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Look up the Decree of the Council of Blachernae under Patriarch St. Gregory II of Cyprus. Additionally, and more importantly, the issue was specifically addressed at the often called 8th Ecumenical Council in 879-80 with Pope John VIII's legates and St. Photius; it condemned the alteration. In Chris...

This paper is actually by Vladimir Moss. The Alexander Miller gentleman is just an uploader of the document to Scribd; he's uploaded several other documents, mostly in Greek and Romanian. When you put a document on your Scribd account it says 'published by'. It also lists a Greek biography of St. Se...

Philaret, You said: " but a false teaching that REFUSES to be corrected. In other words, there are no accidental heretics." But is this always the case? For example, as far as I understand, Theodore of Mopsuestia died in the 'peace of the Church'; but, his heretical writings and person wer...

If Met. Cyrpian was considered to be consecrated a bishop in schism, and therefore not a true bishop, then he was only a priest; however, if that is the case, was the deposition issued in the late 1980s against so in regards to him being presbyter or bishop? If he was a false bishop, then why depose...

Hi Liefern (?), I'll try to comment and answer some things. "It can be seen that a plausible argument can be made, for not putting too much store by either calendar. Calendars are a bit arbitrary, and unity of calendar has sometimes been thought unimportant, i.e. not a reason for condemnation. ...

Read 1 Corinthians 7 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+7&version=AKJV No one who repents and wishes to join Holy Orthodoxy can be prohibited from so, no matter the religion of their spouse who is against it. If their spouse disapproves then too bad for the spouse. Sure th...

One may say there is a difference between 'sacramental' Marriage, that is the Mystery of Matrimony, and a civil marriage. Civil marriage falls into a general sort of category, that one might call a 'natural' marriage. It is common and 'natural' to all civilizations, religions, etc. However, the Sacr...