Yet, there was no question as to the orthodoxy of the PEC at that time regarding any basic doctrine of the faith. Disaster followed. “It was the fusion of the filioque controversy with the rise of papal power that created the great crisis of 1054. However, both believe that they are the fullness of the Truth and the other is deficient. The Church is content to accept the element of mystery in its approach to God. The information contained on the website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is for informational purposes only. The great Fathers of the Church summarized the ministry of Christ in the bold affirmation, "God became what we are so that we may become what He is.”. I believe the Orthodox would say that it is true that the Bishop of Roman did always hold a seat of primacy, but that he was still considered only first among equals. While the Holy Trinity is a mystery which can never be fully comprehended, Orthodoxy believes that we can truly participate in the Trinity through the life of the Church, especially through our celebration of the Eucharist and the Sacraments, as well as the non-sacramental services. I expect the resurrection of the dead; and the life of the age to come. I was too busy to adress this earlier. Johannes L. Jacobse, The Abnormal Cannot Dictate What’s Normal 8/29/2017 – Fr. They, like Romanism, believe that baby baptism is one of the seven sacraments Just as the Protestants claim unity in the truth of God’s Word, despite denominational differences. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. John Whiteford, David Bentley Hart and the Toll Houses 5/8/2019 – Fr. Mead's Handbook of Denominations, The The Church believes that, as the unique God-man, Jesus Christ has restored humanity to fellowship with God. 0000009834 00000 n This Revelation of God, His love, and His purpose, is constantly made manifest and contemporary in the life of the Church by the power of the Holy Spirit. human so human beings might be deified". Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, : The views and opinions expressed in these forums do not necessarily reflect those of Catholic Answers. The Councils were synods to which bishops from throughout the Christian world gathered to determine the true faith. semi-Arianism, the Acacian schism, iconoclasm etc. In their greed, they exploit their unsuspecting followers. Your support helps us further the vital ministry work. but weren’t ratified by the Pope. . Romans 1:24-27 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator . Some of these individuals openly and proudly self-identify as “homosexual” or “LGBT.” Many are not Orthodox Christians. works which can be transferred to others as RCC teaches). Although admittedly homosexuality and pedophilia have been secretly tolerated in some orthodox settings, yet only in recent decades has it even been suggested by some church personnel that homosexual practice or marriage are acceptable or normative, and then only by professing Christians who willfully ignore, twist, or contradict the Holy Scripture's clear teaching on these subjects. Orthodox Church: Eastern Orthodox Christianity (which embraces the Greek Orthodox Church) draws on elements of Greek, Middle-Eastern, Russian and Slav culture. John Whiteford, Discernment or Scaffolding? Most of their original existence seems to have originated in differences in ecclesiology, not in response to any rejection of foundational doctrines; however, in the context of the past century or so, it appears that certain Baptist bodies have slid more and more into liberalism, prompting other Baptist groups to separate as a result. For the Media. In the end, Cardinal Humbert deposited a Bull of Excommunication against Michael Cerularius on the altar of the Hagia Sophia, and the Great Schism was official.”, “…it had been agreed in the fourth century that no change in the wording of the creed, except by conciliar consent, was possible.”, Taken from mb-soft.com/believe/txc/gschism.htm. In 1054 Pope Leo IX (1048 - 54) sent a delegation headed by Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida to discuss the problems between the papacy and Constantinople. 2018 —————————— Why God is “He”, Not “She” 11/27/2018 – Fr. I would really like strong arguments for the Catholic position, and also why the Eastern Orthodox Church is wrong. 3. They represent Orthodox priests, archpriests, hieromonks, seminary professors, and two deans of Orthodox Christian Seminaries. His kingdom will have no end. Archbishop “Many Spoons” Elpidophoros – Heresy to the Nth Degree. Joseph Birthisel, Sister Vassa on Homosexuality 7/7/2017 – Fr. Lawrence Farley, Fr. - Have 2 pillars of authority Thus it is unmistakable that Paul is accusing them not of misunderstanding the faith, but of not acting in accordance with their correct understanding of the faith. 