List is provided in reverse chronological order, beginning in 2012, the earliest article we could find. Canon law not only governs the activities of th church but also claims a degree of authority in matters of state. p.quotation_text_2 91)Mitre. Ioannes Apiarius, Fr. Rather that is called in our theological jargon the Antinomian heresy, and though there are Protestant heretics that believe it (just as the Orthodox heretic Rasputin believed it) easy believerism it is not generally accepted. Link: margin-top: 18px; I realized that the Orthodox church was a societal organization that had taught me nothing. So John decided to follow Jesus and turn away from his sinful past. This article may be reproduced in its entirety only, Kallistos Ware Comes Out for Homosexual Marriage 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. 7/2/2019 Multiple Senior OCA Priests (six priests and one bishop, authored July 2018), Protodeacon Feldmans Old Testament 6/2/2019 Fr. (Gr. color:930000; The Wicked Heretic Lazar Puhalo Lawrence Farley, Met. but. "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. He was also told to ask the Baptists questions about why they were attending churches other than the Orthodox Church. Do Humans Have Free Will? 1/17/2017 Fr. Mortification can simply lead to "psychologically snapping" and being even more fleshly. And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died." His wife thought he had gone crazy. In this article we shall focus on key elements of Eastern Orthodox theology and practice. The ranks of the false teachers include academics who openly promote the homosexualist agenda and oppose the Orthodox Church sacred Tradition. Heresy has been and will be a problem for the church until Christ returns. .numbered_bulleted_text_2 { Joseph Stalin led a uniquely brutal campaign against religion and religious leaders. margin-top: 0; Three Harms that Come from Redefining Marriage. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. You and I are both believing Christians, and we both go to the dentist. Demacopoulos vs. the Russians again Why do they believe this? 1/21/2020 Jennifer Davis, An Anonymous Open Letter against Fr. 11/1/2017 Fr. The Orthodox Church believes that all the people of God-members of the Church, either the living on earth or the departed in heaven-are in constant communion and fellowship with each other in faith, grace, and prayers, since they constitute one Body in Christ-the Church. line-height: 200%; margin-left: 26px; The scholars accuse the Russian Orthodox Church of "ethno-phyletism" or "religious nationalism" a practice outlawed by an Orthodox . There are 3 views of mans corrupt state: Here I would go to the Orthodox Church, cross myself, kiss an icon one moment and despise God the next. If so, if they and Roman Catholicism were supposedly one church at one point in history, whenwas it dropped by the Catholics. A Look at the Church of England, The Burning Question from Asbury Isnt About Asbury, Why I Dont Say Passed Away When Someone Dies. Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the single source of revelation is what it terms "holy tradition." font-family: Verdana; c. 50-100) in the late first and early second century. The ordination of an individual to priesthood through the sacrament of Holy Orders. When Martin Luther compared Catholicism to Scripture, the result was his nailing the 95 theses to the Wittenberg door. font-family:Verdana; They believe that salvation lies within the Orthodox church alone. All Rights Reserved. 97)Three hierarchs. This is mentioned as the Eastern Orthodox Churches, such as those in Greece and Russia, believe they are rooted to what they call the Apostolic Catholic Church pre-schism of 1054, and this can cause confusion in the mind of some people in that a member of the EOC might say they are "Catholic" but mean it in a pre-schism sense, not in the modern sense of being under the Pope's authority. The Eastern Orthodox Church officially and explicitly denies the everlasting Lake of Fire (commonly called Hell)inphysical bodies, tormented by physical fire, sulphur, and smoke "where their worm never dies", and preachinstead a watered down version of God's eternal retribution, that is so attenuated and diluted it encourages men to do evil, as the judgement described is soenfeebled. Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. False Teaching. What really matters, as our reader's question rightly puts it, are not the differences between Rome and Constantinople, but between both of these visible bodies and Holy Scripture. 7/11/2022 Orthodox Christianity, Elpidophoros Baptizes Surrogate Children of Married Homosexuals However, Arius would not submit to the authority of the Church. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 4)millstone- the mass bread. 