false teachings of the orthodox church

line-height: 200%; 1) There is no definition of quote "the gospel by which we are saved" in it, and thus it is not fit for purpose. /Rudder. Eastern Orthodox theology falsely claims that no one can be saved unless he is baptized with water. note: incredibly revealing! Patrick Henry Reardon, Giacomo Sanfilippos Unholy Vendetta Against Faithful Orthodox Priests and Teachers It's a false dichotomy it treat them separately. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Dr. David Ford: An Open Letter to an Advocate of So-Called Gay Marriage 37) No music. Johannes Jacobse, The Age of Morality The Anthropology of Antichristianity (Part 7) font-family:Verdana; In no manner am I publicly promoting the Branch Theory of Christianity, nor am I proposing that all Christian-named communities or Communions are Churches. Ioannes Apiarius, A Christian cosplay coup dtat [Exposing Lydia Bringeruds Attacks on Orthodox Traditions] Please go to original post in Orthodox Observer for photos. margin-left: 48px; The unmarried state of life. Leavened bread is also acceptable for the purpose in the more liberal Protestant churches. The Orthodox Church doesn't have a pope font-size: 10pt; Elpidophoros Radical Leftist Views] 6/12/2018 Fr. The Greeks have similar roots in the worship of gods and goddesses, but the Greeks are more famous for logic. 7/2/2019 Multiple Senior OCA Priests (six priests and one bishop, authored July 2018), Protodeacon Feldmans Old Testament These preachers and teachers speak and write from within the Moral Tradition of the Orthodox Church. They are, 1) St. 27) Bogus hierarchy/ pyramid system: - from First among equals (including nuns, monks and monasteries) Laity issue. 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). font-weight:bold It is different from sacrilege. 9/17/2019 Orthodox Christianity, Transgender Ideology is Anti-Christian, Anti-Science, & Marxist 5/17/2022 Fr. Some are women "married" to other women. font-size:10.0pt; For the most part, the term apocrypha refers to any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the canon.Since most English language bibles are from non-Orthodox sources, they sometimes are subtitled with . Why God is He, Not She I have pleaded for the past thirty years with my Orthodox friends to come to Christ and know Him personally, John says, with tears in his eyes. 2/7/2020 Fr. Evangelicals unashamedly profess and believe in having a relationship with God, were the Holy Spirit is our teacher. The difference between the two is the difference between Heaven and Hell for a lost sinner. They would later prove Orthodoxy utter diabolical heresy on the grounds of adultery. margin-right:50pt; 3:15). John Whiteford, Is the Patriarchate of Constantinople an Enemy of the American People? Johannes Jacobse, OCA Wonder blog: Change and the Church The Bible was true, and the Church with all its traditions and rituals was wrong.. "new and personal belief or idea"). a:link Mortification can simply lead to "psychologically snapping" and being even more fleshly. Is what amounts to the title of the comparativelyimpotent andinertOrthodox Pope. 92) TheMotherChurch. 3/27/2015 Fr. 11/8/2019 Fr. 1) They are superior in nature and intelligence to man;note: (born again human beings are superior, as are sons and daughters of God, angels are not, and there is no evidence they are of superior intelligence). 11/6/2018 Fr. Contrary to the lies of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, Evangelicals and Protestantsin general believe there is ONE church, that is all those who are born again, denominations emphasizing doctrinal choices made after becoming born again. 3/17/2017 Fr. 66) heretical definition ofBigamy. 3/24/2020 Orthodox Editors, Greek Archbishop of America [Elpidophoros] declares open Communion for non-Orthodox spouses Jesus knew that false teachers were a real threat to the church, and based on two thousand years of combatting heretics, it seems he was on to something. margin: 12px 80px; Even now in their shops they sell more idols than they do bibles. 6/16/2018 Fr. 9/29/2019 Petition started by Elizabeth Dunbar, Fordham Scandalizes with Mixed-Media Orthodox Exhibition [Aristotle Papanikolaou and George Demacopoulos Promote Blasphemous Art] Who Are the Real Schismatics? 