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  1. truefiction1

    How can God be simultaneously a Trinity of Persons, and yet one?

    The Orthodox icon is called "The hospitality of Abraham". It's the three angels who came to Abraham who are depicted, and considered a type.
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    About trying to find an Orthodox Church

    Found this gem on YouTube tonight:
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    Can someone briefly explain what's going on in Orthodoxy?

    It was probably both problems in society itself and insidious enemies.
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    AFR podcast divorce

    On the range of beliefs, I think it's important to have a clear picture of that range, as well as understanding why it exists, because if such differences in interpretation can cause the whole of Roman Catholicism to understand Christ's use of the word "πορνεία" as the only exception to the...
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    AFR podcast divorce

    In articles discussing patristic comments I'm finding a range of different beliefs offered by different Ancient Church fathers, even changes in the beliefs of certain fathers over time, such as, for instance, in Augustine's own corrections of beliefs he'd penned early on. I intend to closely...
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    AFR podcast divorce

    I know, and I agree that it's epidemic. The matter of divorce, unfortunately, is one that has hit me very close to home, and even within the very home that I was raised in. I know just how tragic a thing it is. Before I listen to that podcast I would prefer to do more research and reflection on...
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    Blessed Feast !!

    Blessed feast!
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    AFR podcast divorce

    A lot of divorcees who were once Church attendees no longer are, in my experience. If so, then usually only one of them will continue being members. This begs the question, how devout are the majority of Orthodox Christians? If we are honest in our assessments, I think the answer is obvious.
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    MJ Only Back on the MJ wagon

    Well, since you ask, I suppose that these two congregations correlate throughout every generation since the time of the writing of the Book of Revelation until now, to Jews who rejected Jesus of Nazareth as their awaited Messiah vs. the Church, which consisted of both ethnic Jews and gentiles...
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    AFR podcast divorce

    It's virtually impossible to deny that this "modern, pseudo-Orthodox understanding" had been St. John Chrysostom's understanding, at least at that time in which he was writing a certain letter to a certain young widow. So just how modern and pseudo-Orthodox do you believe this understanding is?
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    AFR podcast divorce

    I think that if the bishops have historically allowed it, that there is patristic support for it, even if it's not found in the writings of ancient Church Fathers. That's my current position. And I agree that we have the option to remove ourselves and not divorce. It just doesn't seem to me that...
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    AFR podcast divorce

    There were some good podcasts available on AFR. I liked listening to Fr. Josiah and Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon. I don't go on AFR anymore though. I had decided that it was unacceptable for me to receive the available Covid vaccines (from J&J, Pfizer, and Moderna) because of their reliance upon...
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    AFR podcast divorce

    Well, addiction, while not specifically mentioned by Christ, just as in the case of sexual immorality, can and often does, in severe cases, destroy the marriage. How? Usually because the addiction causes a man or woman to do violence to their spouse, either physically or spiritually, but...
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    MJ Only Back on the MJ wagon

    I've been informed that at the time of Christ's ministry there was not a single Judaism, but various "Judaisms". If this is the case, an I believe it is, then a disunity in MJ should come as no surprise. Even Judaism of today is separated into at least three distinct flavors, I've also been...
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    On Icon Veneration (and other topics)

    Yeah, but nobody but the Holy Trinity is ever worshipped in the Church. God's saints reflect God's glory. That is a Biblical fact and truth. So even the proper veneration of a saint is worship being directed to the Only Good God whose goodness is manifested ("wonderful") in His saints "God is...
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    AFR podcast divorce

    Sometimes a divorce happens because of things that nullify the marriage, like sexual immorality or some devastating addiction to substances or gambling. So at least some amount of divorces will be inevitable, or in the very least there will be separations, even among those who were married in...
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    Former (Cradle) Roman Catholics

    That's gnosticism, which is the antichrist spirit.
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    Former (Cradle) Roman Catholics

    Why did you convert to Orthodoxy? What wasn't working for you over there?
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    For a long timen I do not attend church services and my disbelief in God's help has grew big over the years.

    The characteristics of our prayer to God reveal how we relate to God and to others, or in other words, what our relationship with God is like and with others is like. If we are not in right relationship with God, then we won't be in right relationship with others, and the way that we pray...