21) Relics, artefacts, including "death cult" worship. Modalism, ruled out by the Nicene Creed, teaches that God's names (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) change with his roles or "modes of being" (like a chameleon). The Bible says their Mother is the Whore of Babylon! I stopped getting drunk, stopped smoking, stopped cursing. font-size: 10pt; 5/8/2019 Fr. About the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Ukrainians in the United States; The Testament; Parish History, provided by the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1938) . In all my years, Ive never heard of such a thing. I begin to explain what it is like in other countries, where Eastern Orthodoxy is a minority and the evangelical tradition dominates. font-family: Verdana; (Gr. margin-right: 20px; 6/28/2017 Fr. I accept there are many forms of blasphemous attitude and speech, and the word has wider usage, howeverIt is because Orthodoxy attributes powers to Mary that belong to God alone, and invent so many church artefacts outside of holy writ this becomes heretical. And fundamental to the false teacher's success is his ability to deceive. Joseph Birthisel, New, but not improved A Response to Public Orthodoxy, on the Creed It is worth researching if the Orthodox have like the Catholics limited languages a liturgy can be read out in. A former missionary to Romania, Trevin is a regular columnist at The Gospel Coalition and has contributed to The Washington Post, Religion News Service, World, and Christianity Today, which named him one of 33 millennials shaping the next generation of evangelicals. for non-commercial purposes, provided that this copyright notice is included. The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod, its president, vice-presidents and all 35 district presidents, along with its ministerium and congregations, categorically reject the horrible and racist teachings of the so-called "alt-right" in toto (including white supremacy, Nazism, pro-slavery, anti-interracial marriage, women as property, fascism . They speak with the authority of the Church, the Apostles, Fathers, Theologians, and Saints. } color: #930000; 9) Hesychasm, 10) The Orthodox for of the rosary. The Eastern Orthodox religion, along with Catholicism, reduce Jesus to a Semi Saviour, and exalt themselves (works) and their priests and bishops (sacerdotalism) to co-Saviours. It is different from sacrilege. These things are good and profitable to men. John Whiteford, Fr. http://www.jesusandbible.com/list-of-orthodox-heresies. line-height:200%; } This is not a sacrament in Eastern Orthodoxy as it is in Catholicism. Interesting point of discussion. 5/5/2017 Reader Dr. Alfred Kentigern Siewers, Sanfilippos Conjugal Friendship Their words align with Scriptures and exemplify the true and universal teaching, theology, and practices of the Holy Orthodox Church across two millennia. 66) heretical definition ofBigamy. 10/9/2019 Fr. Think of all those murdering,sinful, cruel, warped, twisted, evil, crusading, holy inquisition popes. John Whiteford, Response to Meeting Michelle Part 1 [refuting Public Orthodoxy LGBTQP+ agenda] 12/11/2021 Fr. 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. font-family: Verdana; margin-bottom: 12px; For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. The Orthodox Church is the only Church which has maintained from the beginning a coherent interpretation of its teaching. margin-top: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 12px; A diabolical heresy from Hell itself. The Orthodox Church maintains Her belief that She alone has kept the true Christian faith, complete and unaltered (dumb - infallible heresy). I am purposely writing theologoumena precisely asking questions more than proposing answers; and pointing out things which hurt my head thinking about them; 3. In my own situation, over time it became evident to me that while I may have used words that Romans used, when I did use them I often found myself not employing them in the same fashion; that what I understood as hesychasm and negative theology many refused to accept as valid contemplation; that I had a propensity to iconography over statues; and then when I came across an imprimatured book published in Rome that said that everything necessary for salvation could be found in the Orthodox Church, many things became a house of cards for me: purgatory, papal primacy, papal infallibility, the filioque etc. font-size:10.0pt; The act of confessing or acknowledgment of sins by an individual before God in the presence of a priest, who serves as a spiritual guide and confessor (pneumatikos) authorized to ask for forgiveness and to administer a penance. They are, 1) St. 2/14/2018 Fr. Is what amounts to the title of the comparativelyimpotent andinertOrthodox Pope. did Jesus keep the old testament law in full if he went against the old covenant law and used leavened bread and alcoholic wine in the Last Supper? } Sts. It is in the Church that the Christian Faith is proclaimed and maintained. margin-bottom:6.0pt; Accordingly witnesses are a priori considered to be of the Orthodox Christian faith.". Johannes Jacobse, OCA Wonder blog: Change and the Church priests who dont exist. p.textTitle{ margin-bottom:6.0pt; 98) ChrismationRenunciation of Errors: The confirmation service of a new adult convert to Eastern Orthodox has "the renunciation" ceremony in it. font-size: 10pt; http://www.jesusandbible.com/list-of-orthodox-heresies. 8/29/2017 Fr. His parents told him he was bringing shame upon the whole family. Aidan Kimel In real baptism, such as that of the Ethiopianeunuch in Acts 8, do you really think the underlying theologyof the wordhomoousioshad to first be expressed by him? 11/11/2017 Fr. 80)Epiklesis. Like Romanism, Eastern Orthodoxy rejects the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone as heresy. 12/21/2019 Fr. 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. No one made shrines in their home in the old testament. 77)Consecration. Aaron Warwick Affair) 12/10/2014 Fr. Paul said we are dead in sins. Fr. Commemorated on September 9. Orthodoxy and LGBT Inclusiveness 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 Yes, the New Testament speaks of false teachers whose doctrine denies core elements of the apostolic gospel. Essentially Eastern Orthodoxy, and Catholicism, are unbiblical pyramid systems where the so called "laity" are in effect the lowest of the low, almost like a lower caste, with the Pope or thePrimus inter pares at the top, and Catholic and Orthodox laity at the bottom like a doormat. 