), (I hope later to put these beliefs in another order). Woke Academics Promoting Homosexuality and Subverting Orthodox Christianity in US Part 2 margin-bottom:6.0pt; Please go to original post in Orthodox Observer for photos. incense is used ritualistically as if swinging it at artefacts in church, or people, in some way "cleanses" them. Eastern Orthodox canon law is known as the, Copyright 1998-2023 TeachingTheWord Ministries. (this sounds like the cult called Spiritism! 72)The Canon Liturgical, which refers to all liturgical material, including the Creed, used for the Liturgy and the consecration of the Eucharist (see also kanon and Typikon). p.textTitle{ Others are men "married" to other men. In short, that your life can be fully of joy and satisfaction. 8/6/2022 Fr. Why? Certainly it is heresy to put Orthodox traditions practiced by their false church on a par with holy writ. This subject is muddied by there being so many definitions of sola scriptura. (Gr. 8/24/2018 Pillar and Ground of the Truth, On Allegations of Orthodox Fundamentalism (Part 3) Tradition, Fundamentalism, and Modernity 2/3/2021 Orthodox Reflections, That Horrible Bishop Makes Me Do It line-height:200%; 60) Christendom: Contrary to the pacifist directive of Galatians 4, where we are said to be pilgrims (Book of Hebrews) toward the Jerusalem above, not defending the Physical borders of physical Jerusalem below, both the Catholics and Orthodox ignored this directive (asserted again in John 18:36) and created an Empire concept of Christendom, where physical Jerusalem was to always be captured by the military. Seraphim of Piraeus Denounces Heretical Conduct of Elpidophoros on Baptism for Gay Couple 5/14/2018 Fr. Michael Courey: Orthodox Church Must be More Inclusive, Welcome Same-Sex Couples margin-bottom: 6px; 7/1/2018 Fr. 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. The Communist party began to put pressure on him to give up his newfound faith and continue to be involved in their atheistic agenda. Think of all those murdering,sinful, cruel, warped, twisted, evil, crusading, holy inquisition popes. A special service held in the Orthodox Church for the repose of the souls of the dead. 2/16/2022 Orthodox Reflections, Morality Not Black and White, Fordhams George Demacopooulos Says in Abortion Article He rarely gives me an answer without a Scriptural reference or justification. 5/20/2018 Dr. David C. Ford, The New Christianity note: incredibly revealing! font-family: Verdana; According to . a gold mine of information about Eastern Orthodoxy. 7/12/2018 Fr. as false. 7/11/2022 Orthodox Christianity, Elpidophoros Baptizes Surrogate Children of Married Homosexuals (so bigger the church, the bigger the ego of the clergy. 2) The justification of sins described as "the works of the flesh' (Gal 5:19-21 & Rev 21:8). How did your family get over their condemnation of your newfound faith? I wonder aloud. Kallistos on Sexual Morality Acts 12:22-23. Ioannes Apiarius, Public Orthodoxy: Promoting Cultural Marxism and LGBT Blasphemy 5) Cycle of Prayer 6) Jesus Prayer 6) Mary as Mediator 7) Praying tothe dead 8) Prayer Books. I was born Orthodox, in an orthodox country, in a family that is generally pretty faithful. Others are men married to other men. font-size:10.0pt; 9/29/2019 Petition started by Elizabeth Dunbar, Fordham Scandalizes with Mixed-Media Orthodox Exhibition [Aristotle Papanikolaou and George Demacopoulos Promote Blasphemous Art] John Whiteford, 2015 font-family: Verdana; Later, he and his wife were married in the Orthodox Church. Johannes L. Jacobse, The Abnormal Cannot Dictate Whats Normal Thomas Hopko, Shepherd, Know Your Sheep Open Letter to Archbishop Sotirios [False Teaching on Single Communion Spoon] } 14) Canonization: all Christians are saints, Romans 1. But can there be true believers who decide to remain within the Orthodox church? I ask, pointing to the Romanian renewal movement Army of God within the Orthodox Church that emphasized many of the same doctrines as evangelicalism. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Lazar Puhalo Attacks Monasticism margin-bottom:6.0pt; Mnymosyno). Joseph Birthisel, Met. I am totally sure, based on the authority of Gods Word alone, he replies firmly, again appealing to the sola scriptura principle. And the author does not claim definitiveness, but only a selection of the most notable. Some of these individuals openly and proudly self-identify as "homosexual" or "LGBT." Many are not Orthodox Christians. Aridas Scandalous Teaching on Homosexuality 5) The seemingly innocuous phrase "one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church" presupposes either Orthodoxy or Catholicism is the true reflection of the early church, and thus asserts their triple salvation false gospel by covert means. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. 6/18/2018 Reader Dr. Alfred Kentigern Siewers, Met. (Gr. Lawrence Farley, Fr. My baptism when I was 6 weeks old was not a true baptism. 7/21/2021 Teena Blackburn, Sin Cannot Be Blessed by the Church did Jesus keep the old testament law in full if he went against the old covenant law and used leavened bread and alcoholic wine in the Last Supper? line-height:200%; John is a Romanian man in his late fifties who is no stranger to the Eastern Orthodox Church. (Gr. Mortification can simply lead to "psychologically snapping" and being even more fleshly. margin-left:20pt; color:black; 4/13/2018 Fr. Monastic prisons predated and made a case for the Atheist Experiment and their infamous gulag. making shrines is a step further than just having idols. 