New Antiochian Patriarch Spews Out Shocking Heresies

[Matthew]

Someone just sent me this horrifying speech by the newly elected Patriarch of Antioch. Totally Syncretistic - the "love" which is in fact HATE, because it assures that nothing will be done to convert the heretical muslims to the One Name of Jesus Christ given under heaven by which all men must be saved. Hence the souls of their "beloved muslim brothers" will be assuredly lost.

The Enthronement Speech of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

God is not pleased to see co-existence with non-Christians with whom we share the same country regress and even vanish here and there for various reasons, for reasons of politics, or for fundamentalist tendencies, that have nothing to do with religion. Love does not know fear or hostility: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast… It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil…” (1 Co 13: 4-8). Love is our byword and our weapon. We, the Antiochians, are an Eastern church; its roots go deep in the history of our region. Along with our Muslim brothers, we are the sons and daughters of this good earth. God wanted us in it to witness to His Holy Name, and in it we must stay, encouraging decent and respectful co-existence, refusing all kinds of hatred, fear and arrogance. To my Muslim brothers I proclaim, we are not only partners in the land and in its destiny, for together we have built the civilization of this land and shared in the making of its culture and history. Let us therefore work together in preserving this precious heritage. We (the Antiochians and the Muslims) are also partners in worshipping the one God, the true God, the light of the heavens and of the earth.

See for full article:

http://www.antiochian.org/content/enthr ... d-all-east

[Priest Antonios]

Is there any hope?

[Matthew]

The Lord said, "Nevertheless, when the Son of Man returns, will He find faith in the Earth?"

Saint John Maximovitch said, "At the end, the true Church will be as small as the tip of my little finger, but it will be pure like a diamond."

Yes there is hope. There is always hope. But, for my part, I am convinced it is not to be found in the Pseudodox Churches.

[Priest Antonios]

Of course, you are right.

Thank you for the quote from St John.

[Maria]

Here are some more red flags from HB John's Enthronement Speech:

See this link for the full speech:
http://www.antiochian.org/sites/antioch ... 3_word.pdf

Paragraph 1 - "The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus whenever HEdawns*, making Him present yet veiled in all religions and cultures."

*This is a typographical error, that is copied exactly as written above.

Paragraph 4 - "God is not pleased to see that the unity He wants for His people is shattered, and that his flock is divided into many factions."

Paragraph 8 - "Modernity is a blessing that calls us to revive the fundamentals of our worship and teachings, and also to differentiate between the one Holy Tradition and the many secondary traditions and practices to which we often cling."

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Comments: With these three sentences, I have reached my limit in order to comply with copyright laws.

Paragraph 1 is a thinly veiled vague statement that approaches heresy: that all religions are good.
What about those religions which promote human and infant sacrifices? 

Paragraph 4 urges unity.
However, we do not need a one-world religion as that would be heresy.

Paragraph 8 really concerns me as HB John is bringing into play the Big T vs the Little t traditions ... a distinction that came about with the Roman Catholic Vatican II discussions. Modernism is rearing its ugly head here under the name of modernity.

[Barbara]

Thanks for the information. I would never have read a word about this new Patriarch, otherwise, if I had not
seen the analysis here.

St John Maximovitch said that about the tip of finger as the size of the Church ?
I had never heard that variation on the theme of the Church being small in later days.
Or, the part about "pure as a diamond", either.

Where did you find that, Icxypion, do you recall offhand ?

[Matthew]

I was told that by at least two different old ROCOR people, I believe one of them was Father Andrew Kencis. It is a saying that has been handed down orally in ROCOR.