It is just another example of the theme that the more "powers" you invent for their pseudo priests and bishops, the tighter their grip in lording it over the laity. The same cannot be said of those fomenting rebellion inside the Orthodox Church. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Against Modern Legalism What would you say if someone were to convert from evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy? I challenge. John Whiteford, The Living Church 2.0 The Council was convened to investigate without further delay, the false teachings of Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople (428-431). 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. .reference_entry { Gabriel (Hieromonk), On Allegations of Orthodox Fundamentalism (Part 2) The Church and Modernity font-size:10.0pt; I am not writing as an academic; 2. ORIGIN Latin, literally and from the Son. 5/20/2018 Dr. David C. Ford, The New Christianity It is worth researching if the Orthodox have like the Catholics limited languages a liturgy can be read out in. 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. 10/7/2019 St. Ambrose of Optina (1812-1891), Blasphemy and Open Rebellion by Nik Jovcic-Sas the Orthodox Provocateur In no manner am I publicly promoting the Branch Theory of Christianity, nor am I proposing that all Christian-named communities or Communions are Churches. color: #666666; 2/3/2021 Orthodox Reflections, That Horrible Bishop Makes Me Do It 2/7/2022 Orthodox Christianity, What Happens When Scholars Fail to Address Arguments and Evidence Presented to Them [Refuting Public Orthodoxy Defamatory Attacks] margin-right:0in; 5/31/2017 Fr. by Fr. 4)millstone- the mass bread. 6) It asserts the heresy of "hand-me-down" powers via their use of the theological idea of their definition of "Apostolic". margin-top: 24px; The principal church of a bishop's jurisdiction, the chief church in every diocese. Later, he and his wife were married in the Orthodox Church. -The DivineLiturgy of Saint John Chrysostom said to be a"mass"in the Byzantine Rite. 62) The heresy of directly instructing the Orthodox "laity" to avoid trying to understand the symbolism of the Book of Revelation: 3) It cannot be only ancient Rome (the light of a candle shall not shine). This forbidding of idols is continued in the new testament (1 John 5:21, & Rev 9:20 etc). line-height: 200%; An individual who begins a heresy is a heretic and is excommunicated. Heresy has been and will be a problem for the church until Christ returns. Thysia; Sl. 6/18/2018 Reader Dr. Alfred Kentigern Siewers, Met. Please make sure all fields are filled out. John Whiteford, Part Two: Of Homosexual Christians and their Struggle Sacrifice. However, Arius would not submit to the authority of the Church. 79)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. line-height: 200%; Copyright 1998-2023 Why? they choose old testament laws, like beards and incense, like a religious potpourri, and yetthey throw out music, that the new and old testament both encourage. In my own situation, over time it became evident to me that while I may have used words that Romans used, when I did use them I often found myself not employing them in the same fashion; that what I understood as hesychasm and negative theology many refused to accept as valid contemplation; that I had a propensity to iconography over statues; and then when I came across an imprimatured book published in Rome that said that everything necessary for salvation could be found in the Orthodox Church, many things became a house of cards for me: purgatory, papal primacy, papal infallibility, the filioque etc. 6/16/2018 Fr. text-align: left; color: #930000; Fortunately, we have Christ's promise that heresies will never prevail against the Church, for he told Peter, "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it " (Matt. Their bible is false because: 1) The racist error of translating the old testament from Greek. font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; margin-left:0in; 1/21/2020 Jennifer Davis, An Anonymous Open Letter against Fr. The modern contraceptive pill, allowed by many in Orthodoxy, which is based on progesterone, a chemical that destroys the ovum after fertilization, is believed by many to be murder. After many centuries of tricking uneducated peasants with such dogmas as this (and the equally absurd Holy Fire non-miracle) they should now be made to pay the price of their deception by exposing this heresy. That isnt in the Bible, he says, without further elaboration. color: #333333; The "First Among Equals" of all the Orthodox autocephalous churches, it was founded by St. Andrew the Apostle. Capital punishment was banned in new covenant law by Jesus - John 8:7. Because by saying the vows: "as long as we both shall live. This article may be reproduced in its entirety only, The Canon Liturgical /73)Canons (or Canon Law). Ioannes Apiarius Gabriel (Hieromonk), Sister Vassa on the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood Boiled wheat is used as a symbol of the resurrection of everyone at the Second Coming of Christ. 6/24/2019 Fr. 8/7/2016 Fr. Memorial. 1/17/2017 Fr. Martyrs (bloody or psychologically tormented) are supposed to be created by exterior enemies, not by ones own household; even though Christ-God warns us about that very peculiarity But with this said why provacateurs and agitators simply dont move along when we live in an age in which many have the ability to move on? For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. font-weight: bold; Zechariah Lynch, The Antiochians Dont Disappoint (The Fr. The Orthodox bible is fake. But the free gift is not like the offense. margin-left:15pt; font-size:10.0pt; 40) Consecrated Ground: (see digging up the dead) - and financial extortion. Sts. Cheers. Are you saying that the Orthodox Church preaches salvation by good works? I ask. font-family: Verdana; Link: 92) TheMotherChurch. