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I would like to remind everyone that there is great Orthodox spiritual material on RO's blog and I believe we can all benefit from it! Please do check it out! I gain alot from every entry. Pray for me!
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I too would like to express my utmost respect to Stavro! I think we need to define what makes one Orthodox? How would you guys define "Orthodox"? What constitutes an Orthodox Church? What constitutes an Orthodox Christian? I think all these defin…
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Irishpilgrim, I have a strong feeling that you dont even know EO christology or even have an adequate understanding of chalcedonian christology, and how it was amended by the 5th council in Constantinople. The way the EO understand Christology toda…
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This is all I know of along these lines, http://www.amazon.com/Commentary-Book-Exodus-First-Discourse/dp/1933275472/ref=pd_sim_b_12
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Ok well I never said that living a virtuous and 'Orthodox' life makes one Orthodox and neither did RO for that matter, you have just simply chosen to make a straw man out of RO's arguments and attach my name to it. The EO and OO are both Orthodox …
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Perhaps one could state that the EO moved away from a Cyrilline understanding of the nature of Christ at one point (which i agree isnt good), however I do believe that their modern understanding of christology is fully Orthodox and fully reconcilabl…
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One; Augustine is a blessed man and his conversion and repentance is an awesome story to tell BUT he is not a saint in my books due to his numerous wrong teachings. Fr. Athanasius Iskander has written on this. Two; The two churches agreed and reco…
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I think we should already be united with the EO so if anything that is probably on the horizon (i pray), and we have the same faith (as said in the joint statements) so it should happen! The Catholics will require some more time and prayer but there…
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This also implies a great deal of responsibility on our shoulders. May God grant us the grace that we may return to the fathers and that we may perpetuate this faith which originated with Christ.
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Rest assured that Abouna Seraphim is a very holy and blessed man indeed.
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Hmm I would correct my statement and say that I am in fact an ecumenist, but not to the level you seem to believe. The EO are Orthodox, probably moreso than ourselves
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Yes I am scumbag ecumenist, you got me! Yes the Coptic Orthodox church must be the only church has protected the holy truth. Long live the 10 million copts who have ensured their salvation because of the nature and qualities of their myron!! I am …
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AntoniousNikolas and Severian! I am really excited to see what you guys come up with! Its really encouraging to see people so proactive and dedicated to patristics! :)
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Yes our brother Severian is far too patristically educated to endorse that and i know that for a fact. Hence its clear he is stating the policy most priests (unfortunately) use. And I agree with RO, I dont necessarily know if 'switching' is the be…
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When receiving a Byzantine Chalcedonian/EO into an Oriental Orthodox Church (whether it be Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, etc.) generally all you will need to do is receive Chrismation. Unfortunately so^
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I would look forward to this! unfortunately when I speak to people about these things I think i am too polemical :D.
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I second Abouna's comment. Do your research, there is a vast difference between your conception of deaconess (which is presumably what you are speaking of) and 'girls being deacons'. HG Anba Serapion is a very well learned and wise bishop and of a…
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NO RO, stayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :)
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For whats its worth I would like to quickly state that my opinion is that we need to stop turning the Bible into what it isnt. Turning Genesis into a science textbook is a huge error. Turning a Psalm into a geology text is wrong. The scriptures are …
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YAAYY!!
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I agree with you arsenios but to a degree. There has been a renaissance but not that strong as of yet and many are still all too willing to follow their heterodox opinions that they were taught as kids despite the patristic consensus against them. …
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I would like to echo RO, the EO have upheld the faith even in modern times and in some OO circles we have had a bit of a divergence from what the fathers actually believed. Having said that, if we have a renaissance of patristic teaching and teach a…
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My understanding of both of these Psalms stems from the understanding of anthropology according to the fathers, and according them this is the definitive viewpoint; "We are born mortal insofar as [we are born] of mortal parents, but not sinners ins…
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Dear Imikhail, Your quotes mean nothing to me. You didnt answer to the writings of the fathers i gave, your ignored them. You didnt even provide any context for St. Severus' writing against your heretical belief, you simply said that I dont know th…
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No it doesnt, your understanding dictates that. When you put yourself at odds with the opinions of the fathers, and a well learned modern father of ours, Fr. Peter, who pray the same liturgies as you and yet never interpreted things the same way as …
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Yes the Bible does teach that there is no salvation outside of baptism but what i am saying is this. It is logically incoherent to state that we dont inherit Adam and Eve's sin BUT that we are born sinners. Again i will quote our very reverend Fr.…
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Hmm ok, thanks Mina for your reply, i feel like i am essentially seeing eye to eye with the position you espouse. And Severian, i will perhaps getting around to reading this at some point because i dont like accepting facts about Anselm's teaching…
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Imikhail, this concept is logically incoherent with your previous position where you stated, "There is a difference between inheriting sinful nature and inheriting the actual sin itself that Adam committed. We all from our birth inherited the sinf…
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Hmm, i just want to chime in for my edification and perhaps to be a nuisance with a few questions :P. What would you guys say is the extent to which the judicial aspect factors into salvation? I know that, for myself, i am a follower of St. Athan…
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hallo! Ok one thing to start, i am perfectly fine with Imikhail and Severian's statements that inherit a mortal and corruptible nature. This is in perfect congruence with the fathers. But i would like to say that i reject the notion that we inher…