74) Cathedrals. {margin-top:0in; Johannes Jacobse, Fundamentalism & Dialogue A few days before Easter, I would go confess my sins to the local priest. Johannes Jacobse, Uncovering the Truth: Head Coverings and Revisionist Biblical Interpretation Mortification can simply lead to "psychologically snapping" and being even more fleshly. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 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. Like Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy teaches that man is able to cooperate with God in bringing about his salvation, and that regeneration is the product of a synergistic effort of God and man. Filthiness as they say they physicallyeat Jesus (cannibalism) and digest him in their intestines, thus he "sees corruption" in their teachings (Acts 2:27), and calling a piece of bread God in the flesh is an act of idolatry or spiritual fornication (the Orthodox prostrate themselves before the mass bread, the catholics bow). I stopped getting drunk, stopped smoking, stopped cursing. color:#0F4679; 7/18/2019 Fr. In fact, Eastern Orthodoxy's false doctrine of theosis additionally conflates regeneration with justification and sanctification. Matt 23:9. 2/21/2020 Orthodox Christianity, When People of God Fall, They Behave Worse Than Pagans 6/22/2017 Byzantine, TX, The Amsterdam Symposium: An Abuse of Authority? I began reading my Bible, going to church, praying. text-align: left; - certain sinner Patron Saints, instead of a birthday party. 6/3/2020 Archbishop Michael Konstantinides, Mixed Marriages [Not Excuse to Overthrow Eucharistic Praxis] margin-left:15pt; Mysterion;Sl. line-height: 200%; 73)Canons (or Canon Law). 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 same cannot be said of those fomenting rebellion inside the Orthodox Church. Those groups were called "heterodox" or "heretics." Please note that "Orthodox Church" refers specifically to Eastern Orthodoxy, the Church of the Seven Great Ecumenical Councils. Or why some one who advocates priestesses would not avail themselves of the Anglican-Episcopal Communion, or an Independent Catholic or Orthodox Church instead of trying to force themselves upon the Roman Catholics or the Eastern Orthodox? They are, 1) St. 19) Prayer heresies - 1) Praying forthe dead. People can be sincere and still be sincerely wrong. line-height:200%; Johns grandparents were faithful leaders in the Orthodox church. line-height:200%; Lawrence Farley, Theodore Feldman: Scriptures, Orthodox Church, and Holy Tradition are Wrong on Homosexuality and LGBTQ Issues Gabriel (Hieromonk), Against Modern Legalism The heresy is not suggested in their doctrine on it, but that a convert in order to be baptized might be constrained to form a doctrine on it in order to be baptized. Some of these individuals openly and proudly self-identify as homosexual or LGBT. Many are not Orthodox Christians. Cheers. 91)Mitre. The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian . A picture paints a thousand wordsremember when we used to smash idols? 8/21/2017 Fr. 6/12/2018 Fr. margin-right:15pt; 9/15/2019 Fr. Ioannes Apiarius, Orthodox Episcopal Aloofness with a Side of Cake [Abp. font-weight: bold; 10/13/2018 Fr. John Whiteford, 2011 Accordingly witnesses are a priori considered to be of the Orthodox Christian faith.". } Joseph Birthisel, Not Gay or Homosexual, but Men and Women Created in the Image and Likeness of God margin-left: 20px; 12/29/2017 Fr. This forbidding of idols is continued in the new testament (1 John 5:21, & Rev 9:20 etc). The principal church of a bishop's jurisdiction, the chief church in every diocese. 2/16/2022 Orthodox Reflections, Morality Not Black and White, Fordhams George Demacopooulos Says in Abortion Article ", A reader asks, "Are Eastern Orthodox practitioners (Russian, Serbian, Greek, Antiochian, Ethiopian, etc.) margin-right:20pt; Ioannes Apiarius, Fr. An Orthodox Christian that is truly born again would realize that the church is wrong and would turn to evangelicalism. For John, coming to Christ and joining an evangelical church are two sides of the same coin. 12/11/2021 Fr. John Whiteford, Sr. Vassa: Theres no ontological impediment to priestesses incense is used ritualistically as if swinging it at artefacts in church, or people, in some way "cleanses" them. 7/2/2022 Rachel Wilson, Review: Between Heaven and Russia, by Sarah Riccardi-Swartz margin-left: 20px; The true gospel that saves (1 Cor 15:1-4 & Luke 24:44-48) makes no mention of our works (Eph 2:8-9 & Rom 11:6) or sacerdotalism, that is priestcraft adding to salvation, such as baptism (1 Cor 1:17) or the mass (Rev 17:4). All throughout the interview, John has been backing up his statements with verses he has committed to memory. 