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. Johns family was considered devout and religious by the priest and the rest of the community. 2/7/2022 Orthodox Christianity, What Happens When Scholars Fail to Address Arguments and Evidence Presented to Them [Refuting Public Orthodoxy Defamatory Attacks] 2/22/2021 Dissident Mama, Petition for Bishops to Denounce Blasphemous Orthodoxy in Dialogue Website 1/15/2012 Fr. If so, if they and Roman Catholicism were supposedly one church at one point in history, whenwas it dropped by the Catholics. I didnt have a Bible, but no one encouraged me to read one anyway.. 5/14/2015 Fr. It is worth researching if the Orthodox have like the Catholics limited languages a liturgy can be read out in. Well not according to Galatians 1:6-9 which says anyone preaching any other gospel is anathema, that is accursed! 6/16/2021 Orthodox Christianity, From New York To Istanbul With Love: From Green To Rainbow Patriarch So let me contrarywise make aplain statement: The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic gospel of pseudo salvation is anathema, accursed, bogus, and a ticket to Hell. John Whiteford, Scandalous Activists Attack OCA Synod For Rejecting Same-Sex Unions and LGBTQ Identities The outward and visible part of religion, consisting of various ceremonies, words, and symbolisms, producing an invisible action by the Holy Spirit that confers grace on an individual. It's a false dichotomy it treat them separately. 3/25/2020 Orthodox Editors, Fr. color: #333333;
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This is not a sacrament in Eastern Orthodoxy as it is in Catholicism. 6/2/2019 Fr. As far as the Church before the Bible, the Church and the Scriptures are a unified whole. Therefore the Eastern Orthodox church also rejects the doctrine of the imputed guilt of all mankind, having sinned in Adam. Matt. [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaous false claims] 2) That the scriptures alone, on their own, are enough to make a person wise unto that salvation. color:black;
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Because by saying the vows: "as long as we both shall live. Brian Patrick Mitchell, Lazar Puhalo spouts blatant heresy again Christopher Calin Endorses Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBTQ, Anti-Christian Biden-Harris Candidacy 50) Their definition of heresy is heresy!!! 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. 7/10/2022 Nick Stamatakis, How Big Foundation Money Is Subverting Traditional Christianity I realized that I had never truly repented of my sins. John shakes his head, sadly but firmly. 5)candle burning rituals 4/26/2021 Metropolitan Joanikii of Sliven, Lazar Puhalo: Ten Commandments Not Terribly Significant or Unique Orthodox bishops are only chosen from the celibate clergy, but widowers, who have accepted monastic vows, may also be chosen. All this does is to add yet another heresy to their growing list of heresies: namely - "There are two gospels that save!". Sackcloth in the OT was used when mourning, not for mortification. 11/5/2014 Fr. His false teaching, coming as it did in the church's infancy, truly did represent a grave threat. The paradox of this is that the Orthodox, seeing the mass and other doctrines do not bear logical scrutiny, seek to mystify their dogmas a little more than Roman Catholicism does, especially their dogmas about the eucharist, and perhaps also more about the concept of ancestral sin versus sin nature etc. The denial or rejection of a revealed dogma or belief accepted and professed by the Church. 6/25/2018 Fr. Think of all those murdering,sinful, cruel, warped, twisted, evil, crusading, holy inquisition popes. margin-bottom: 18px;
Ioannes Apiarius, Heresies and Schisms Will Appear in the Churches, in the Last Days It will be important to remember that there is a difference between Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Christians which this site deals with, and Eastern Catholics, who have certain divergent beliefs from Roman Catholics but accept the Pope's Authority in present day times. 7/14/2015 Fr. And the author does not claim definitiveness, but only a selection of the most notable. Here I would go to the Orthodox Church, cross myself, kiss an icon one moment and despise God the next. 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? margin-left: 0px;
Go to Sleep, Everything is Just Fine Trevin Wax is vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and a visiting professor at Cedarville University. 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). John Whiteford, Headscarves, Modesty, and Scolding Modern Orthodox Women 1) Calvinism = man is totally depraved (heresy) The book containing the rules and regulations /. 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. The Orthodox Church describes as such all other Christian denominations. 12/29/2017 Fr. see also -Meneon. Rather it is the central issue of what is called "the root versus the fruit" debate. 7/8/2017 Fr. Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. In his early twenties, John became active in the Communist party in Romania. for non-commercial purposes, provided that this copyright notice is included. 1/18/2019 Fr. How sure are you that you made the right decision? I ask. Well, it's a false dichotomy: that you can either have enchantment, or modern dentistry. 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. 6/28/2017 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. The ranks of the false teachers include academics who openly promote the homosexualist agenda and oppose the Orthodox Church sacred Tradition. 3/17/2017 Fr. Joseph Birthisel, New, but not improved A Response to Public Orthodoxy, on the Creed Thats all I knew anyway. He acknowledges that Orthodox doctrine might contradict Orthodox practice in some places, but for John, its in practice that one shows what is truly believed. Acts 12:22-23. 10/7/2019 St. Ambrose of Optina (1812-1891), Blasphemy and Open Rebellion by Nik Jovcic-Sas the Orthodox Provocateur You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, or receive his columns via email. The intercession of the saints and Mary on behalf of Christians on earth was easily rejected. margin-left:70pt;
In the true Christian religion this rebirth makes you part of the one church of God immediately, his bride, without some man deciding if you have to his vain satisfaction answered a list of confirmation or catechumen issues correctly. Ironically, the very assumption John despises in the Orthodox Church (that there is no salvation outside the Orthodox Church) is the same assumption he has made regarding evangelicalism. There is entirely nothing stopping a Christian being buried in a secular graveyard. I am not writing as an academic; 2. }
