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If you have any threads that already cover this subject, feel free to direct me there, but . . . . How do the Orthodox view apologetics? If you were in a conversation with an atheist, for example, how would you approach the issue of Christianity? I am interested in your thoughts as to how...

I voted Mostly Favorable. Although I am a Pentecostal Protestant, I think that the Catholic Church did go wrong in separating from its Eastern brethren. I have found many theological truths in Eastern thought that are not present in the Catholic tradition, nor in the Protestant traditions that...

Without trying to read the 50+ pages of this thread (although I did read the first few), I just want to post this: "When the fourth-century Council of Laodicea insisted that women presbyters were not to be appointed in the church, we may be sure that there were some. Laws are not made against...

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.iv.xii.html Irenaeus lists our four gospels as the only four.

I don't have the context for the quotation from Theodoret, but I know that when many Protestants say such things, they also need to keep in mind that whenever we "yield to Scripture alone," we often are yielding to our interpretation of Scripture alone. We should keep the following quotation in...

Much of the discussion on this thread has been helpful and good, but I'd like to refocus the question. Let me rephrase it, since I was somewhat verbose the first time around. Ware says: "Hell is not so much a place where God imprisons humans, as a place where humans, by misusing their free...

I know that the East views atonement more as therapeutic, while the West views it primarily as juridical. While I grew up as a Protestant, I have come to agree with the Eastern Orthodox view on this subject. I would, however, benefit from some clarification. Allow me to first explain what I...

Do you really think that if you know someone is headed for heaven, you should kill them immediately?

I'm not sure why anyone would find something "wrong" with having Jesus' words in red, but I don't find much use with it, either. Jesus' words are important, but so is the rest of the Bible. I see no reason to highlight his words in relation to the rest of the text. But I also see nothing bad...

Anybody else have any idea?

I read this article recently, and I found it interesting. It talks about some moral dilemmas, mainly about whether you would want to save some people's lives if the only way to do it was by killing someone. Read the article and give your thoughts, if you would.

Last night, I was trying to find a quotation from G.K. Chesterton in order to show it to a friend, and although I googled for it, I just couldn't find it. I'm hoping that someone in here will know the quotation and be able to give me a link or just post it here, preferably with the citation...

Yes. It was first published in 1569. http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/?action=getVersionInfo&vid=6

This reminds me of something C.S. Lewis wrote. Thus we may have a duty to rescue a drowning man and, perhaps, if we live on a dangerous coast, to learn lifesaving so as to be ready for any drowning man when he turns up. It may be our duty to lose our lives in saving him. But if anyone devoted...

Do you happen to know if this verse and the others you mentioned will be corrected in the revision?