It is just another example of the theme that the more "powers" you invent for their pseudo priests and bishops, the tighter their grip in lording it over the laity. Lawrence Farley, Bourgeois Conjugal Friendship and American Ethnophyletism Lawrence Farley, On Ecclesiology, Humility, and Love And the author does not claim definitiveness, but only a selection of the most notable. } 86) The heresy of Masquerading as Evangelicals. He lived in Asia Minor and was deemed heretical by early church fathers (e.g., Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses 1.26.1; Hippolytus of Rome, Refutation 7.21; Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.28-35, 7.25.3). 6/25/2022 Fr. Like the Roman Catholic church, the Eastern Orthodox also reject the doctrine of the authority of Scripture alone, declaring it to be the great heresy of the Reformation. a gold mine of information about Eastern Orthodoxy. Certainly it is heresy to put Orthodox traditions practiced by their false church on a par with holy writ. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. John Whiteford, Missteps in the Churchs response to the LGBT movement [on Fr. 7/16/2018 Fr. The mass isdescribed in the Book of Revelation 17:4 the Whore of Babylon "having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication". This is made complex as the division with Catholic theology on it becomes embarrassing to both sides, considering there were supposed to be one church once. 6/7/2015 George Michalopulos, The Strange Theology of David Bentley Hart [and Univeralism Heresy of Fr. The concept differs from original sin firstly in that it emphasises 3 consequences of the Fall of Adam upon humanity not one: 2) Thereinafter was increased suffering and toil. I believe this is because of the Greek influence of Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Italian influence of Catholicism. Should We Cancel Karl Barth, Martin Luther, and Jonathan Edwards? The number of autocephalous churches has varied in history. His response comes quickly. He is a founding editor of The Gospel Project, an inaugural fellow with The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics, and the author of multiple books, including The Thrill of Orthodoxy, The Multi-Directional Leader, Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, and Gospel Centered Teaching. A great book to immerse oneself in, when starting to believe oneself as having Gods cellphone number, and a secret gnosis which needs to be shared with congregation/monastery/the public at large, is the book entitled, 50 Jewish Messiahs by Jerry Rabow (Gefen Publishing House, 2002). The Protestant Reformation happened for a reason. line-height:200%; 94)Orthodox. (Gr. John Parker, Of Tolerance and Tyranny John Whiteford, Modern Judas Supports False Brethren in Ukraine text-indent:0px; Mortification can simply lead to "psychologically snapping" and being even more fleshly. line-height: 200%; A catalogue of martyrs and other saints arranged according to the calendar. Johannes Jacobse, Fundamentalism & Dialogue Ministriesmmmmmwww.teachingtheword.org. John Whiteford, 2011 The Orthodox Church considers in particular three bishops (hierarchs) of the Church as Her most important Teachers and Fathers, who contributed to the development and the spiritual growth of the Church. The fifty day fast preceding Easter for the spiritual preparation of the faithful to observe the feast of the Resurrection. (Gr. I am writing as someone formally trained in Orthodox and Western psychology. 7/13/2022 Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus, Met. margin-left: 26px; Semi-Pelagianism. 3) Vain repetitions in prayer. 6/13/2018 Fr. font-size:10.0pt; Thomas Hopko, Shepherd, Know Your Sheep Open Letter to Archbishop Sotirios [False Teaching on Single Communion Spoon] Their words align with Scriptures and exemplify the true and universal teaching, theology, and practices of the Holy Orthodox Church across two millennia. 2/7/2020 Fr. Pure heresy and manipulation. A Look at the Church of England, The Burning Question from Asbury Isnt About Asbury, Why I Dont Say Passed Away When Someone Dies. 66) heretical definition ofBigamy. A local Council, convened with Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria presiding, condemned the false teachings of Arius. We also suggest that you include a direct hyperlink to this article for the convenience of your readers. 6/25/2019 Fr. Are you saying that the Orthodox Church preaches salvation by good works? I ask. Do you seek to convert your Orthodox family and friends? I ask, already somewhat expectant of what his answer will be. {margin-top:0in; (this sounds like the cult called Spiritism! Joseph Birthisel, Sister Vassa on Homosexuality A summary of doctrine and instruction, teaching the Orthodox faith in the form of questions and answers. 6/17/2021 Orthodox Christianity, Mari Iakovou Mars Proudly and Publicly Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month 79)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. (man made junk laws. 3)Let us make it clear it was only long after the Reformation that the Orthodox even compiled anofficial bible, or distributed itto the people. 