Eastern Orthodox clerics and believers sometimes realisethey are losing debates in front of Orthodox believers willing to convert, and masquerade as if they believe Evangelical theology on salvation, or something at least a bit nearer, when their actual church does not, and calls the true gospel "heterodoxy". font-family: Verdana; A diabolical heresy from Hell itself. 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. Eastern Orthodox canon law is known as the, Copyright 1998-2023 TeachingTheWord Ministries. {margin-top:0in; Verily I say unto you, They have their reward." False. I stopped getting drunk, stopped smoking, stopped cursing. line-height:200%; 4) the obnoxious practice of exorcisms that go along with baptism services. An honorary title given to saints such as St. Constantine and St. Cyril and St. Methodios for their missionary work in the Church. 67) heretical definition ofBlasphemy. 5)candle burning rituals John Whiteford, Part Two: Of Homosexual Christians and their Struggle 6/16/2018 Rod Dreher, The Rise of Antichristianity The Mystery of Lawlessness margin-bottom: 18px; Those groups were called "heterodox" or "heretics." Please note that "Orthodox Church" refers specifically to Eastern Orthodoxy, the Church of the Seven Great Ecumenical Councils. Evil and reproachful language directed at God, the Virgin, the Saints, or sacred objects. Jesus saves, and nothing else! {margin-top:0in; font-family: Verdana; There is entirely nothing stopping a Christian being buried in a secular graveyard. This is not a sacrament in Eastern Orthodoxy as it is in Catholicism. 5/14/2018 Fr. p.quotation_text_2 They represent Orthodox metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, priests, archpriests, hieromonks, seminary professors, and two deans of Orthodox Christian Seminaries. In the true Christian religion this rebirth makes you part of the one church of God immediately, his bride, without some man deciding if you have to his vain satisfaction answered a list of confirmation or catechumen issues correctly. font-size: 10pt; The modern contraceptive pill, allowed by many in Orthodoxy, which is based on progesterone, a chemical that destroys the ovum after fertilization, is believed by many to be murder. That isnt in the Bible, he says, without further elaboration. 3/27/2015 Fr. color:black; 6/25/2018 Fr. 1/18/2019 Fr. font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; p.section_header {margin-top:12.0pt; John Whiteford, Discernment or Scaffolding? 4/28/2018 Fr. John Whiteford, Puhalo Strikes Again 7/12/2018 Fr. font-weight:bold; Gabriel (Hieromonk), Silence [progressive death march desires to silence all opposition] Like the Roman Catholic church, the Eastern Orthodox church insists that it is the one true church of Christ on earth. font-weight:bold; Priest on Homosexual Orientation Orthodoxy and LGBT Inclusiveness The first Sunday of Lent, commemorating the restoration of icons in the church (see Iconoclasm). With help from the Orthodox editors, I have compiled a list of articles, essays, and petitions written by Orthodox Christian priests, deacons, professors, and writers warning the Church about false teachers and deceitful venues (especially Public Orthodoxy, The Wheel Journal, Orthodoxy in Dialogue, Fordham Universitys Orthodox Center, Lazar Puhalo, Sister Vassa) that question, challenge, mock, deconstruct, contradict, and distort Church teaching, practices, and theology. Johns Story: Why I Left Eastern Orthodoxy for Evangelicalism. 84)Ancestral sin: (notice they do not define this on the eoca site.) I realized that the Bible was the authority, even over the Church. Others are men "married" to other men. Church of Our Granddaughters is a visionary work of theology and ethics that looks hopefully and lovingly two generations into the future, imagining the Orthodox Church's practices and realities rightfully aligned with its core theological teachings and truths regarding women. 3) St. John Chrysostom. 3:15). As I began reading Scripture, I understood Jesus to be the only way to God. I thank John for his time, and then ask him to sum up the biggest difference between Orthodox Christians and Baptists. margin-right:15pt; anentirely stupid thing to do, rendering it a translation of a translation (inthe most optimistic view). The Orthodox Church (the Orthodox Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy), is the second largest Fake Christian Church in the world, ( the Roman. Dear Editors: 11/6/2018 Fr. Please go to original post in Orthodox Observer for photos. Joseph Birthisel, Ashley Purpura: Orthodox Church Needs Women Priests and Bishops 12/29/2017 Fr. margin-top: 12px; Lawrence Farley, Public Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy in Dialogue, The Wheel = Wolves in Sheeps Clothing This is called by them "thelaver of regeneration". The Third Ecumenical Council was convened in the year 431 in the city of Ephesus (Asia Minor) during the reign of the emperor Theodosius the Younger (408-450). Here are some passages of Scripture that should be taken into account when considering the subject of false teaching: I Peter 3:15 (KJV) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Ephesians 5:11-13 (KJV) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but . font-size: 10pt; color:black; 6/25/2022 Fr. Thanks for naming these sites & people we should stay away from. Isapostolos). Nor do we view it as a guilty stain on the soul in desperate need of cleansing. 