Category: EOC

  • Why I’m an Orthodox Christian (w/ Fr Andrew Stephen Damick)

     

  • Protestant authors that are gateways to Orthodoxy

    The Protestant authors that are gateways to Orthodoxy are largely English Anglican authors and still preserve something of the historical church. Two good ones are NT Wright and CS Lewis.  Wright and the New Perspective of Paul (NPP) have caused a stir in the Reformed world. He’s taken on the Reformed view of justification. The…

  • Another Old Testament Prophecy of Christ and the Church

    Here is another prophecy of Christ and the Church Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.…

  • Old Testament Prophecy of the Church

    There’s a prophesy of the church found in the Old Testament Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be…

  • CS Lewis and Theosis

    This week’s Catechumen class reading is from The Orthodox Faith, Worship, and Life.  The subject is Section 3.7 The deification of man. This is also called theosis. Theosis is “to become Gods by grace.” CS Lewis had the same teaching. Lewis the lover of myth, and Lewis the imaginative writer who was most sensitive to…

  • Friend of a friend tells his journey to Orthodoxy

      I knew Seraphim Hamilton when he was “Cage Stage” Orthodox. He even blocked me on Facebook at one point. He’s grown a lot over the years. “Cage” stage is a borrowed term from Calvinism.

  • The Fast and My Puppy

     My puppy is doing the fast along with me. In fact, he’s probably doing it better than me. 

  • Authority in the Church

    Authority in the Early Church Jesus established His Church with a structure that had authorities. Jesus is the Head of the Church Jesus is the head of the Church. The Church is His body. Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and…

  • Orthodoxy and Freemasonry

    In 1933, the Orthodox Church of Greece officially declared that being a Freemason constitutes an act of apostasy and thus, until he repents, the person involved with Freemasonry cannot partake of the Eucharist. This has been generally affirmed throughout the whole Eastern Orthodox Church. The Orthodox critique of Freemasonry agrees with both the Catholic and…

  • Orthodox YouTube Channels

    PatristicNectarFilms Kyle Ancient Faith (Radio) David Erhan Trisagion Films SHAMOUNIAN Lives of Orthodox Saints NFTU: True Orthodox News and Apologetics Orthodox Church Protecting Veil Orthodox Teaching of the Elders OrthodoxSermons GreekOrthodoxChurch Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Washington DC Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Christian TV Archimandrite Philip ACRODDIOCESE Saint Anne…

  • Orthodox vs Protestantism

    Background My faith background was as an Evangelical Protestant. I attended two Evangelical seminaries and got a Master of Theology degree and a Master of Divinity degree. I was an Evangelical church pastor for a few years. It didn’t end well. Good Things about being an Evangelical One thing I am thankful about being an…

  • Orthodox Nativity Fast

    Today is the first day of the season of the Orthodox Nativity Fast. Fasting for the feast I spoke with my Priest about fasting during the 40-day period. My concern was related to my history of Type 2 diabetes which in in remission due to a Low Carb diet. When I tried the fast for…

  • Orthodox Eschatology Series

    Fr. John Brown presents a series of lectures on “The End Times: A comparison between the Orthodox understanding and Evangelical Protestant Teachings.”

  • Apostolic Succession: Common Objections Refuted w/ Perry Robinson

     

  • The Confession of Dositheus (1672)

    This is clarifying – Even Dositheus Did Not Think the Confession of Dositheus Was Infallible. The Synod of Jerusalem of 1672 soundly rejected any further attempts at reformulation of Orthodox teachings and strengthened Orthodox beliefs against both the Protestant Reformation and Catholicism. The Synod produced its own confession, The Confession of Dositheus (Patriarch of Jerusalem),…

  • Orthodox Apologist Responds to Tony Costa’s Critique of Eastern Orthodox Theology

    Orthodox Apologist Perry Robinson has a five hour response to Reformed Baptist Tony Costa’s critique of Eastern Orthodox Theology. (Perry on Ancient Faith Today podcast with Kevin Allen).

  • Currently Reading

    The Lord of Spirits: An Orthodox Christian Framework for the Unseen World and Spiritual Warfare (Ancient Faith store link).  

  • Perpetual Virginity of Mary

    I’ve had a change in my view of the Perpetual Virginity of Mary. I now believe it is more than an optional doctrine, but a necessary one to guard the virginal conception of Jesus. 

  • Eastern Orthodoxy in America unifying

    Bishop Basil of the Antiochian Orthodox Church talks about the Episcopal Assembly which met to discuss the way forward to administrative unity between the various jurisdictions of Orthodoxy in America.

  • The Confession of Dositheus

    This is clarifying – Even Dositheus Did Not Think the Confession of Dositheus Was Infallible. Acts and Decrees of the Synod of Jerusalem (A.D. 1672) QUESTION I. Ought the Divine Scriptures to be read in the vulgar tongue by all Christians? No. For that all Scripture is divinely-inspired and profitable {cf. 2 Timothy 3:16} we…

  • The Nicene Creed

    The Nicene Creed has some problems for a memorialist Protestant. One is: We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Certainly a memorialist Protestant would acknowledge the validity of baptism and believe in the forgiveness of sins, but would have serious problems with linking the two as the creed does. The creed is sacramental…

  • The Protoevangelium of James

    The Protoevangelium of James Trying to find a good critical commentary on the Protoevangelium of James.

  • Elder = Bishop (Titus 1:5-7)

    This passage equates the two Greek words, presbuterous (elders) and episkopon (bishop). Tit 1:5-7 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders (πρεσβυτέρους) in every city as I directed you, namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children…

  • Ignatius and the bishop

    Ignatius shows quite a different view but claims to be contemporaneous to the other texts. He presents a single bishop and multiple presbuteros (pastors/priests). In The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians Chapter 2, v 12, he writes: …attend to the bishop, and to the presbytery, and to the deacons…. There is some discussion of…