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Who Will Be The Next Roman Catholic Saint? Cardinal Stepinac was no saint.

Warrior, is beatifiying saints who collaborated with fascists during the War a part of your faith? And did Benedict Beatify his former boss, John Paul II yet?

Michael has asked me to ask that anyone who wants to continue this excellent discussion of iconography please come to TAW and start a thread continuing the discussion. Thank you for your understanding and charity in this thread.

Orthodox England - Icons

The Roman Catholics claim to have in their possession the Holy Mandylion of Edessa. If it is the actual Holy Mandylion, it would date to 33 AD.

Large parishes are not always better than small parishes.

Confession is not meant as punishment. The Church uses confession as spiritual medicine for the sinner. If something is bothering you then that is your conscience telling you that you need to examine and act upon that which is bothering you. Try to look at confession as a positive thing...

Thank you for posting these, Julia!

We do not push you farther from the Church by our actions, which are anything but irrational. It is the choices which you make in life which push yourself further and further from the Church.

There really is no small sin. Sin is falling short of the mark of total love of Christ. Any act of dishonesty, whether it be huge like cheating someone out of thousands of dollars or small like what you are doing is a sin. You should be intune to what your conscience is saying to you.

QFT!

Christoforos, The best way to approach a priest is in sincerity and humility. Be honest about what you have questions on, be open to the answers you will be given and do not rush anything that might come out of the conversation. Above all, give Glory to God for what he has done for you in...

No one ever said His Beattitude did. Genocide is beyong murder, it is such a horrible sin that it can never be justified. But at the same time, The Orthodox Church can never justify apostasy from the Faith in order pursue a homosexual lifestyle.

Handmaiden, you over react. I never said any of the things you said I said.

The Jesus Prayer can in fact lead to prelest. It should only be prayed under the guidance of an experienced monastic spiritual father who can make sure you are praying it properly and not falling into the sin of pride. As others have noted there is a fine line between praying "have mercy on...

Justin, We have been down this road so many times. You know the Church's teaching on homosexuality. If you choose to reject what the Church teaches, that is your deciison. But you are not going to find a loophole which allows you to live the homosexual lifestyle which you have chosen to live...

My spiritual father is a monk and has told me the Jesus Prayer is spiritual preparation on behalf of the monk for warfare with the Devil and is not something to be taken lightly.

What is the biblical basis for not praying for the dead? What is the biblical basis for insisting on a biblical basis for everything you do?

Very true!

You are right. It is better to master the simple things and become really good at them than to attempt the really difficult things that only the very well trained are good at, and fail. You don't need to beat yourself bloody to join in the suffering of Christ. You can join in the suffering of...