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Protestant reformers reform what?
I'm not sure how to respond to that reply. It sounds like typical Orthodox anti-western polemics. From what I have read, Lutheran scholastics were aware of the Church Fathers, and we don't necessarily teach the eternal procession of the Spirit from the Son, right? Maybe somebody could clarify this.
It's been a while since I dealt with this topic, but from what I read, I was satisfied that Lutherans didn't merely just crib together some stuff haphazardly. Honestly, the debating style in the above reply just reminds me of the Gish Gallup, something Orthodox frequently engage in. String a bunch of verbose, unsubstantiated and sometimes unverifiable assertions together and call it theology. I've seen this many times before, and it's one reason among many why I am not Orthodox.
I simply think alot of philosophical distinctions Orthodox make are not relevant to salvation. It's really not that different from saying "Oh, your church is not the real, true church because you don't have X,Y,Z of unchanging Holy Tradition".
I'm not sure how to respond to that reply. It sounds like typical Orthodox anti-western polemics. From what I have read, Lutheran scholastics were aware of the Church Fathers, and we don't necessarily teach the eternal procession of the Spirit from the Son, right? Maybe somebody could clarify this.
It's been a while since I dealt with this topic, but from what I read, I was satisfied that Lutherans didn't merely just crib together some stuff haphazardly. Honestly, the debating style in the above reply just reminds me of the Gish Gallup, something Orthodox frequently engage in. String a bunch of verbose, unsubstantiated and sometimes unverifiable assertions together and call it theology. I've seen this many times before, and it's one reason among many why I am not Orthodox.
I simply think alot of philosophical distinctions Orthodox make are not relevant to salvation. It's really not that different from saying "Oh, your church is not the real, true church because you don't have X,Y,Z of unchanging Holy Tradition".
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