7/25/2017 by Fr. The word orthodox thus separates the Church from other groups that promote false teachings about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, salvation, and the Church. color: #333333; The Orthodox Christian Church believes itself to be the original, unchanging, and apostolic faith. I am of the opinion that it has a lot to do with what is called a/the messianic-complex. What would you say if someone were to convert from evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy? I challenge. 73)Canons (or Canon Law). Though I have yet to find the Orthodox stooping to such false warping of scripture (as yet), Orthodoxy does hand out penances to people. font-weight: bold; A liturgical book containing the lives of the saints and the special hymns (stichera) for the feast-days of the Orthodox Saints. Angels are grouped in nine orders (tagmata) as follows: Angels; Archangels; Principalities; Powers; Virtues; Dominations; Thrones; Cherubim; Seraphim. 6/13/2018 Fr. Copyright 2023 OrthodoxyToday and OrthodoxNetwork. 2/3/2021 Orthodox Reflections, That Horrible Bishop Makes Me Do It 7/12/2022 Metropolitan Antonios of Glyfada, Abp. font-family: Verdana; John Whiteford, Is the Patriarchate of Constantinople an Enemy of the American People? 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. This is often linked to the chanting of many heretical teachings, chiefly that of the "holy eucharist" or their version of the blasphemy of the mass. The basic theory of the . His false teaching, coming as it did in the church's infancy, truly did represent a grave threat. The Church is content to accept the element of mystery in its approach to God. The Orthodox religion treats the bible as if it was a box of chocolates were there can pick and chose things from different covenants, and meld them together into a man made potpourri religion. Evangelicals and Protestants in actual fact say "Every tree is KNOWN by his fruit, not SAVED by his fruit" and thus they do not deny that real Christians will bring forth spiritualfruit. This heresy of interpreting the word porneia in Matt 5:32 and Matt 19:9 as including adultery on their part renders Orthodoxy a sex cult. (Gr. 76)Communion of Saints. You will know them by their fruits 11/8/2019 Fr. font-family: Verdana; (Gr. text-align:justify; In other words they deny John 3:16 is true. .normal_text { Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a mortal and unforgivable sin because it presumes that God's saving action in this particular case is impossible (cf. When the era of Communist rule began in Russia in 1917, religion was seen as a hindrance to a thriving . } 7)thy sorceries- the witchcraft of her heresies and practices. Rather it is the central issue of what is called "the root versus the fruit" debate. However in the eastern lands Eastern Orthodoxy moved into these type of shrines to false gods were common. Some were deposed by the Orthodox Church, openly declare and celebrate their gayness, and publicly promote the LGBT ideology. . 2)It was initiated by, or at very least was involved with,the mass murderer Constantine. The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian . 9/28/2022 Global Orthodox, Woke Academics Promoting Homosexuality and Subverting Orthodox Christianity in US Part 1 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. 5) You become a co-saviour by your obedience. Kallistos Ware on the Ordination of Women and Blessing of Same-Sex Marriages The Council was convened to investigate without further delay, the false teachings of Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople (428-431). 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. 1/18/2019 Fr. Joseph Birthisel, The Defence of the New Deaconesses and the Rest of the Story John Cox, Policing Orthodoxys Borders (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. 11/14/2014 Terry Mattingly, Texas Orthodox Priests Reject Fr. It signifies the sacrifice of Christ on the cross for man's salvation. According to . font-weight:bold; 10/9/2018 Fr. 2) Evangelical & Protestant Arminianism = man is depraved, but not totally, he can accept the gospel by free will, BUT he cannpt take the first steps toward God himself, and only under God's drawing power can he be saved. (Gr. } note: a marriage vow is not the same as a legal oath in court, banned by Jesus in Matthew 5. this also includes witch murders, superstitious murders, imprisonments etc. I preach only one gospel that saves, not two. Because by saying the vows: "as long as we both shall live. margin-right: 40px; (this sounds like the cult called Spiritism! My understanding had always been that to be saved, you had to do a certain amount of good works. Authentic Christianity, in contrast, declares the doctrine of original sin and the guilt of all men in Adam, and the necessity of the person and work of Christ as the Second Adam who redeems them from that condemnation: Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned - (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Today I am interviewing a former Eastern Orthodox believer who has become Baptist. 