Veneration of Holy Relics and Relics of Saints in the Orthodox Tradition
Chapter One: The Theological Concept of the Relics of Saints A- A General Concept of the Phrase “Relics of Saints”: The word “relics” in Greek and in Latin […]
Statements of Faith - Heretical for Baptist Communities
Baptists admit that they “do not agree with each other” in the smallest details, and that they do not have a “Baptist doctrine,” or a “historical Baptist belief.”
Chapter Twenty-Five - The Transformation of the World
The Church's war, then, is not against the body but against its passions. If the man of the new creation is freed from his corrupt passions, his senses and his entire body will become pure and enlightened, and everything around him will shine with the love and glory of God. In the lives of the saints of our Church there are examples of liberation from the slavery of passions.
Chapter One: The mystery or essence of the liturgy
Introduction We do not mean liturgy as a ritual, but rather the liturgy that is beyond the rituals. Rituals, as a group of different and diverse human movements, are a valuable heritage
Inauguration of the church
In the ritual of our Orthodox Church, the church is inaugurated with special prayers and rituals, in addition to readings from the Holy Bible, Psalms, letters, and the Gospel, as well as
Jehovah's Witnesses in Biblical Court
Introduction: It is a terrible distortion that we adopt in our discussions with Jehovah’s Witnesses the method of confronting one verse with another verse, as if the book was divided into two parts.
Concerning the saints and the necessity of honoring them and honoring their remains
The saints must be honored because they are beloved of Christ, children and heirs of God, as John the Theologian and Evangelist says: “As many as received him he gave to be
Laws, systems and rituals
Justinian and canon law: The fathers in the fourth and fifth centuries were concerned with collecting ecumenical and local laws, but they did not succeed in studying, examining, and coordinating them.
Adventist misconceptions about the icon, the saints, and their relics
The Seventh-day Adventists believe that they are the purest people. They - as they consider themselves - have not become lost as many Christians have, as they alone have “divorced” the teachings.