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- Sun 3 November 2013 1:40 am
- Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
- Topic: HOCNA Causes Divisions in Greece, USA, and in Russia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 110
Re: HOCNA Causes Divisions in Greece, USA, and in Russia
Several possibilities: Metropolitan Ephraim had a serious illness and was never "quite the same." There was a growing dissatisfaction among the monks at Holy Transfiguration Monastery against the leadership. Gregory Lourie took advantage of this turmoil to introduce his pet heresy, "N...
- Fri 1 November 2013 1:16 am
- Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
- Topic: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
- Replies: 27
- Views: 46117
Re: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
The author presents that the Eucharist is a an act of communion. Eucharistic adoration is a Latin innovation that is not a part of Orthodox worship. We obey Our Lord Jesus Christ when He says "take, eat." He did not say "worship." And so we do not. This is the preserved faith of ...
- Thu 31 October 2013 9:51 pm
- Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
- Topic: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
- Replies: 27
- Views: 46117
Re: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
Another implication of Orthodox Eucharistology is that participation in the Body and Blood of Christ means that we partake of the divinity of Christ... for communion is an actual communion, St. John of Damascus asserts, because through it we have communion with Christ and share in His divinity thr...
- Wed 30 October 2013 8:54 pm
- Forum: Liturgics and Mysteries
- Topic: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
- Replies: 27
- Views: 46117
Re: Divine Liturgy - Eucharist
When an Orthodox priests takes Communion to the sick, the faithful present don't prostrate before The Holy Gifts, do they? Are we supposed to?
- Tue 29 October 2013 10:39 pm
- Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
- Topic: Divorce
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11148
Re: Divorce
Thank you for correcting me, Maria. The children of an annulled marriage are legitimate.
The Roman Catholic Church recognizes both putative and sacramental marriage.
- Tue 29 October 2013 9:05 pm
- Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
- Topic: Divorce
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11148
Re: Divorce
Does the Roman Catholic Church really take this marriage-divorce thing seriously still? I constantly see them getting married inside of Court and/or marrying outside of their religion to Jews, Muslims, or atheists and yet they aren't being excommunicated or anything. James, In the Roman Catholic Ch...
- Tue 29 October 2013 6:35 pm
- Forum: Religious, Moral, and Ethical Topics
- Topic: Divorce
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11148
Re: Divorce
Does the Roman Catholic Church really take this marriage-divorce thing seriously still? I constantly see them getting married inside of Court and/or marrying outside of their religion to Jews, Muslims, or atheists and yet they aren't being excommunicated or anything. The Roman Catholic Church rarel...