2/12/2018 Fr. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 10/23/2019 Fr. Pure heresy and manipulation. 7/12/2019 Fr. Also, I appreciate the attached articles. 7/8/2017 Fr. Some are women "married" to other women. They believe they "have no life in them" without the eucharist, that is administered by a priest, thus is sacerdotalist priestcraft salvation (co Saviour). He and his wife Corina have three children. Gabriel (Hieromonk), The Unbearable Essentializing of Being: Metropolitan Kallistos Wares Sorrowful Joy of Sex text-align:justify; 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. line-height: 200%; The lies the Eastern Orthodox tell about evangelicals and Protestants is that "they think thathaving believed they can do anything they want to, never repent, and they are still so called saved." The official headdress or "crown" of a bishop. For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. continued.. 32) Orthodox false prophets (as well as teachers), 33) Mary As Mediator - and the attributes of God, 34) False Apostles- equal to Apostles (eg Constantine). line-height: 200%; 6/19/2017 Fr. Nor for that matter have I written a triumphalistic book about how evil Romans are, particularly when I have found heresy in Orthodoxy the difference being, that in Orthodoxy the heresy is tolerated not infallibly declared, even while we have a very long and ugly history of persecuting the sainted-innocent (e.g. font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; John Whiteford, Modern Judas Supports False Brethren in Ukraine Gabriel (Hieromonk), Dishonest Dialogue Johns reliance on Scripture is evident. 11/15/2019 Fr. 3) Thereinafter mankind's will wasweakened. Zechariah Lynch, The Wheel asks What Dialogue Means text-align: right; Though this is an extreme example they do practice penances. 8/24/2018 Pillar and Ground of the Truth, On Allegations of Orthodox Fundamentalism (Part 3) Tradition, Fundamentalism, and Modernity The Bible was true, and the Church with all its traditions and rituals was wrong.. p.numbered_bulleted_text_2 font-family: Verdana; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; As Quoheleth says, Nothing is new under the sun. And the Apostle writes, Jesus..the Same yesterday, today and forever. They simply cannot see beyond their delusions and narcissism and their need not only to move the furniture around in the room, but to introduce new furniture, and to deny the removed furniture was ever removed. margin-bottom: 6px; Orthodoxy recognizes the supreme majesty of God, as well as the limitations of the human mind. If not, wherein lies their non-adherence to Scripture in their beliefs and practices? 1/5/2012 Fr. Memorial. It is difficult to understand why in the light of John 15:26, which the EOC teaches, and which the RCC (Roman Catholic Church) FALSIFIES and DISTORTS by saying the illicit (immoral) phrase FILIOQUE "AND THE SON". http://www.jesusandbible.com/list-of-orthodox-heresies. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Sister Vassa on the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood 1/23/2018 OrthodoxChristian.com, 2017 see also -Meneon. color: #333333; 79)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Greeks have similar roots in the worship of gods and goddesses, but the Greeks are more famous for logic. 2/5/2022 Fr. {margin-top:0in; } Though the church building was just four houses down the street from his, John rarely attended. John Whiteford, Fr. The book containing the rules and regulations /. The Orthodox Church maintains Her belief that She alone has kept the true Christian faith, complete and unaltered (dumb - infallible heresy). My understanding had always been that to be saved, you had to do a certain amount of good works. