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@energeiologian @ProfilStandard Those who rejected Christ in Hades, yes.

@ScriptoriumP @ProfilStandard Are you saying those who had no access to the sacraments due to them being instituted after their lifetimes, or due to their historical conditions are eternally damned?

Is Saint Ioasaph the Buddha in disguise? A 🧵

@energeiologian @ProfilStandard No. Saint Paul says that there is One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism. Christ says that no one can enter the Kingdom who is not born of water and the Spirit, and he who does not eat His flesh and drink His blood has "no life in him".

@ProfilStandard @ScriptoriumP Christians are all those who live according to the Logos, who is Christ. Life in the ecclesial community and dogmatic determinations are normative but not exhaustive

@energeiologian @ProfilStandard Saying that there were elements of truth in the Buddha's teachings is not the same as saying he is literally the same person as Saint Ioasaph. The saint himself appeals to al-Bud's teachings to prove Christianity.

@ProfilStandard @ScriptoriumP Religion is not reducible to a system of propositions. Heraclitus and Socrates at many steps contradicted the dogmas of Christianity, but Saint Justin Martyr calls them Christians before Christ. My contention is that Siddhartha is also a Christian before Christ

@energeiologian If you believe that, then you are not an Orthodox Christian.

@ScriptoriumP I am an Orthodox Christian, I believe Saint Ioasaph was Siddhartha Gautama, and I don't think that disproves the infallibility of the Church, but rather confirms it.

@kevano__ The old Testament also tells you to be circumcised and offer heifers in Jerusalem.

Why don't we use musical instruments in church? In Antiquity, instruments were a feature of the theatre. They were considered too indecent for the reverent liturgy of the Christians.

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Today is the feast day of the Venerable Bede! Bede was the most educated man in Europe in his time, and became almost deified after his death. His influence can be felt everywhere: He has a cameo in Dante, he is quoted in the Summa, he gives Wordsworth “Persuasion”, he gives his name to George Eliot “Adam *Bede*”, he gives J.R.R. Tolkien the shire calendar and Merry’s “Reckoning of Years”, and he gives the late Pope Francis his papal motto: “miserando atque eligendo” (having mercy and choosing him), from a homily on St. Matthew.

To sum up: 1. There is solid historical evidence which supports the existence of an Indian Christian saint by this name 2. Whatever similarities there are between Ioasaph and the Buddha are due to the compiler's adoption of eastern hagiographical language to reach the native audience

This Al-Bud is none other than the Buddha. Clearly, then, if Ioasaph is appealing to the ancient tradition of the Buddha to make a case for the superiority of Christianity over paganism, the Buddha and Ioasaph (=Budhasaf) cannot be the same person!