10/29/2011 Fr. (Catholics had a long line of mass murderer and debauched Popes all supposedly "handing-down" power by the laying on of hands. -The DivineLiturgy of Saint John Chrysostom said to be a"mass"in the Byzantine Rite. line-height:200%; One Orthodox priest told me (against their own vow to privacy) he told a woman who had an abortion to adopt a baby as a penance. margin-top: 24px; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; Authentic Christianity, in marked contrast, declares the great doctrines of grace: Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. color:930000; (so bigger the church, the bigger the ego of the clergy. The Continuing Validity of the Moral Law of the Old Testament [Refutes Lazar Puhalo Heretical Views] $('.divSocialShareCustom').jsocial(); TeachingtheWord John Whiteford, Part Two: Of Homosexual Christians and their Struggle color:black; Filthiness as they say they physicallyeat Jesus (cannibalism) and digest him in their intestines, thus he "sees corruption" in their teachings (Acts 2:27), and calling a piece of bread God in the flesh is an act of idolatry or spiritual fornication (the Orthodox prostrate themselves before the mass bread, the catholics bow). line-height:180%; Aidan Kimel I had been born again, he says. This is not a sacrament in Eastern Orthodoxy as it is in Catholicism. (Colossians 2:4-10). Antonios of Glyfada was Deceived by Elpidophoros on Baptism for Gay Couple 3) And that the scriptures, unlike Orthodox traditions, are inspired word for word, and in Matthew 4:4 Jesus promises those scriptures will be preserved word for word. It is a logical deduction they believe other denominations bury their dead in "unholy ground" in an "unholy manner". (the issues of the Nicene Creed are very complex as attached to historical proof of the people involved in making it and general number of churches cults and sects in the Empire - I can only try to resolve this later on). font-weight: bold; Like Rome, the Eastern Orthodox church also holds to the false doctrine of apostolic succession, claiming that its patriarchs are the latest in an unbroken line of successors to the authority of Christ's apostles. Like Romanism, Eastern Orthodoxy rejects the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone as heresy. I had no intention of converting to evangelicalism, he says. 56) Priesthood offering up physical sacrifices: 57) A heathen calendar as part of the Faith: Christmas: the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on 25 December in the CatholicChurch and Modern Eastern Orthodox, and 6th January by the Old Calendarists. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Aridas Scandalous Teaching on Homosexuality Lawrence Farley, Theodore Feldman: Scriptures, Orthodox Church, and Holy Tradition are Wrong on Homosexuality and LGBTQ Issues 81)Equal to the Apostles. font-size:10.0pt; {margin-top:0in; color:black; Later, he and his wife were married in the Orthodox Church. The Orthodox priest was one of the most important people in the village in which John grew up. (in Christian thought) the uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive popes and bishops, taught by the Roman Catholic Church but denied by most Protestants. 5/22/2019 Fr. 1/21/2020 Jennifer Davis, An Anonymous Open Letter against Fr. Some of these individuals openly and proudly self-identify as "homosexual" or "LGBT." Many are not Orthodox Christians. Copyright 1998-2023 He rarely gives me an answer without a Scriptural reference or justification. Here I would go to the Orthodox Church, cross myself, kiss an icon one moment and despise God the next. Lawrence Farley, Part One: Of Gay Sex and Leaven An honorary title given to saints such as St. Constantine and St. Cyril and St. Methodios for their missionary work in the Church. Zhertva). Go to Sleep, Everything is Just Fine 5/4/2020 Fr. It also puts burdens on mens back grievous to be born who, unlike the parasite priests and bishops of the Orthodox religion, often have to do a hard days work and need energy. This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. The Eastern Orthodox depart from the safety,sureness, and authority of God's holy word, and define heresy instead as that which contradicts their church and its plethora ofwritings of so called fathers, liturgies, creeds, canons, and councils, which for the most part amount to "Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teachingfordoctrines the commandments of men." Special prayer or petition by the Priest to "invoke" or to call upon the Holy Spirit, in order that God's Grace will descend for the consecration of the Holy Gifts at the Eucharist. font-weight: bold; When I walked out of a church service, I was the same as before., John was baptized into the church when he was six weeks old. 2/23/2019 Fr. 12/21/2019 Fr. 3) In the Orthodox worship, every Monday is dedicated to the angels. color:#333333; color:black; 5/8/2017 Fr. that they may appear unto men to fast. The Eastern Orthodox church rejects the Bible's teaching that man is in spiritual bondage due to the corruption of his nature through the fall of Adam. As the encroachments of false teaching and division multiplied in early Christian times, threatening to obscure the identity and purity of the Church, the term "Orthodox" quite logically came to be applied to it. margin-right:15pt; So let me contrarywise make aplain statement: The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic gospel of pseudo salvation is anathema, accursed, bogus, and a ticket to Hell. Even now in their shops they sell more idols than they do bibles. Ironically, the very assumption John despises in the Orthodox Church (that there is no salvation outside the Orthodox Church) is the same assumption he has made regarding evangelicalism. 