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Morality and Truth in a Secular Age Joseph Birthisel, Ashley Purpura: Orthodox Church Needs Women Priests and Bishops 5/14/2018 Fr. If so, if they and Roman Catholicism were supposedly one church at one point in history, whenwas it dropped by the Catholics. {margin-top:0in; line-height: 200%; 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. line-height:16.0pt; 6/19/2017 Fr. The operative word describing salvation in Eastern Orthodox theology is theosis - "becoming God". margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left: 20px; Elpidophoros Radical Leftist Views] 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. font-size:14pt; font-size: 10pt; In other words they deny John 3:16 is true. 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. Johannes Jacobse, The Age of Morality The Anthropology of Antichristianity (Part 7) It is a logical deduction they believe other denominations bury their dead in "unholy ground" in an "unholy manner". color:#333333; margin-top: 24px; 1/6/2020 Rod Dreher, Orthodoxy, LGBT, & Spiritual Sedition [re: Orthodoxy in Dialogue scandalous LGBT rebellion] If it is adultery then declaring it forgiven when it carries on is a form of the Antinomian heresy, and indeed knowing of this error in Orthodoxy may be what influenced Rasputin to preach the even more caustic form of this heresy repudiated in Romans 3:8. This practice of pilgrimages protected by violence therefore usurped over the commands of Jesus of a Love and Peace life style. The Canon Liturgical /73)Canons (or Canon Law). font-size: 10pt; margin-left:15pt; When I walked out of a church service, I was the same as before., John was baptized into the church when he was six weeks old. My baptism when I was 6 weeks old was not a true baptism. line-height:200%; Epiklesis). It is different from sacrilege. margin-left:0in; Angels are grouped in nine orders (tagmata) as follows: Angels; Archangels; Principalities; Powers; Virtues; Dominations; Thrones; Cherubim; Seraphim. 21) Relics, artefacts, including "death cult" worship. 6/25/2018 Fr. In short, that your life can be fully of joy and satisfaction. font-size: 10pt; All want to radically change the Orthodox Church teaching and Tradition to accommodate distorted and corrupt ideas. [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] 5) You become a co-saviour by your obedience. 1) The racist error of translating the old testamentfrom Greek. 5/9/2022 Fr. 7/11/2018 Fr. 6/13/2018 Fr. He rarely gives me an answer without a Scriptural reference or justification. You may not be interested in Culture Wars, but Culture Wars are interested in you Like Rome, the Eastern Orthodox church also holds to the false doctrine of apostolic succession, claiming that its patriarchs are the latest in an unbroken line of successors to the authority of Christ's apostles. John Whiteford, Mattingly: Two clashing Orthodox takes on doctrine past and future } Zechariah Lynch, Ukraine Schism: What is a Layman To Do? The Eastern Orthodox Calendar of Saints.Martyrology. 4/24/2018 Fr. 1/16/2020 Fr. John shakes his head, sadly but firmly. margin-bottom: 18px; {margin-top:0in; John Whiteford, Response to Giacomo Sanfilippo .quotation_text_2 { These preachers and teachers speak and write from within the Moral Tradition of the Orthodox Church. -The DivineLiturgy of Saint John Chrysostom said to be a"mass"in the Byzantine Rite. The "false teaching' of the Russian World . 11/5/2017 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". 6/12/2018 Fr. 50) Their definition of heresy is heresy!!! 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 . 2/22/2021 Dissident Mama, Petition for Bishops to Denounce Blasphemous Orthodoxy in Dialogue Website font-weight: bold; the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, All scriptureisgiven by inspiration of God, who serves as a spiritual guide and confessor, Essentially Eastern Orthodoxy, and Catholicism, are unbiblical pyramid systems where the so called "laity" are in effect the lowest of the low, almost like a lower caste, with the Pope or the, Primus inter pares at the top, and Catholic and Orthodox laity at the bottom like a door. Kallistos Clearly Implies that the Church Should Bless Committed Same-Sex Relationships Another Orthodox person reading this would be justified in pointing out it is a good idea to pray to saints, but if that's not where you are at, then that's not where you are at. Johannes Jacobse, OCA Wonder blog: Change and the Church John Whiteford, Trying to Make Silk Purses Out of Sows Ears (Response to A Theology of the Erotic) [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] etc by bogus priest, (or whatever other ceremonies they might fancifully invent to declare ground "consecrated"). 