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 […]
Veneration of Holy Relics and Relics of Saints in the Orthodox Tradition Continue reading »
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.”
Statements of Faith - Heretical for Baptist Communities Continue reading »
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 Twenty-Five - The Transformation of the World Continue reading »
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
Chapter One: The mystery or essence of the liturgy Continue reading »
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Adventist misconceptions about the icon, the saints, and their relics Continue reading »
