fr. 8/10/2022 Fr. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. color:black;
Should We Cancel Karl Barth, Martin Luther, and Jonathan Edwards? The Orthodox religion treats the bible as if it was a box of chocolates were there can pick and chose things from different covenants, and meld them together into a man made potpourri religion. See also the article on the Canon Law of the Orthodox Church. You and I are both believing Christians, and we both go to the dentist. 84)Ancestral sin: (notice they do not define this on the eoca site.) One addresses a Greek Orthodox Priest as Father. 92) TheMotherChurch. text-indent:0px;
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