Faith/Doctrine

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: While our topic is “Confession and the Priesthood” we don’t have time to address the topic of priesthood in a comprehensive way.  Instea

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: The modern controversy regarding Scripture and Tradition did not exist until the corruptions of the Roman Church prompted a reaction by

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ The Intercessions of the Saints Clarifications: We do not “pray to” the Saints as Protestants understand this phrase.  Rather we ask the Saints in heaven

John Calvin: For everyone to be admitted to the Lord’s Supper, without distinction or selection, is a sign of contempt that the Lord cannot endure. The Lord himself distributed the supper to his disciples only. Therefore anyone not instructed in the doctrine of the gospel ought not to approach what

A compelling and extraordinary article examining whether "Christianity" exists as a generic set of religious beliefs or whether indeed the Christian life is a way of life and grace found within the apostolic Church. Hieromartyr Hilarion – Christianity_or_the_Church

https://youtu.be/XmEjSv-iMtg The following talk was given by Jodi Haley of the Orthodox Reading Room in Beaverton, Oregon during Great Lent 2015.  Using the story of the life of St. Mary of Egypt, Jodi provides an excellent description of the meaning of repentance in the Orthodox Christian traditio

Father John Whiteford is a former Nazarene Associate Pastor who converted to the Orthodox Faith soon after completing his B.A. in Religion at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He first encountered Orthodoxy as a result of his involvement in the local Pro-Life (Rescue) movement, whic

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: In our age, more than in any other, the crucial question for Christians is: “What and where is the Church?”  This is the question of “ec

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: The Protestant Reformation largely hinged on the issue of salvation, and whether one is saved by “grace alone” or by works.  Protestants

Part 2, Faith and Worship:  http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_2.htm

Does the relatively recent idea of "Scripture Only" hold up under the light of Church history, reason, and the scriptures themselves? Solo Scripture is examined according to the criteria of its own proponents. Father John Whiteford is a former Nazarene Associate Pastor who converted to the Orthod

A basic explanation of the Orthodox Faith originally published in four volumes: Doctrine, Worship, Bible and History, Spirituality. http://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith

“Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too” John Lennon John Lennon’s lyrics strike a chord in us. We all remember a time when we yearned for a unity with others where the slightest separation is melted away in the face of pure love and abidi

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: In our day the word “icon” has come back into the lexicon of society due to the advent of personal computers. Those familiar with “windo

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: The Church’s teaching regarding the Holy Virgin Mary is one of the greatest stumbling blocks for Protestants to overcome.  For Evangelic

Although many Protestant traditions baptize babies, Baptists—and “Bible churches” in the Baptist tradition—insist that baptism is only for those who have come to faith. Nowhere in the New Testament, they point out, do we read of infants being baptized.  On the other hand, nowhere do we read of chi

A compelling and convincing examination of whether Jesus Christ founded the Christian Faith on the writings of the Holy Scriptures or on the reality of His Body, the Church. CATECHISM – HOLY_SCRIPTURE_AND_THE_CHURCH

The Holy Apostle Paul made it abundantly clear that the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith when he wrote to the Corinthians: “And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty” (1 Cor. 15:14). It would be fair to sa

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