41) NEPSIS linked with CATHARSIS: when linked with Monastic practices is an oxymoronic concept. (Gr. margin-bottom: 12px; One addresses a Greek Orthodox Priest as Father. (Hebrews 7:26-28). 2/19/2021 Fr. 11/1/2017 Fr. 1/15/2012 Fr. 8/6/2022 Fr. Or why some one who advocates priestesses would not avail themselves of the Anglican-Episcopal Communion, or an Independent Catholic or Orthodox Church instead of trying to force themselves upon the Roman Catholics or the Eastern Orthodox? margin-left:15pt; margin-top: 24px; Well not according to Galatians 1:6-9 which says anyone preaching any other gospel is anathema, that is accursed! margin-left: 0px; (Gr. font-weight: normal; Only when the fundamental truths of the Faith are seriously threatened by false teachings does the Church act to define dogmatically an article of faith. Like Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy teaches the necessity of confession of sin to a human priestly mediator in order for the individual to maintain his salvation, and teaches that the Eucharist is a propitiatory sacrifice for confessed sins in addition to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. He should be guided in studying what the Church has in its written (Bible) and unwritten (Sacred Tradition) teaching. Ioannes Apiarius, More on the Question of the Toll Houses How did your family get over their condemnation of your newfound faith? I wonder aloud. That isnt in the Bible, he says, without further elaboration. In other words refusing to bury a person if he became a real Christian (for instance). font-family: Verdana; John Whiteford, Response to Giacomo Sanfilippo https://russian-faith.com/greek-american-bishop-feels-proud-about-golden-idol-of-athena Johannes Jacobse, A Response to A Response: Sanfilippos Latest Broadside ", It has been said that Eastern Orthodoxy is "Roman Catholicism without its papacy and Mariolatry," and that is indeed an apt summary of its theology and practice. margin-right:50pt; for non-commercial purposes, provided that this copyright notice is included. 1/5/2012 Fr. this heresy includesinfant communion. The Orthodox bible is fake. Like Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy holds that salvation commences with water baptism. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever. denoting the doctrine that the first steps towards good can be taken by the human will, though supervening divine grace is needed for salvation. margin-right:30pt; It then became obligatory to listed to the Holy Spirit poking my conscience and to knock on the door of Orthodoxy and continue to knock until Christ forced the door opened for myself and my Nun-mother. This is, in fact, not a single source of "revelation" but an amalgamation of many alleged sources. 80)Epiklesis. margin-top: 12px; I stopped getting drunk, stopped smoking, stopped cursing. text-align:justify; The act of contracting a new marriage while a previous one is still binding (in the view of their church NOT God), an act forbidden by the Orthodox Church. Authentic Christianity, in marked contrast, declares the priesthood of Christ alone, who has made full and final atonement for sin: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1 Timothy 2:5-6), For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. .article_id { However what was banned was any image, statue, or likeness, of God or a false god, whether it was like a man, a fish, a creeping thing, an animal, or a flying bird, Orthodoxy is therefore full of idols. margin-right: 20px; 9) Idols (see shrines below): statues and images were not banned underthe old Mosaic covenant, Good examples are the cherubim over the ark of the covenant, statues of four oxen in the temple, pomegranates carved into the walls, the serpent Moses lifted in the wilderness. Lawrence Farley, Met. The apostle Paul often condemns and warns against those refuting the gospel through the . If it is adultery then declaring it forgiven when it carries on is a form of the Antinomian heresy, and indeed knowing of this error in Orthodoxy may be what influenced Rasputin to preach the even more caustic form of this heresy repudiated in Romans 3:8. font-size: 10pt; 2/2/2015 Fr. 1/16/2020 Fr. 9/28/2022 Global Orthodox, Woke Academics Promoting Homosexuality and Subverting Orthodox Christianity in US Part 1 Pelagius believed that man had not been entirely corrupted by Adam's fall and that he could, by his own free will, do works that pleased God, and thus be saved. p.textTitle{ Its almost like a one off proof their whole idea of human tradition is based on bunk human decision making.). Why God is He, Not She The Communist party began to put pressure on him to give up his newfound faith and continue to be involved in their atheistic agenda. Mysterion;Sl. 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