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Basically, it was to combat the many false teachings that the Roman Catholic Church had adopted through the centuries. Kallistos Ware on the Ordination of Women and Blessing of Same-Sex Marriages Name-day. John Cox, Policing Orthodoxys Borders 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. 7/5/2018 Fr. 36) Denial of Works of the flesh, that came about by the specific Catholic vocabulary (instead of biblical vocabulary) of "venial" and "mortal" sin. How did you adjust to the different beliefs between the Baptist church and the Orthodox church, I ask, looking over my list of differing views. 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. John smiles and begins to get visibly excited. The Orthodox Church is the only Church which has maintained from the beginning a coherent interpretation of its teaching. color:#333333;
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The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod, its president, vice-presidents and all 35 district presidents, along with its ministerium and congregations, categorically reject the horrible and racist teachings of the so-called "alt-right" in toto (including white supremacy, Nazism, pro-slavery, anti-interracial marriage, women as property, fascism . Jesus said to keep your fasting secret, not have special clockwork calendar days specified for fasting. Jesus showed this is a spiritual birth in John 3 by comparing it to the wind (invisible like the soul and spirit of man). margin-right: 20px;
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It is divided into twelve volumes, one for each month. A few days before Easter, I would go confess my sins to the local priest. 6/22/2017 Byzantine, TX, The Amsterdam Symposium: An Abuse of Authority? I preach only one gospel that saves, not two. The Orthodox Church feeds on tradition, not on Scripture. Heresy has been and will be a problem for the church until Christ returns. John Whiteford, The Problem With Fundamentalists [Refuting Fr John Jillions] The Orthodox Pope also preaches murder. Help train Christians to boldly share the good news of Jesus Christ in a way that clearly communicates to this secular age. 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. Mnymosyno). Michael Courey: Orthodox Church Must be More Inclusive, Welcome Same-Sex Couples see 2 Kings 18:4. 4/13/2018 Rod Dreher, Fighting the Wrong Battles The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics helps Christians show unbelievers the truth, goodness, and beauty of the gospel as the only hope that fulfills our deepest longings. 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. 11/14/2014 Terry Mattingly, Texas Orthodox Priests Reject Fr. the word inserted in the Western (Pope's) version of the Nicene Creed to assert the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Son as well as from the Father, which is not admitted by the Eastern Church. 3/27/2015 Fr. But this had no effect on me. Ioannes Apiarius, Met. margin-bottom: 12px;
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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. Like the Roman Catholic church, the Eastern Orthodox church insists that it is the one true church of Christ on earth. denoting the doctrine that the first steps towards good can be taken by the human will, though supervening divine grace is needed for salvation. Jesus knew that false teachers were a real threat to the church, and based on two thousand years of combatting heretics, it seems he was on to something. This is called by them "thelaver of regeneration". font-size: 10pt;
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Their words align with Scriptures and exemplify the true and universal teaching, theology, and practices of the Holy Orthodox Church across two millennia. It has been a money spinning dogma for many years, by bleeding the Greek people dry by threats of exhuming bodies if yearly payments on graves are not paid. 2) pretentious religious music, in the case of Orthodoxy (a daughter of Rome) this takes the form of chanting heresyetc. 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. 1/5/2012 Fr. "the main chair"). Real Heresy is caustic serious false doctrine, against the law and teachings of the new and better covenant (Gal 6:2 & Matt 7:24)that usually attacks one of two things: 1) Teachings fundamental to the Faith (Jude 1:3) such as the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the resurrection of Jesus, the virgin birth, the definition of the good news (Gal 1:6-9) or specifically "the gospel by which we are saved" etc. 3) Eastern Orthodox = ancestral sin has aless corruptedconcept of mans nature than Arminianism (based on original sin instead). The law of the church, containing the various rules, ecclesiastical decrees, and definitions concerning the faith or the lifestyle of Orthodox Christians. 1/21/2020 Jennifer Davis, An Anonymous Open Letter against Fr. margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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Johns Story: Why I Left Eastern Orthodoxy for Evangelicalism. 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." Kallistos Ware Comes Out for Homosexual Marriage Some are women married to other women. I believe this is because of the Greek influence of Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Italian influence of Catholicism. .series_header {
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I am writing as an Orthodox monk; and 4. The spirits of Babylon have now transmigrated across the Earth from the country of Iraq to Italy, in the especially the City of Rome, and dwell in any country where Catholicism thrives. He spread his false teaching throughout the East, receiving support from certain Eastern bishops. It then became obligatory to listed to the Holy Spirit poking my conscience and to knock on the door of Orthodoxy and continue to knock until Christ forced the door opened for myself and my Nun-mother. Joseph Birthisel, Not Gay or Homosexual, but Men and Women Created in the Image and Likeness of God Some people wrongly believe that the Eastern Orthodox Church is false? Gabriel (Hieromonk), Dishonest Dialogue of Orthodox Liberals and Deconstructionists Mortification can simply lead to "psychologically snapping" and being even more fleshly. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=6435&view=post&articleid=81482&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0, The writings and decisions of the first seven ecumenical councils, which took place between the 4th and 8th centuries, The writing and decisions of later church councils through the centuries (which have often conflicted with each other as well as Scripture). 12/7/2016 Fr. The Orthodox Church maintains Her belief that She alone has kept the true Christian faith, complete and unaltered (dumb - infallible heresy). It is comparable to the blasphemous Mormon doctrine. Orthodoxy recognizes the supreme majesty of God, as well as the limitations of the human mind. 9/28/2022 Global Orthodox, Woke Academics Promoting Homosexuality and Subverting Orthodox Christianity in US Part 1 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. margin-bottom:6.0pt;
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