6/17/2021 Orthodox Christianity, Mari Iakovou Mars Proudly and Publicly Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month Robert Arida: Why Dont You Become Episcopalian? 7/27/2021 Orthodox Reflections, Compassionate Denial: A Paradigm of Abuse? 12/11/2013 George Michalopulos, Being Frank Exposing Schaeffers Hatred of Russias Laws Against Public Displays of Homosexuality Orthodoxy recognizes the supreme majesty of God, as well as the limitations of the human mind. font-size: 10pt; However when shrines are made and people kneel in frontof collections of so called "icons" not of gods or god but of men, pray to saints (an act of worship - see the Lord's Prayer)and burn incense to them, they become idols. p.numbered_bulleted_text_1 Gabriel (Hieromonk), The Church and Homosexuality: A Meditation Though I have a double-major doctorate (religion/theology and psychology) 1. I am of the opinion that it has a lot to do with what is called a/the messianic-complex. It also puts burdens on mens back grievous to be born who, unlike the parasite priests and bishops of the Orthodox religion, often have to do a hard days work and need energy. John Whiteford, Scandalous Activists Attack OCA Synod For Rejecting Same-Sex Unions and LGBTQ Identities 3) Eastern Orthodox = ancestral sin has aless corruptedconcept of mans nature than Arminianism (based on original sin instead). 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. Idols were forbidden. 5/27/2022 Orthodox Reflections, Christians Must Have Courage in the Face of Deceitful Compromise Pavel Florensky Genesis 3:5, and for which King Herod was eaten by worms "And the people gave a shout,saying, It isthe voice of a god, and not of a man. 11/6/2018 Fr. p.quotation_text_1 What would you say if someone were to convert from evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy? I challenge. The main reason for the convening of the First Ecumenical Council was the appearance and growing strength of the false teaching of the Alexandrian priest, Arius. By saying that two Christians can divorce and remarry for post marital adultery, either party (the guilty or innocent), the Eastern Orthodox religion, unlike Roman Catholicism, preaches adultery. Cyril Hovorun: Mistake to Believe Eucharist Cannot Transmit Virus Some were deposed by the Orthodox Church, openly declare and celebrate their gayness, and publicly promote the LGBT ideology. A diabolical heresy from Hell itself. color:930000; The History of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation, events, and transformation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through time.. They believe that Protestants in particular have departed from the true faith. 6/25/2019 Fr. It is in the Church that the Christian Faith is proclaimed and maintained. Like Romanism, Eastern Orthodoxy rejects the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone as heresy. The number of autocephalous churches has varied in history. 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. His wife thought he had gone crazy. margin-left:15pt; } But the free gift is not like the offense. What kind of hand-me-down farce do they call that? The Orthodox bible is fake. ORIGIN Latin, literally and from the Son. Orthodox bishops are only chosen from the celibate clergy, but widowers, who have accepted monastic vows, may also be chosen. It is divided into twelve volumes, one for each month. It differs from Calvinist ideas by (quite rightly) saying that the doctrine that mankind became "totally depraved" in nature is too extreme, but they believe also the Arminiandefinition of man being "depraved" but not "totally" goes too far too, and that man is essentially good in nature, the closest idea in western theology being the term Semi-Pelagianism, in that where Arminians say man cannot make the first steps toward goodness without God, the Eastern Orthodox believe man, and fallen Adam, only had a weakened will after the Fall, and is essentially still good (most all agree Adam had a nature tending toward Good before the Fall). (Gr. {margin-top:0in; 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). 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. Others abandoned the Orthodox Church to become priestesses in other churches. In other words refusing to bury a person if he became a real Christian (for instance). 11/5/2014 Fr. as false. 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