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Recent content by Joe R

  1. Joe R

    Question regarding Ecumenical Councils

    The Orientals deny that they ever held to Monothelitism, but that only individuals did, and from what I understand both monothelitism and monoenergism were held to by various Bishops from both the Orthodox (including the West) and Oriental side but ended up being held to by neither institutionally.
  2. Joe R

    Question regarding Ecumenical Councils

    Out of interest, do you know what those heretical conditions were? Thanks
  3. Joe R

    I'm struggling to understand that. If the future is known, it is set, which means you can't...

    I'm struggling to understand that. If the future is known, it is set, which means you can't choose to change it, which means no free will.
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    Thank you for your response. That is somewhat helpful. But it still doesn't solve the issue of...

    Thank you for your response. That is somewhat helpful. But it still doesn't solve the issue of free will. If there is free will then Christ could not have made His promise. Because if absolutely everyone apostasised, how would He keep it other than by overriding free will? Saying that he knew...
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    Your argument is circular. If it is accepted by the whole Church, then it is Ecumenical - but it...

    Your argument is circular. If it is accepted by the whole Church, then it is Ecumenical - but it WASN'T recognised by the whole Church - hence the Schism. To say that they left Church by not recognising it, and therefore the whole Church recognises it, is post-hoc.
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    But the non-Chals were not proclaiming anything new. They were simply wishing to continue the...

    But the non-Chals were not proclaiming anything new. They were simply wishing to continue the Cyrlline understand laid down at Ephesus.
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    Question regarding Ecumenical Councils

    Hi there, I'm a convert to Orthodox Christianity who relatively recently had something of a crisis of faith, where I felt like my faith in the Church was completely unravelling. Not my belief in God, but my faith in the claims that the Church makes about itself. For the most part this passed...