3) Eastern Orthodox = ancestral sin has aless corruptedconcept of mans nature than Arminianism (based on original sin instead). Though the Orthodox Church does not recognize the authority of the Roman pope and rejects various other Catholic practices (notably, celibacy for priests), nevertheless the church holds many of the same doctrines and beliefs as Catholicism, including a false gospel preaching mysticism and human works as the means to salvation in keeping with the 7/16/2018 Fr. margin-right: 20px; John Whiteford, Scandalous Activists Attack OCA Synod For Rejecting Same-Sex Unions and LGBTQ Identities (Romans 5:6-11). The Bible says their Mother is the Whore of Babylon! Semi-Pelagianism. font-size:10.0pt; Before an arm-chair theologian (Orthodox sense of the word theologian) or a religious scholar (Orthodox sense of the word scholar) puts a dox-knife to my throat, my choice of words in quotation marks is for the inability to italicize them. Please make sure all fields are filled out. The Church is content to accept the element of mystery in its approach to God. Basically, it was to combat the many false teachings that the Roman Catholic Church had adopted through the centuries. John Whiteford, Headscarves, Modesty, and Scolding Modern Orthodox Women denoting the doctrine that the first steps towards good can be taken by the human will, though supervening divine grace is needed for salvation. He spread his false teaching throughout the East, receiving support from certain Eastern bishops. 2/12/2018 Fr. font-size:10.0pt; 11/5/2014 Fr. margin-right:70pt; font-family: Verdana; 11/5/2014 Fr. margin-right: 40px; Gabriel (Hieromonk), Dishonest Dialogue of Orthodox Liberals and Deconstructionists Are you saying that the Orthodox Church preaches salvation by good works? I ask. font-weight:bold; John explains how he quickly left behind former Orthodox doctrines that he had been taught in church. Sts. John Whiteford. So here they seem to say the contradiction Traditions are on a level with scripture then say canon on law is not inspired). TeachingtheWord The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics helps Christians show unbelievers the truth, goodness, and beauty of the gospel as the only hope that fulfills our deepest longings. (an heretical definition, remarriage is bigamy in the new testament -post marital adultery, or desertion etc are no cause for remarriage). 86) The heresy of Masquerading as Evangelicals. Some are women married to other women. Celibacy. When a person repents and accepts the gospel (believes in Jesus) he not only receives the free gift of eternal life (unless you have believed in vain), but also one of the "new and better promises" (Heb 8:6 & Eze 36:26) is to be spiritually born again to become one of God's children, receiving a new nature that tends toward doing good, instead of evil, and crying Abba Father to God. $('.divSocialShareCustom').jsocial(); TeachingtheWord 6/22/2017 Byzantine, TX, The Amsterdam Symposium: An Abuse of Authority? The Orthodox Church maintains Her belief that She alone has kept the true Christian faith, complete and unaltered (dumb - infallible heresy). 2/2/2015 Fr. Epiklesis). 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. 10/3/2017 Fr. Eastern Orthodox theology falsely claims that no one can be saved unless he is baptized with water. 4/13/2018 Rod Dreher, Fighting the Wrong Battles p.numbered_bulleted_text_2 John Whiteford, The Problem With Fundamentalists [Refuting Fr John Jillions] It is worth researching if the Orthodox have like the Catholics limited languages a liturgy can be read out in. color: #0F4679; 6/16/2021 Jennifer Davis, GOARCH, OCA hierarchs celebrate Patriarch Bartholomews names day at pro-LGBTQ Episcopal church According to Holy Scripture, all the gods of the Gentiles are devils. The catechetical or Sunday school of each parish is responsible for such "instruction" of children or other faithful. margin-bottom:6.0pt; 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. They speak with the authority of the Church, the Apostles, Fathers, Theologians, and Saints. A local Council, convened with Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria presiding, condemned the false teachings of Arius. The word orthodox thus separates the Church from other groups that promote false teachings about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, salvation, and the Church. Eastern Orthodoxy teaches that men are guilty only for their own sins rather than being already under condemnation as a consequence of Adam's fall,before they havedoneany good or evil of their own. Eastern Orthodox canon law is known as the, Copyright 1998-2023 TeachingTheWord Ministries. Christopher Calin Endorses Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBTQ, Anti-Christian Biden-Harris Candidacy . Sacrifice. font-size:10.0pt; The lies the Eastern Orthodox tell about evangelicals and Protestants is that "they think thathaving believed they can do anything they want to, never repent, and they are still so called saved." It has been a money spinning dogma for many years, by bleeding the Greek people dry by threats of exhuming bodies if yearly payments on graves are not paid. We have people in church with the ministry of teaching, and others teach like Pastors, however we also believe our relationship with God comes first, and if we choose to believe the Holy Spirit tells us something, we will believe that rather than a teacher we believe is in error. