Orthodox theology and science
There are clear and obvious boundaries between theology and science. Theology, as the Greek source of the word assumes, is concerned with God: what God is and how […]
What is serious sin?
“And the Lord took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying: Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat.
The consequences of serious sin
Spiritual death: “And their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked...” (Genesis 3:7).
Creation of man
The purpose of the creation of man: And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over the livestock and all things.”
The Church and the Sacraments
I- Introduction Some fathers consider that just as we cannot provide any definition of Christ who is the head of the Church, except
Jesus is the son of David
In the Gospel of Luke (18:35-43), the blind man cries out to the Lord Jesus passing by, calling him “Jesus, son of David,” and asking him to
Holy tradition
يستند الإيمان بالمسيح يسوع إلى مجموعة تعاليم وعقائد ومعلومات تتناول حياة المسيح والأحداث التي جرت معه. أمّا التقليد فهو، من
Jesus Christ the servant
في النصّ الإنجيليّ الذي اختارته الكنيسة لقراءته في قدّاس الأحد الخامس من الصوم يقول السيّد المسيح لتلاميذه: “ولكن مَن أراد
Delivery from a linguistic and ideological standpoint
Linguistically, delivery: The Greek word παράδοσις is derived from the verb παραδίδωμι (to deliver), which means the activity of transferring and sending away from one hand to another.
Delivering God's revelations in the Old Testament
If tradition is the oral transmission of declared truth, this means that there has been tradition and transmission since ancient times, because it accompanies...
Surrender in the New Testament
The New Testament Church arose and spread, as is clear from the testimony of the New Testament books, through oral preaching in many areas, and before
Delivery and church
Christ came to establish a church (Matthew 16:18) because the church is the extension, goal, summit, and fullness of all Christ’s saving work (Ephesians