Pavel Florensky 10/7/2019 St. Ambrose of Optina (1812-1891), Blasphemy and Open Rebellion by Nik Jovcic-Sas the Orthodox Provocateur Some are women "married" to other women. 2/16/2022 Orthodox Reflections, Morality Not Black and White, Fordhams George Demacopooulos Says in Abortion Article I realized that I had never truly repented of my sins. (Gr. 75)Chrismation. example:Lent. John Whiteford, Discernment or Scaffolding? font-size:10.0pt; margin-right:50pt; John Whiteford. Angels are grouped in nine orders (tagmata) as follows: Angels; Archangels; Principalities; Powers; Virtues; Dominations; Thrones; Cherubim; Seraphim. There are several Scriptures that encourage Christians to examine teachings and practices that work their way into Christianity, and even more that command us to expose, mark and avoid false teachers. 7/8/2019 Fr. line-height: 200%; margin-right:15pt; However Orthodoxy links anointing the sick with chrism/oil linked with confession to their priests and the blasphemy of the mass, The Roman Catholics were so determined to falsify penances in the bible in theirDouay Bible they mistranslated Matt 4:17to say, quote "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." margin-top: 12px; Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the single source of revelation is what it terms "holy tradition." (Romans 5:12-19). 4)millstone- the mass bread. p.reference_entry ORIGIN Latin, literally and from the Son. So I began to ask myself, How can a dead person do good works?'. The Orthodox Pope also preaches murder. font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; It is clear that he sees his youth as a wasted part of his life, and he is upset that the priest never taught him the truth about God. p.quotation_text_2 Together with the pseudepigrapha, there also appeared the false teachings of Gnosticism, a group of related heresies which sought to transform Christianity into a kind of spiritualistic, dualistic, and intellectualistic philosophy (see Scripture). Before an arm-chair theologian (Orthodox sense of the word theologian) or a religious scholar (Orthodox sense of the word scholar) puts a dox-knife to my throat, my choice of words in quotation marks is for the inability to italicize them. (Gr. Though I have a double-major doctorate (religion/theology and psychology) 1. margin-left:50pt; An individual who begins a heresy is a heretic and is excommunicated. Thysia; Sl. } Unlike the early Quakers (who were much more pious than modern Quakers who are more like a social club thana church) the Eastern Orthodox church makes the usual excuses for swearing oaths, and quote "The general rule in the Greek penal law requires witnesses to take an oath on the Gospels. 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. (Gr. (Gr. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 6/12/2018 Fr. (man made junk laws. [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] 12/29/2017 Fr. 3/17/2017 Fr. artos). 2/23/2019 Fr. Kallistos on Sexual Morality text-decoration:underline; Gabriel (Hieromonk), The Church and Homosexuality: A Meditation Idols were forbidden. It is nonsense that you must be buried in ground sanctified byincense swinging, holy water splashing. font-weight: bold; Ministriesmmmmmwww.teachingtheword.org Three Harms that Come from Redefining Marriage. font-size: 10pt; } 7/20/2018 Fr. When a person repents and accepts the gospel (believes in Jesus) he not only receives the free gift of eternal life (unless you have believed in vain), but also one of the "new and better promises" (Heb 8:6 & Eze 36:26) is to be spiritually born again to become one of God's children, receiving a new nature that tends toward doing good, instead of evil, and crying Abba Father to God. Evangelicals unashamedly profess and believe in having a relationship with God, were the Holy Spirit is our teacher. Some church historians make much of what is termed the "Great Schism" that occurred in the 11th century between the Western church (centered in Rome) and the Eastern church (centered in Constantinople). He and his wife Corina have three children. The Church is truly, in Paul's words, "the pillar and foundation of the truth" (1 Tim. 11/5/2014 Fr. The Orthodox Church considers in particular three bishops (hierarchs) of the Church as Her most important Teachers and Fathers, who contributed to the development and the spiritual growth of the Church. margin-top: 18px; 56) Priesthood offering up physical sacrifices: 57) A heathen calendar as part of the Faith: Christmas: the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on 25 December in the CatholicChurch and Modern Eastern Orthodox, and 6th January by the Old Calendarists. If so, if they and Roman Catholicism were supposedly one church at one point in history, whenwas it dropped by the Catholics. 4) the obnoxious practice of exorcisms that go along with baptism services. Blasphemy is essentially against God. 6/25/2018 Fr. margin-right: 20px; 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. John explains how he quickly left behind former Orthodox doctrines that he had been taught in church. - by divorce and remarriage. 10/29/2011 Fr. Whereas Orthodoxy makes salvation an ongoing "process" that includes works and priestcraft, but, quote "by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified" Romans 3:20. 101: Indoctrination of children and toddlers: Catechism. 