"What is in the chalice is the same as that which flowed from Christ's side. It is that which we partake of."
- St. John Chrysostom
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Joe Lackey
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Joe Lackey
@JoeLackey_
Jennifer's husband. Orthodox Christian. ☦️
Katılım Eylül 2022
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"When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, 'Does this offend you? What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?"
- John 6:60-62
Anthony@Catholicizm1
George Janko calls the Eucharist Dirt and accuses Catholics of blasphemy
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"Now they've laid that small baby where creatures come eat like a meal for the swine who have no clue that He's still holding together the world that they see. They don't know just how low He has to go. Lower still."
- @MYEPICROCK
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"What the Fathers have handed down, this is truly doctrine. And this is truly the token of Fathers: to confess what they received and not devise something else."
- St. Athanasius
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"The unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, 'You are the Son of God.'"
- Mark 3:11
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"We have individuals who possess beliefs which may or may not coincide with others’ beliefs and which can be expressed in any way that person feels. No one has to change or be changed. It's a kind of new 'sola': sola persona."
- Fr. David Lee Bozeman
Jacob’s Ladder@HeWhoWrestles
Can we please start calling sola scriptura “sola my interpretation” 🤝
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Malachi 1:11: "In every place, incense shall be offered unto my name."
Rev. 5:8: "Golden bowls full of incense are the prayers of saints."
Second Council of Nicaea: "Incense and lights may be offered according to ancient pious custom."
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"Praying toward the East is handed down by the holy apostles, as is everything else. This is because the comprehensible sun of righteousness, Christ our God, appeared on earth in those regions of the East where the perceptible sun rises."
- St. Germanus
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Unseen Pathways@UnseenPathways
Some inquirers were asking on Sunday about why we pray to the East, and I said it’s because that’s where Mecca is. Forgive me.
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"See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles. And reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop."
- St. Ignatius of Antioch
Brian Sauvé@Brian_Sauve
American Christianity has not, does not, and will not look like this.
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"When we are overwhelmed by the feeling of our own utter nothingness, the uncreated light transfigures us and brings us like sons into the Father's house."
- St. Sophrony
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"The Word begotten of the Father from on high, inexpressibly, inexplicably, incomprehensibly, and eternally, is he that is born in time here below of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God."
- St. Athanasius
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"We commemorate also those who have fallen asleep before us, first Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, that at their prayers and intercessions God would receive our petitions."
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem
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"The couple must see their union as an icon of Christ's relationship with the Church."
- St. Symeon the New Theologian
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"If your hands are cramped from toil, just wash them with prayer to God, and let your feet follow after prayer."
- St. Feofil of Kiev
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"Praying toward the East is handed down by the holy apostles, as is everything else."
- St. Germanus of Constantinople
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"The authority of an ecumenical council is supreme, for it represents the mind of the universal Church."
- St. Theodore the Studite
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"Christianity is a liturgical religion. The Church is first of all a worshiping community. Worship comes first, doctrine and discipline second."
- Fr. Georges Florovsky
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"If the Apostles and Martyrs, while still in the body, can pray for others, at a time when they must still be anxious for themselves, how much more after their crowns, victories, and triumphs are won!"
- St. Jerome
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"With all foods, give thanks to the Holy God, eating them to his glory."
- St. Hippolytus of Rome
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"The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God."
- St. John of Damascus
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