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1. The theology of the Fathers such as "Origen, St. Didymus, and St. Cyril"... "did not at all depart from the Holy Scriptures... it was their chief and primary source."
2. The Patristic era ended after the 5th ce…
Not really a people person here, but I will try my best. You must make him realize that Christ established *one* Church, not thirty thousand. That Orthodoxy is the fulness of the Christian faith and that the Orthodox Church alone is the One, Holy, C…
[quote author=Mikhael link=topic=13642.msg159244#msg159244 date=1345745760]
I was asking if there are any Saints of the EO communion that you would have trouble recognizing such as St. Flavian or St. Maximos the Confessor?[/quote]Depends. In some ca…
Chapter 8. Concerning Fasting and Prayer (the Lord's Prayer)
But let not your fasts be with the hypocrites; Matthew 6:16 for they fast on the second and fifth day of the week; but fast on the fourth day and the Preparation (Friday). Neither pray as…
Well regarding the origins of the fast, it is certainly an ancient Christian practice. It is documented in the "Didache" or teachings of the Holy Apostles.
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=13432.msg159193#msg159193 date=1345651711]
I find nothing in Metropolitan Bishoy's letter as heterdox that Fr Athanasius commented on. In HE Met Bishoy's article, he makes a distinction by deification by adoption an…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=13539.msg159191#msg159191 date=1345641440]
Severian,
Can you find any sources, either Fr Tadros or ancient patristics, that speak about assurance in salvation? It seems to me that there is a creeping theology that …
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=13642.msg159186#msg159186 date=1345636133]
1. No, the Pope/Patriarch/Archbishop of Alexandria has no more charism than that of any other Bishop. He is ultimately subject to the Holy synod and can be deposed by the …
1. No, the Pope/Patriarch/Archbishop of Alexandria has no more charism than that of any other Bishop. He is ultimately subject to the Holy synod and can be deposed by the synod. To give an example, Pope Yusab II, who was deposed. The Patriarch has n…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=13627.msg159167#msg159167 date=1345599659]
[quote author=Severian link=topic=13627.msg159163#msg159163 date=1345584133]
Imikhail, what do you think of Met. Bishoy's teaching that Judas did not partake of the Euchari…
Imikhail, what do you think of Met. Bishoy's teaching that Judas did not partake of the Eucharist? Even though this is the teaching of Sts. Jerome, Cyril, and John Chrysostom?
[quote author=ReturnOrthodoxy link=topic=13535.msg159161#msg159161 date=1345582945]
Leo supported Theodoret, even forcing him into the council. Theodoret is a confirmed nestorian.
Wanted to also ask why it is that Theodoret approved the excommunicat…
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=13627.msg159139#msg159139 date=1345495034]
hi, this seems like it was continued from another thread; i don't understand if there was a link.
but Jesus was miraculously conceived (incarnated) and took on a mortal hu…
"We are born mortal insofar as [we are born] of mortal parents, but not sinners insofar as we are of sinful parents. For it is not true that sin is a nature (phusis) and that it naturally passes from parents to their children."
-Saint Severus of An…
Can it not be said that the Priest is a Mediator between God and man, insofar as he partakes of Christ's mediatorship by grace? Sort of like how in Theosis we become like God through partaking of His grace? So, in the case of Christ can we say that …
[quote author=Purity2 link=topic=13627.msg159089#msg159089 date=1345285463]
Severian,
Sorry my tone seems rude and condescending, but I'm trying to pull u from fire! But my sources r very solid!! Namely the Agpeya! Our Holy Bible! Our Holy Liturgy!…
[quote author=gr link=topic=13638.msg159081#msg159081 date=1345263456]
I also wish others on this site a fond farewell. I'm afraid that with Fr. Peter's departure, the voice of reason and patristics will be drowned out by the noise of a few posters…
[quote author=Purity2 link=topic=13627.msg159072#msg159072 date=1345216785]
Severian,
Stop with the mambo jumbo. your own posts by the fathers (if u understood them) agree with what I have said.....since the original sin we (mankind) have become m…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=13611.msg159068#msg159068 date=1345215551]
Whoever thinks that the Lord paid the price of sins on the Cross
This is the essence of Christianity.
[/quote]Agreed. The problem is that some Orthodox are so radically a…