7/11/2018 Fr. font-size: 8pt; line-height:16.0pt; a:link 4/10/2014 Fr. Though the church building was just four houses down the street from his, John rarely attended. margin-right:50pt; This book is written to suggest techniques and to give examples which demonstrate that you do not need to be defeated by anything, that you can have peace of mind, improved health, and a never-ceasing flow of energy. Or he must confess a belief about the underpinning theology ofMonophysitism,Dyophysitism, orMiaphysitism??? Why God is He, Not She https://russian-faith.com/greek-american-bishop-feels-proud-about-golden-idol-of-athena This led Pelagius to deny the doctrines of original sin and predestination, and to deny the need for special grace to be saved. .series_header { My baptism when I was 6 weeks old was not a true baptism. 5/22/2019 Fr. I was born Orthodox, in an orthodox country, in a family that is generally pretty faithful. 3)craftsman- idols, church finery etc margin-bottom: 6px; It is a logical deduction they believe other denominations bury their dead in "unholy ground" in an "unholy manner". 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). But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. The outward and visible part of religion, consisting of various ceremonies, words, and symbolisms, producing an invisible action by the Holy Spirit that confers grace on an individual. Please go to original post in Orthodox Observer for photos. Johannes Jacobse, A Response to A Response: Sanfilippos Latest Broadside All rights reserved. Kallistos Clearly Implies that the Church Should Bless Committed Same-Sex Relationships The ranks of the false teachers include academics who openly promote the homosexualist agenda and oppose the Orthodox Church sacred Tradition. 37) No music. A line of unbroken succession all the way back to the Apostles. John Whiteford, Sin is Nothing to Be Proud Of 40) Consecrated Ground: (see digging up the dead) - and financial extortion. John nods in agreement. Ministriesmmmmmwww.teachingtheword.org 2/7/2022 Orthodox Christianity, What Happens When Scholars Fail to Address Arguments and Evidence Presented to Them [Refuting Public Orthodoxy Defamatory Attacks] This is, in fact, not a single source of "revelation" but an amalgamation of many alleged sources. margin-left: 20px; text-align: right; And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Against Modern Legalism For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. Zechariah Lynch, Ukraine Schism: What is a Layman To Do? 3) Eastern Orthodox = ancestral sin has aless corruptedconcept of mans nature than Arminianism (based on original sin instead). Gabriel (Hieromonk), On Allegations of Orthodox Fundamentalism (Part 2) The Church and Modernity 2018 However when shrines are made and people kneel in frontof collections of so called "icons" not of gods or god but of men, pray to saints (an act of worship - see the Lord's Prayer)and burn incense to them, they become idols. Subsequently there will always be a culture of denials about any division on it. And coming closer to home, why the theological terrorism in our own home? margin-top: 12px; The "Scarlet and Purple heresy" (Rev 17:4) introduced formally by Constantine, that is the melding ofsecular (purple) and religious (scarlet) power is also an heresy of Orthodoxy. 11/5/2014 Fr. 81)Equal to the Apostles. He spread his false teaching throughout the East, receiving support from certain Eastern bishops. John Whiteford, 2015 1/5/2012 Fr. (Gr. 6/20/2022 Fr. Like Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy holds that salvation commences with water baptism. Gabriel (Hieromonk), Unitarian Morality With a Little Theosis Sprinkled on Top $('.divSocialShareCustom').jsocial(); TeachingtheWord Johannes Jacobse, Fundamentalism & Dialogue font-size: 10pt; the Virgin, the Saints, or sacred objects, refusing to bury a person if he became a real Christian, 79)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, 83) Defining the true church as Heterodoxy, 85) The Unwritten modern heresy - two gospels save, 86) The heresy of Masquerading as Evangelicals, 88) Leavened Bread & alcoholic wine in the eucharist, The Eastern Orthodox Calendar of Saints.Martyrology, Dogmatic Tradition of the Orthodox Church, : The confirmation service of a new adult convert to Eas, tern Orthodox has "the renunciation" ceremony in it. Gabriel (Hieromonk), The Continuing Validity of the Moral Law of the Old Testament [Rebuke of Lazar Puhalo Heretical Views] The Orthodox Church doesn't have a pope 7/20/2018 Fr. The intercession of the saints and Mary on behalf of Christians on earth was easily rejected. 5/14/2022 Fr. font-size: 8pt; The reality is Eastern Orthodox Christians and clergy are often pretentiously magnanimous, and say "We say Evangelicals and Protestants are saved too!" 8/6/2022 Fr. Evangelicals unashamedly profess and believe in having a relationship with God, were the Holy Spirit is our teacher. Capital punishment was banned in new covenant law by Jesus - John 8:7. 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. -The DivineLiturgy of Saint John Chrysostom said to be a"mass"in the Byzantine Rite. font-weight: bold; After many centuries of tricking uneducated peasants with such dogmas as this (and the equally absurd Holy Fire non-miracle) they should now be made to pay the price of their deception by exposing this heresy. .quotation_text_2 { As far as the Church before the Bible, the Church and the Scriptures are a unified whole. text-align: right; The Mother of Harlotstherefore has daughters, which are the various Orthodox churches, who themselves describe their own similarity to Romanism. And the author does not claim definitiveness, but only a selection of the most notable. 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