@BurnishedRows Watching this guy utter Christ’s name is almost surreal.
“will you also be his disciple?”
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“Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good.”
The mistake conservative realists like Netanyahu and many of us make is that Christianity in fact has a greater will to power than the most pagan warlord barbarism. And liberal internationalism has a greater will to imperial power than conservative nationalism.
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@hneros13818 @LukasNectarios That may well be the definition of an Orthodox (note the capital “O”) person, but Orthodoxy without orthodoxy (the gospel, Christ Crucified) is a ridiculous endeavor.
No point in works without faith.
No point in faith without truth.
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@LukasNectarios "You need to believe in the gospel!" You people sound like protestants. The definition of an orthodox person is one who participate in the life of the Church through the holy sacraments, not the one who has the true gnosis of some imagined online version of "the gospel"
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You need to repent and believe in the gospel without which the saints say you will perish and better then that so does Christ!
Orthodox Mickey@KingMic92357513
Pray ror these subversives
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@latiniser @OrthoAugustine In fairness, Vladimir Moss has been a staunch and prolific opponent of Romanides at a time when canonical jurisdictions have been dragging their feet.
Not defending schism in the least, but we should give credit where it’s due.
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@TheOrthoEnsign @thejust_james @jew_jacob2005 You’re replying to a Catholic. He likes it when ostensibly Orthodox Christians look retarded as it makes his anti-Orthodox polemic easier.
Just click his account.
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@thejust_james @jew_jacob2005 @Is53_5 This is satire right? Please say you're being satirical, telling the guy who doesn't know Scripture and opposes the saints that HE'S the one that knows stuff.
If you're being unironic, repent and believe the Gospel.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the full trilogy: Colossians Guy, Galatians Guy, and 2 Corinthians guy
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@jew_jacob2005 @TheOrthoEnsign I’ve never seen him slander anyone, but I’m still not seeing how that has to do with you blatantly denying scripture and accusing saints of heresy.
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@Is53_5 @TheOrthoEnsign OrthoEnsign doesnt give af about slandering clergy over his wacky beliefs. Yall dont give af and quote mine anything
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@jew_jacob2005 @TheOrthoEnsign “Why should I care about the Holy Spirit and three other saints when I have my own opinion and can just accuse them of heresy?”
Not sure what “when you all dont even care” means. We all care very much about the saints and Holy Scripture. Your opinion is worthless.
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@Is53_5 @TheOrthoEnsign Why should I care when you all dont even care yourselves?
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@FrLillie And the Bible has been a foundational source of catholic truth on which the Church and the saints have grounded the Christian faith.
We would not have the Church as it is today without the Scriptures which are the word of God.
“I confess that Christ is written”
-St Gregory Naz.
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This one got the Protties coming out with pitchforks.
The point is that the Bible is a product of the Church (yes inspired by the Holy Spirit).
We would not have the Bible as it is today without the Church which is the Body of Christ.
Fr. Michael Lillie@FrLillie
God did not give us a Bible. He gave us a Church.
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@ZacharyOfUlster You have a habit of taking random priests’ word against those of bishops.
Also, “terrible abbot” is blatant calumny.
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They are a group that has experienced lots of pain, they were persecuted by the Greek Church and even recently they suffer from people making false promises.
One priest recounted how the current Abbot of HTM in Jordanville NY Luke Murianka, had once told some Old Calendarists that he would never unite with the MP and that he would hold the line and that if ROCOR ever did reunite with the MP, he would be their leader and defend them in fighting against a false reunion with the MP.
But then it occurred, he joined with the MP and betrayed those whom he told he would never leave, there was an Old Calendarist nun who upon hearing about his betrayal of them erupted into tears.
Now I obviously think being in communion with the MP is good, but from this story (as well as other stories I hear about Abbot Luke), Luke is spineless and a fraud for going back on his word.
He's also a terrible abbot btw.
Nicholas Reynolds@anicholasr
Give an Old Calendarist one compliment today. It doesn’t have to be related to Orthodoxy at all. Just one nice thing.
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@redeemed_zoomer I love the people in the comments who clearly only read your “problem” with their faith and took to the comments without reading any of the others.
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My biggest problem with each denomination:
Presbyterian: worship is too wild and crazy
Catholic: nobody knows they exist
Orthodox: style too modern
Lutheran: no focus on the sacraments
Baptist: too liberal
Methodist: argue theology nonstop
Nondenominational: too formal
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@AnaniasFather St. Gennadius basically said the same thing.
Ethan posts coal all the time, but being Orthodox doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to admire the non-Orthodox.
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A potential future priest. Let that sink in.
Ethan Wayne@EthanWayne2001
Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas. We often see Thomas as inimical to the Orthodox tradition (and indeed he does have some problematic teachings), though we would all be blessed to have a fraction of his wisdom and piety. And it has been a mistake some have made to absolutize Orthodoxy’s opposition to scholastic methodology. May we be enriched by the divine wisdom and genius of Thomas.
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@TheOrthoEnsign @BioticCommando2 @LatinAcolyte Any indication what “words” he is referencing at the end?
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@BioticCommando2 @LatinAcolyte You have no idea what you're talking about. The Fathers clearly used ιλαστηριον as "propitiation", as can be clearly seen from the way they use it in connection to speaking of God's anger. See St. Basil, Homily XX:
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No offence to Thaddeus here, but posts like this strengthen my suspicion that, to nearly all Orthodox Christians, “Penal substitutionary atonement” can not be defined any further than ‘we don’t believe in it’
Thaddeus Patrick ☦️@thaddeusthought
We believe in literal Atonement and Substitution, but only figurative Penal. PSA uses the Penal to literally understand S and A. So salvation becomes about a retributive god who can't forgive without payment, which fundamentally means he's incapable of mercy. Whereas historically it wasn't literally legal, but ontological. My body and heart are healed in a real way by the Cross that makes me like God, and thus genuinely able to be His friend. For PSA, what keeps us from God is being rule breakers. For Theosis, the historical view, what keeps us from God is our hearts. Historically there was not the modern Salvation -Sanctification divide.
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@theFathersOrtho Do you have any knowledge of whether this was in the original?
I’ve heard (Florovsky) claim that he initially supported purgatory, and only in a later revision did other Orthodox bishops “fix” the Catechism and sign off on it.
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…by death before they can have done sufficient penance for their faults.”
- St. Peter Mogila, Orthodox Catechism
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“It is nowhere taught in the Holy Scriptures that there is any temporary punishment, whereby the soul, after death, may be purged. On the contrary, the Church, in the second Council of Constantinople, did condemn Origen for this very opinion. Moreover, it is evident that the…
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@PatristicSource Is there a source for that “the path to hell is paved with the bones of priests…” quote?
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@Is53_5 @stpetermogila @Gedeon_Optinius I agree with the debt that he paid for our sins but in what way did he pay this to the Father?
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The Son payed a debt. St. Sylevster, Bishop of Kanev
DeeDee@KalaDeeDee
@PolemicusA6650 @Gedeon_Optinius @ErickYbarra3 Never a debt payment to the Father. That is Ronan catholic theology, it presumes sin is a crime& places God under compulsion.& the rcc executed people for their beliefs. John 3:16 has no legalism. Gud so loved the world. youtu.be/dJSP9NN1sEg?si…
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