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers." (7) The separation of the Reformed Episcopal Church from the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1873 was due to the increasing dismay of founder Bishop George David Cummins and many other PEC clergy at the Oxford/Tractarian movement. John Whiteford, Response to Giacomo Sanfilippo 7/1/2018 – Fr. He is also Partner, The Williams Law Office LLC. This description indicates that the Creed is not an analytical statement, but that it points to a reality greater than itself and to which it bears witness. Greek Orthodox churches consider themselves the one true church going back to Papal decrees are binding on the other 22 Churches as well, but that happened in the early Church even before Councils as well on different issues (Sunday worship, date of Easter, Baptism being valid even by heretics if Trinitarian with water, and after the first and maybe second Council the Biblical canon). Church and its 7 Ecumenical Councils from 325AD to 787AD. Since the Scriptures, when reasonably and competently interpreted, deal extensively with and unambiguously condemn homosexuality, it most certainly is not in the category of "things indifferent.". The Ecumenical Councils did not create new doctrines but proclaimed, in a particular place and a particular time, what the Church has always believed and taught. The twenty-one epistles and the Acts of the Apostles are devoted to the Christian life and the development of the early Church. The Church is content to accept the element of mystery in its approach to God. © Virtueonline 2014 all rights reserved.570 Twin Lakes Rd.,P.O. Even the Korean North American Presbyterian subculture has split into the Korean American Presbyterian Church and the Korean Presbyterian Church in America. In the Eucharist, the bread and wine are VirtueOnline is the Anglican Communion's largest Biblically Orthodox Online News Service, read by more than 4,000,000 readers in 170 countries each year. For generations, the Creed has been the criterion of authentic Faith and the basis of Christian education. Psalm 119:89 (KJV) For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. He is a fraud, a deceiver, a phony, a wolf in sheep's clothing, a snake in the grass. Others abandoned the Orthodox Church to become priestesses in other churches. Lawrence Farley, Public Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy in Dialogue, The Wheel = Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing 10/9/2018 – Fr. John Whiteford, 2015 —————————— Demacopoulos vs. the Russians… again 11/18/2015 – Fr. God became a Such false teachers are casting aspersions on 2,000+ years of church tradition by alleging that only they, out of all ages of church history and out of all cultural settings, have enlightened and acceptable attitudes on these matters.  Church government is John Whiteford, Modern Judas Supports False Brethren in Ukraine 2/23/2019 – Fr. 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains. Besides, which Church looks more like the universal Church? Johannes Jacobse, Uncovering the Truth: Head Coverings and Revisionist Biblical Interpretation 6/19/2017 – Fr. John Whiteford, Contrary to Nature: A Response to “Would the True “Nature” Please Stand Up?” [refuting Public Orthodoxy false teaching] 11/1/2019 – Fr. The new denomination so formed has subsequently had various groups, in turn, secede from it, including the Wesleyan Methodist Church (Allegheny Conference), the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches, God's Missionary Church, the Church of the Nazarene, the Free Methodist Church and the United Christian Wesleyan Methodist Diocese of South Florida. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Moreover, He is truly man who shares with us all that is human. Perhaps it is time to look into the psychology of why these people do what they do; and how we might more effectively protect ourselves. Your point is well taken. In other words, when we encounter the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit, we are truly experiencing contact with God. John Whiteford. Very few people are gifted by God as prophets; spirits must be discerned; and sadly to say, most prophets turn out to be false prophets. The Holy Scriptures are highly regarded by the Orthodox Church. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets. Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father, through whom all things were made. First of all the Eastern Orthodox Church is not false as such but merely schismatic from the Catholic Church. To intelligently make that assertion, one would have to either say that the Creeds and Confessions are all wrong when they say the Scriptures are normative, or that all rational and competent expositors of Scripture for the past 2,000 years are wrong when expounding verses about sodomy. For that matter the RCC views the Anglican Church as false because it broke off and decided (however weakly) that it had a valid link to the Apostles, so why shouldn’t we view the RCC as a false Church that had broken off from the main Church? (6) The Baptist movement is a discipline unto itself, from the early Anabaptists of the 1500's and such subgroups as the Hutterites, the Mennonites, and the Amish, to their taking root in England among those dissenting from existing orthodox church bodies, to their rapid spreading in America and elsewhere.

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