No, his actions are the actions of schismatics, apostates and heretics. Your trust is greatly misplaced. I was where you are, and a revelation struck me: we do not owe obedience to hierarchs who are actively destroying Orthodoxy.
Let the fathers speak, and you tell me what your conscience says when ...
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- Sun 8 February 2015 9:58 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: EP giving Patmos Orthodox Church to Roman Catholics?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3232
- Sun 8 February 2015 7:54 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: OCA Cathedral in NYC hosts ecumenical event with pagans
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12465
Re: OCA Cathedral in NYC hosts ecumenical event with pagans
The picture is a before and after. The same hieromonk. I am not sure which one, but it was clear from the website I found it on that it was an old Calendarist hieromonk who was disfigured by the Archbishop.
- Sun 8 February 2015 3:35 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: OCA Cathedral in NYC hosts ecumenical event with pagans
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12465
Re: OCA Cathedral in NYC hosts ecumenical event with pagans
What if World Orthodoxy was the Apostasy, and it has embraced schism by continuing in those things which were condemned by Patriarchal Councils and various canons? What if the Majority is NOT the Church because they constantly disobey the Church? Is this impossible? Look at our times. Why is it ...
- Sun 18 January 2015 1:18 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Outside the Church, there is no salvation?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 74045
Re: Outside the Church, there is no salvation?
Barbara, the Orthodox-Christianity link is a Stephanos synod link, but it was last update by Fr.Fraser in 2011. He is currently working on updates to the pages. He intends to upload them in the next couple weeks.
In the TOC Polemics page I touched on this a bit more, but we will go into it here a ...
In the TOC Polemics page I touched on this a bit more, but we will go into it here a ...
- Sat 17 January 2015 2:01 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Which one of these is a valid icon and why?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 43460
Re: Which one of these is a valid icon and why?
I think it is interesting what you find in the Cells of the saints who reposed. Have you seen the inside of St Theophan the Recluse's cell? He drew a Very western Portrait of Christ that he put in there. I have it in the Book, "The Path to Salvation."
Also, in the Cell of St Matthew the New ...
Also, in the Cell of St Matthew the New ...
- Sat 17 January 2015 1:50 am
- Forum: Anathemas: Past and Current Heresies
- Topic: Anathema against filioque, specifically
- Replies: 8
- Views: 36129
Re: Anathema against filioque, specifically
It is important to note that the phrase: "Proceeds from the father and the Son" actually has two meanings.
There is an Orthodox sense in which this phrase can be affirmed. That is, it is a true statement when understood properly. The Father is the Sole Cause of the entire trinity. The personal ...
There is an Orthodox sense in which this phrase can be affirmed. That is, it is a true statement when understood properly. The Father is the Sole Cause of the entire trinity. The personal ...
- Sat 17 January 2015 1:22 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Outside the Church, there is no salvation?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 74045
Re: Outside the Church, there is no salvation?
The Website for the GOC under Archbishop Stephanos in the USA is currently being update by Fr Stephen Fraser. If you want some good info though, visit http://www.orthodox-christianity.net
For "Matthewite" (Pejorative) stuff, you have to really use google translate and dig deep on http://www.google ...
For "Matthewite" (Pejorative) stuff, you have to really use google translate and dig deep on http://www.google ...