7/2/2022 Rachel Wilson, Review: Between Heaven and Russia, by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz "correct or true belief"). also linked directly to confession to a "priest". color:black; color:930000; Joseph Birthisel, Sister Vassa on Homosexuality font-size: 10pt; A second heresy is to think that their clergy can allow marriages that are adultery (as stated above) on the grounds of compassion. Priest on Homosexual Orientation John Whiteford, The Living Church 2.0 font-weight:bold; 1/23/2018 OrthodoxChristian.com, 2017 font-weight:bold; font-weight: bold; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; An Orthodox Appraisal of Political Correctness, Sexual Anarchy, Cultural Deconstruction and Conforming the Church to the World this heresy includesinfant communion. Also this gives babies and children their first taste of alcohol. The concept differs from original sin firstly in that it emphasises 3 consequences of the Fall of Adam upon humanity not one: 2) Thereinafter was increased suffering and toil. List is provided in reverse chronological order, beginning in 2012, the earliest article we could find. The act of contracting a new marriage while a previous one is still binding (in the view of their church NOT God), an act forbidden by the Orthodox Church. John Whiteford, 2015 6/3/2020 Archbishop Michael Konstantinides, Mixed Marriages [Not Excuse to Overthrow Eucharistic Praxis] margin-right: 20px; .normal_text { 27) Bogus hierarchy/ pyramid system: - from First among equals (including nuns, monks and monasteries) Laity issue. Ill be sure to steer clear of the authors, their writings and any parish that has one of the contributors as a priest. 1) They are superior in nature and intelligence to man;note: (born again human beings are superior, as are sons and daughters of God, angels are not, and there is no evidence they are of superior intelligence). The unmarried state of life. text-align: justify; 11/27/2018 Fr. The apostle Paul often condemns and warns against those refuting the gospel through the . 5/5/2017 Reader Dr. Alfred Kentigern Siewers, Sanfilippos Conjugal Friendship (Gr. Like the Roman Catholic church, the Eastern Orthodox also reject the doctrine of the authority of Scripture alone, declaring it to be the great heresy of the Reformation. Johns Story: Why I Left Eastern Orthodoxy for Evangelicalism. margin-right:24.0pt; 6) It makes you part of the church. 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. note: as the Mother of Harlots is not marriage to God, the word fornication in Rev 17:4 can only be interpreted as fornication, whereas the two kingdoms ofIsrael and Judah in the OT were married to God and idolatry was called adultery then. 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. You and I are both believing Christians, and we both go to the dentist. 10/7/2013 Nun Cornelia (Rees), Fr. Antonios of Glyfada was Deceived by Elpidophoros on Baptism for Gay Couple (Gr. margin-top: 12px; 1/5/2012 Fr. All throughout the interview, John has been backing up his statements with verses he has committed to memory. Rather that is called in our theological jargon the Antinomian heresy, and though there are Protestant heretics that believe it (just as the Orthodox heretic Rasputin believed it) easy believerism it is not generally accepted. ), Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. Johannes Jacobse, Uncovering the Truth: Head Coverings and Revisionist Biblical Interpretation 7/8/2017 Fr. {margin-top:0in; According to Holy Scripture, all the gods of the Gentiles are devils. Ioannes Apiarius, OCA Synod Categorically Rejects Same-Sex Unions and Homosexual Self-Identity Yes, the New Testament speaks of false teachers whose doctrine denies core elements of the apostolic gospel. 1/10/2020 Fr. 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. 7/4/2019 Fr. Zechariah Lynch, Moral Heresy? What really matters, as our reader's question rightly puts it, are not the differences between Rome and Constantinople, but between both of these visible bodies and Holy Scripture. text-align:justify; color:#333333; 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. color: #333333; 6/15/2021 Nick Stamatakis (Helleniscope), Bulgarian hierarch takes stand for Christian morality against gay pride parade 6/18/2018 Reader Dr. Alfred Kentigern Siewers, Met. The Eastern Orthodox Church officially and explicitly denies the everlasting Lake of Fire (commonly called Hell)inphysical bodies, tormented by physical fire, sulphur, and smoke "where their worm never dies", and preachinstead a watered down version of God's eternal retribution, that is so attenuated and diluted it encourages men to do evil, as the judgement described is soenfeebled. 11/8/2019 Fr. . John Whiteford, Stricken with Death His wife thought he had gone crazy. Josiah Trenham Others abandoned the Orthodox Church to become priestesses in other churches. The act of confessing or acknowledgment of sins by an individual before God in the presence of a priest, who serves as a spiritual guide and confessor (pneumatikos) authorized to ask for forgiveness and to administer a penance. Greek Orthodox churches consider themselves the one true church going back to the days of Peter and Jesus, and that Rome erred when it split from the Greek Orthodox Church in 1054. 5/14/2015 Fr. Aaron Warwick Affair) 2/13/2020 Fr. I began reading my Bible, going to church, praying. Orthodoxy believes that the Christian Faith and the Church are inseparable. color:black; 8/29/2017 Fr. The Baptist church is the true Church that is following the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, he affirms, though admitting the presence of believers in Pentecostal, Brethren, and other evangelical denominations. 3) Acceptance of the Creed is usurped upon all converts in the so called "catechumenperiod". Johannes Jacobse, The Age of Morality The Anthropology of Antichristianity (Part 7) where, the new proselyte must renounce in public the Ref. A local Council, convened with Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria presiding, condemned the false teachings of Arius. 6) It asserts the heresy of "hand-me-down" powers via their use of the theological idea of their definition of "Apostolic". Simply put, it is about 50 competing self-proclaimed Messiahs in Judaism contemporary with Christ Our Lord, down through history and contemporary with ourselves, which have plagued Judaism alone. 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? 3:15). margin: 12px 60px; Lawrence Farley, Theodore Feldman: Scriptures, Orthodox Church, and Holy Tradition are Wrong on Homosexuality and LGBTQ Issues 11/6/2018 Fr. (Romans 5:1-2), For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 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