2) The dead can pray for you! Gabriel (Hieromonk), The Sin of Divorce 2/19/2021 Fr. 6/3/2020 Archbishop Michael Konstantinides, Mixed Marriages [Not Excuse to Overthrow Eucharistic Praxis] John Whiteford, 2014 An Orthodox Christian that is truly born again would realize that the church is wrong and would turn to evangelicalism. For John, coming to Christ and joining an evangelical church are two sides of the same coin. text-align: justify; I was born Orthodox, in an orthodox country, in a family that is generally pretty faithful. The spirits of Babylon have now transmigrated across the Earth from the country of Iraq to Italy, in the especially the City of Rome, and dwell in any country where Catholicism thrives. margin-right:50pt; As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Why? It is divided into twelve volumes, one for each month. text-indent:0px; Johannes Jacobse, Fundamentalism & Dialogue 6/5/2020 Monomakhos Blog, Impossible for Holy Communion to Carry Germs or Diseases Jesus said to keep your fasting secret, not have special clockwork calendar days specified for fasting. I will make good use of your list by following them on their social media platforms. (Hebrews 7:26-28). "the main chair"). Lawrence Farley, St. Vladimirs Seminary Reacts to Amsterdam Conference, OCA Bishops Remain Silent Like Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy denies the distinction between justification (God's unilateral act in declaring a sinner righteous based on faith in the merits of Christ alone - Romans 5) and sanctification (the indwelling Spirit of God conforming the regenerated individual more and more to the image of Christ, a work consummated in the believer's glorification - Romans 8). 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. Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of war, considered to be the daughter of Zeus. margin-top: 0; to avoid the fact that when their good news that savesis compared to our good news that saves, they are both different, and the one that keeps looking bogus in debates is theirs. It is impossible to know Christ, to share in the life of the Holy Trinity, or to be considered a Christian, apart from the Church. Johns reliance on Scripture is evident. -The DivineLiturgy of Saint John Chrysostom said to be a"mass"in the Byzantine Rite. Thats all I knew anyway. He acknowledges that Orthodox doctrine might contradict Orthodox practice in some places, but for John, its in practice that one shows what is truly believed. 5) You become a co-saviour by your obedience. 2018 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. 1/17/2017 Fr. As Quoheleth says, Nothing is new under the sun. And the Apostle writes, Jesus..the Same yesterday, today and forever. They simply cannot see beyond their delusions and narcissism and their need not only to move the furniture around in the room, but to introduce new furniture, and to deny the removed furniture was ever removed. This is because, in the presence of all the paperwork for a divorce and a remarriage, Jesus declares a man to be continually committing adultery if he divorces his wife for no cause or some insignificant cause (as does Romans 7) and therefore this proves adultery does not break the marriage bond, God sees the marriage still intact. line-height:200%; margin-top: 12px; If we hold such false principles as valid, then the Orthodox Church ceases to be the Church of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Apostles, the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Ecumenical Councils, and the Fathers of the Church. 11/23/2019 Fr. Rather it is the central issue of what is called "the root versus the fruit" debate. Johns grandparents were faithful leaders in the Orthodox church. The scholars accuse the Russian Orthodox Church of "ethno-phyletism" or "religious nationalism" a practice outlawed by an Orthodox . margin-left:0in; John Parker, Of Tolerance and Tyranny From this heretical view of lifting old law into the new covenant, in effect trying to put old wine into new bottles, we see all manner of old laws and concepts poisoning their faith, from huge things like fancifully imagining an old style priesthood now, down to trivia like insisting the clergy have beards Lev 19:27 & Lev 21:5) and long hair (Numbers 6:5 etc). 40) Consecrated Ground: (see digging up the dead) - and financial extortion. line-height: 200%; [refuting Aristotle Papanikolaou false teaching] 10/2/2012 Dn. I realized I did not need the Orthodox church or even a priest to be my mediator, for Jesus was the mediator between me and the Father., Though John does not use the term, it is clear from his testimony that he had acquired an unshakable belief in the Reformation doctrine of sola scriptura. line-height: 200%; 10/9/2019 Fr. Is what amounts to the title of the comparativelyimpotent andinertOrthodox Pope. 6/19/2017 Fr. 8/3/2021 Fr. 11/11/2017 Fr. 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). 2)It was initiated by, or at very least was involved with,the mass murderer Constantine. 3) Vain repetitions in prayer. 1/5/2012 Fr. John Whiteford, The Living Church 2.0 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. 6) It makes you part of the church. 6/17/2020 Orthodox Reflections, Archbishop Many Spoons Elpidophoros Heresy to the Nth Degree? 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. My baptism when I was 6 weeks old was not a true baptism. Zechariah Lynch, Ukraine Schism: What is a Layman To Do? 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. margin-left:15pt; line-height:150%; The unmarried state of life. 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? } The Council was convened to investigate without further delay, the false teachings of Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople (428-431). .references_header { The Orthodox Church describes as such all other Christian denominations. John Whiteford, Stricken with Death } 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. 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