2:2 - Ecumenical Councils
A - The First and Second Councils The First Council was held in Nicaea (Turkey) in the year 325 under the presidency of Eftsatius of Antioch (according to the opinion of investigators […]
Gregory of Nyssa
We do not have sufficient data about the details of his life, but we can trace its stages through information scattered in his writings, from letters
In order to better understand the Divine Liturgy
Introduction These pages are not a new translation of the Divine Liturgy service written by Saint John Chrysostom. Nor is it a study for this service
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Amphilochios, Bishop of Iconium
He is one of the most prominent fathers who participated in the Second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople in the year 381, which was the council that refuted the heresy of Macedonius.
Holy Spirit
Introduction by Father Lev Gille The Divinity of the Holy Spirit by Father Elias Markos A Historical Overview of the Most Important Heresies Against the Holy Spirit The Content of the Heresy Against
Chapter One: On the Constitution of Faith
Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed: Faith: I believe. God the Father: In one God, Father, Almighty. Creation: Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible
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Saints and Fathers
Saints: When the Apostle Paul calls Christians “saints,” he means that they are “set apart.” When Peter describes the church as a “priestly assembly,” he means that they are “set apart.”
Principles of the Orthodox faith
What is the Constitution of Faith? Historical overview... The Constitution of Faith First: What is the Constitution of Faith?
Meletius the Great, Archbishop of Antioch
He is one of the fathers of the fourth century AD. St. Gregory the Theologian described him as “a pious, meek, humble heart whose lights of the Holy Spirit shine.”
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Christ in the Old Testament and the Ecumenical Councils
The followers of Augustine have lost and rejected the basic aspect of the theological assumptions implicit in the person of Christ in all the ecumenical councils. This raises the question:
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Divergence between East and West
Political distance: When Paul and the other apostles traveled the Mediterranean basin, they did not go beyond the borders of the Roman Empire that was then dominant.
The Tenth Council of Constantinople
858-867 and 877-886 Persecution of Photius and his release: (870-873) Basil ordered Photius to be exiled, so he was removed to the monastery of Scapei in the Bosphorus and placed under surveillance.