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, or receive his columns via email. The Orthodox Church describes as such all other Christian denominations. Orthodoxy believes that the Christian Faith and the Church are inseparable. Cyril Hovorun: Mistake to Believe Eucharist Cannot Transmit Virus font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; 6/25/2022 Fr. Joseph Birthisel, Ashley Purpura: Orthodox Church Needs Women Priests and Bishops margin-right: 20px; font-family: Verdana; The Orthodox church is a fellowship of "autocephalous" churches (canonically and administratively independent), with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople holding titular or honorary primacy. 6/7/2015 George Michalopulos, The Strange Theology of David Bentley Hart [and Univeralism Heresy of Fr. It was one of the central issues in the Great Schism of 1054. An individual who begins a heresy is a heretic and is excommunicated. If so, if they and Roman Catholicism were supposedly one church at one point in history, whenwas it dropped by the Catholics. .normal_text { 11/13/2017 Fr. I would say it is obvious that "the filioque" issueis entirely unnecessary to profess anexact doctrine uponfor salvation, or baptism, and it amounts toyet another diversion tactic away from studying more important issues, and a factor in a process of indoctrination in regards to it and allowing baptism via so called "Catechumen" or the Catholic version "confirmation". Sarakosti). But can there be true believers who decide to remain within the Orthodox church? I ask, pointing to the Romanian renewal movement Army of God within the Orthodox Church that emphasized many of the same doctrines as evangelicalism. 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. 101: Indoctrination of children and toddlers: Catechism. margin-bottom:6.0pt; 6/2/2019 Fr. margin-bottom: 6px; He was also told to ask the Baptists questions about why they were attending churches other than the Orthodox Church. And the author does not claim definitiveness, but only a selection of the most notable. (this sounds like the cult called Spiritism! 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. 2/1/2021 Monomakhos Blog, Wheres the clerical consistency? font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; 2/13/2020 Fr. 1/16/2020 Fr. etc by bogus priest, (or whatever other ceremonies they might fancifully invent to declare ground "consecrated"). Lawrence Farley, Inga Leonova: Criminal Stupidity for Bishops and Priests to Give Holy Communion and Spread the Virus 6/13/2018 Fr. note: The First Crusade was also inspired by the idea of protecting people "On pilgrimage to the Holy Land" when pilgrimages (especially as penances) are also unbiblical. Unlike the Roman Church, Orthodoxy permits a clergyman to be married; however, his marriage must occur before his ordination to be a deacon or presbyter. But the free gift is not like the offense. According to them Hitler has escaped the day of judgement in this manner, and multi millions of people across the globe are supposed to believe their loved ones are annihilated out of eternity. The "First Among Equals" of all the Orthodox autocephalous churches, it was founded by St. Andrew the Apostle. } margin-bottom: 24px; line-height: 200%; 5) Orthodoxy themselves compare themselves with Romanism, thus they are logically her daughters. 1/6/2020 Rod Dreher, Orthodoxy, LGBT, & Spiritual Sedition [re: Orthodoxy in Dialogue scandalous LGBT rebellion] 3/27/2021 Fr. margin-bottom:6.0pt; .quotation_text_1 { (to many Evangelicals and ProtestantsEpiklesis would be seen as one of the most blasphemous words on Earth.). He should be guided in studying what the Church has in its written (Bible) and unwritten (Sacred Tradition) teaching. . ) adopted through the centuries priest, ( or whatever other ceremonies they might invent... 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