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Trust Faithful Orthodox Elders, Avoid Modernist Liberal Academics And coming closer to home, why the theological terrorism in our own home? 2/12/2019 Fr. The Orthodox Pope also preaches murder. He should be guided in studying what the Church has in its written (Bible) and unwritten (Sacred Tradition) teaching. I usually went to the midnight Easter vigil, he recalls. } note: The First Crusade was also inspired by the idea of protecting people "On pilgrimage to the Holy Land" when pilgrimages (especially as penances) are also unbiblical. One Orthodox priest told me (against their own vow to privacy) he told a woman who had an abortion to adopt a baby as a penance. The basic theory of the . margin-top: 12px; 5) Orthodoxy themselves compare themselves with Romanism, thus they are logically her daughters. If Orthodox believers would read Scripture without it being interpreted for them by the Church, they would discover the truth, he adds. font-family: Verdana; 6/25/2019 Fr. This is often linked to the chanting of many heretical teachings, chiefly that of the "holy eucharist" or their version of the blasphemy of the mass. note: this concept of "Jerusalem must be captured it is the site of holy churches" shows the knock-on effect of believing in building huge elaborate churches - not found in the new covenant.". A Look at the Church of England, The Burning Question from Asbury Isnt About Asbury, Why I Dont Say Passed Away When Someone Dies. } $('.divSocialShareCustom').jsocial(); TeachingtheWord 7)thy sorceries- the witchcraft of her heresies and practices. } Johannes L. Jacobse, The Abnormal Cannot Dictate Whats Normal The operative word describing salvation in Eastern Orthodox theology is theosis - "becoming God". Johannes Jacobse, Fundamentalism & Dialogue In Slavic churches, some archimandrites are allowed to wear the mitre as a recognition of their service to the church (mitrateormitrophoros). Certainly it is heresy to put Orthodox traditions practiced by their false church on a par with holy writ. John Whiteford, Trying to Make Silk Purses Out of Sows Ears (Response to A Theology of the Erotic) [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] Theophan the Recluse, Nektarios of Aegina, the Aboriginals of Alaska, and almost every Fool-for-Christ the Orthodox Church has ever witnessed); and the current more dramatic past times of killing priests or kneecapping monks or fomenting book-burnings. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward." For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. Religiosity does not mean salvation, he replies. I accept there are many forms of blasphemous attitude and speech, and the word has wider usage, howeverIt is because Orthodoxy attributes powers to Mary that belong to God alone, and invent so many church artefacts outside of holy writ this becomes heretical. Ioannes Apiarius, Met. These preachers and teachers speak and write from within the Moral Tradition of the Orthodox Church. Unlike the Roman Church, Orthodoxy permits a clergyman to be married; however, his marriage must occur before his ordination to be a deacon or presbyter. Lawrence Farley, On Ecclesiology, Humility, and Love color:930000; font-family: Verdana; for non-commercial purposes, provided that this copyright notice is included. Joseph Stalin led a uniquely brutal campaign against religion and religious leaders. 80)Epiklesis. 3) Acceptance of the Creed is usurped upon all converts in the so called "catechumenperiod". Joseph Birthisel, Sr. Vassa not retracting, rejoices in increased attention and money p.references_header 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. 5/21/2018 Fr. 2) Their canon is false - theyexaltGreek LXX etc to such an extent (racism) that they included heretical old testament Books into their false canon, never accepted by the Jews, like the absurd story "Bel and the Dragon". 8/6/2019 Fr. Michael Courey: Orthodox Church Must be More Inclusive, Welcome Same-Sex Couples When I visited Greece I found the priests there to be quite incredibly vain, and only after discovering the doctrine of Theosis did I properly understand why. One evening, he was on assignment to visit one of the Baptist churches and to see how many of the repenters (as they were derogatorily called) were present. color:#930000; 4) As they say the water in John 3:5 is baptism, and you cannot enter or see the kingdom of God without it, this act of priestcraft has a man involved in your actual salvation, a co-saviour. 6/16/2018 Rod Dreher, The Rise of Antichristianity The Mystery of Lawlessness perhaps the best western theological term that expresses the Eastern Orthodox Churches view on the nature of human free will, in combination with "ancestral sin", versus the human nature of free will in combination with "original sin" as expressed in the most common Evangelical and Protestant belief calledArminianism. font-weight: bold; Why God is He, Not She John Whiteford, The Pro-Abortion Orthodox (The Birth of a New Religion, Part 1) I have pleaded for the past thirty years with my Orthodox friends to come to Christ and know Him personally, John says, with tears in his eyes. 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