5/1/2017 Fr. color:black; (Romans 5:6-11). notice they outright say these priestcraft administered sacraments SAVE THE BELIEVER. line-height:200%; 95)Ousia: the complex subject of the expression of the essence of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and how to explicitly state this. "new and personal belief or idea"). 6/19/2017 Fr. } (Colossians 2:4-10). 2) pretentious religious music, in the case of Orthodoxy (a daughter of Rome) this takes the form of chanting heresyetc. 3) In the Orthodox worship, every Monday is dedicated to the angels. 84)Ancestral sin: (notice they do not define this on the eoca site.) Eastern Orthodox theology falsely claims that no one can be saved unless he is baptized with water. How sure are you that you made the right decision? I ask. All Sacraments were instituted by Christ for the salvation of the believer. Name-day. Here I would go to the Orthodox Church, cross myself, kiss an icon one moment and despise God the next. 11/6/2018 Fr. 12/11/2021 Fr. Lawrence Farley, St. Vladimirs Seminary Reacts to Amsterdam Conference, OCA Bishops Remain Silent Memorial. 7/12/2019 Fr. font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; .series_header { 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). Joseph Stalin led a uniquely brutal campaign against religion and religious leaders. The concept of the "first among equals" is that of giving this title to a person whose office was founded historically first, in Eastern Orthodoxy thePatriarch of Constantinople, The idea of having Patriarchal bishops over huge jurisdictions, and a lower formof bishops, is not found in new covenant law. {margin-top:0in; 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. Some people wrongly believe that the Eastern Orthodox Church is false? 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). The Orthodox editors on this blog will continue to add more articles and links as they become available to warn the Church and the faithful about the false teachers who pridefully consider themselves wiser and smarter than the Apostles, Fathers, Theologians, and Saints of the Orthodox Church. 5/5/2022 Fr. I had no intention of converting to evangelicalism, he says. (Gr. line-height:150%; 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. font-size: 10pt; I realized that the Orthodox church was a societal organization that had taught me nothing. So John decided to follow Jesus and turn away from his sinful past. 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. But the impetus for that division was not a choice between obedience to the Word of God and the word of man, but rather a choice between two competing sets of that which Scripture repeatedly condemns as "the commandments and doctrines of men.". 6/16/2021 Jennifer Davis, GOARCH, OCA hierarchs celebrate Patriarch Bartholomews names day at pro-LGBTQ Episcopal church 81)Equal to the Apostles. A catalogue of martyrs and other saints arranged according to the calendar. 3) Acceptance of the Creed is usurped upon all converts in the so called "catechumenperiod". "the main chair"). He and his wife Corina have three children. All Rights Reserved. These preachers and teachers speak and write from within the Moral Tradition of the Orthodox Church. } {margin-top:0in; 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. In his early twenties, John became active in the Communist party in Romania. true Christians? For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. It consists of being tormented by a reaction to God revealing his love to you. 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. And coming closer to home, why the theological terrorism in our own home? Heresy has been and will be a problem for the church until Christ returns. 10/29/2011 Fr. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Against Modern Legalism Sponsors at Baptism and Chrismation - the baptized and the God=parents are forbidden to marry (see affinity) something not found in scripture. A line of unbroken succession all the way back to the Apostles. Also this gives babies and children their first taste of alcohol. Priest on Homosexual Orientation Interesting point of discussion. 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. Gabriel (Hieromonk), On Allegations of Orthodox Fundamentalism (Part 1) On the Holy Fathers and Holy Tradition 11/18/2015 Fr. This is made complex as the division with Catholic theology on it becomes embarrassing to both sides, considering there were supposed to be one church once. 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. John Whiteford, Trying to Make Silk Purses Out of Sows Ears (Response to A Theology of the Erotic) [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] The unmarried state of life. .quotation_text_1 { Cyril Hovorun: Mistake to Believe Eucharist Cannot Transmit Virus Aaron Warwick Affair) Pavel Florensky (Gr. Thomas Hopko (book excerpt), Gay Iconoclasm: Holding the Line Against the Radical LGBT Agenda p.quotation_text_3 Some are women "married" to other women. 3/24/2020 Orthodox Editors, Greek Archbishop of America [Elpidophoros] declares open Communion for non-Orthodox spouses font-size: 10pt; The Creed is heretical by omission in that it has no salvation gospel. A step further than just having idols I hope later to put Orthodox practiced. David C. 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