Bearing Cross

Might start making a thread where each day I add the effects of social media on the soul and participation of it. Not judging but witnessing the sins we all can contribute to. Starting off with the first one... 1. Gossip...

@MidActsPosition @_InTheFilth @JayDyer 2/ Nevertheless, someone always needed to be under the authority of the Church’s teaching office to ensure the faithful received the Scriptures correctly and interpreted them in line with the apostolic tradition, just as the apostles advised...

@MidActsPosition @_InTheFilth @JayDyer 1/ In the early Church, not everyone had a Bible. Materials were expensive, and most people were illiterate. When the printing press appeared in the 15th century, Bibles became much more accessible to ordinary believers.

Fr. Jonathan weighs in on "OrthoBros" and @JayDyer 💪

@RealBenMichael 3/ If they truly desired unity, they would become Orthodox, not divided from the body.

@RealBenMichael 2/ A lot of them also believe Orthodox Christians aren’t truly saved or don’t have the Holy Spirit (common discussions). It’s basically a way of condemning us to hell without saying it directly. And yet, they’re often the same people who talk about unity.

Christian Zionists be like “jews are God’s chosen people, we don’t need to preach to them” and then go try to evangelize nations that have been Christian for thousands of years

@TheBibleIsJesus This is similar to a "You guys believe in 3 god's" argument that others make just to feel right and justified with their position. Here's three different AI queries quickly...

Because your faith is in yourself.

This is the most amazing thing you'll see today! 💯 Psalm 50 in Aramaic by Trio Mandili — the language of Jesus. Haunting Miserere (Psalm 51 in Western Bibles). Grab tissues 🙏🏼 Translation from Aramaic down in the comments.

2/ Starting to think this is a very hardcore spiritual manifestation to the true Church. But rejoice, because they hated those before us. And we will be hated by the world. Glory be to God for all things.

1/ There's some irony in when they call Orthodoxy not Christian, but then get offended when you say they are not part of the Church. Imagine a Mormon or JW said "you're not part of the Church". I think most people wouldn't care as much to be honest.

@Iron12cross @fathers_church 2/ Anyway, have to keep praying for them. Ultimately, it's a pride problem.

@Iron12cross @fathers_church 1/ Correct. They see Orthodoxy as a different religion, and then get offended if you say something similar. It's only because of feelings and a desire for acceptance in their own views of what Christianity should look like.

Why are you evangelizing in an Orthodox Christian land?

@Abunajohn 6/ deliberately rejects that visible Body even though it is offered to them?

@Abunajohn 5/ receiving it faithfully—Scripture and the Church’s tradition would see that as a serious spiritual risk, not just a harmless theological preference. But even then, how can we speak of schism if there is no visible Church to be in communion with—or if someone (...)

You don’t have to be Orthodox to have the Grace of God. You have to be in Christ’s Holy Church to have the Grace of God. And, no one, except God, knows the borders of His Church. I don’t really believe Jay Dyer or his ilk are part of the Church. His priest and bishop are guilty of malfeasance.

@bannedpastor @a_westgate Odd comment coming from someone of an americanised version of Christ and his Church.

@a_westgate You think he’s a cracker

This blasphemous icon is not Jesus he is the lamb without blemish!

@OnAncientPaths I hope you realise that such fear is not coming from a good place....

I’ve been Orthodox for 13 years now. I’ve been at my current parish for three or four years and love it there. But as it grows, I felt a twinge of fear there for the first time today. I’ve been married for 20 years and my family is multiracial, and based mostly on things I’ve seen here, I begin to worry about those coming through the doors who may hate or wish harm to me or my family. The feeling didn’t last long, and I know social media is not real life. But the witness of those claiming to be Orthodox here still affects people, especially as more people are becoming exposed to the faith for this first time in such spaces.

@TheDustyChuck @TexasRose1836 You really need to look in the mirror because this is exactly what you are doing with the whole of Orthodoxy in accusation.

@TexasRose1836 "Prots demand 10%" There is absolutely zero demand to tithe. Zero. There is nothing that ties tithing to salvation. You're either ignorant or a liar. Which is it?

Sure. And crackheads don't actually pay for the crack, you see. They pay for the feeling they get when they smoke the crack. So, really they aren't buying crack, but a feeling.