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In speaking on the Council of Crete, His Eminence Kallistos Ware said, To mention one change, which in my view was important, in the preliminary document dealing with marriage, the question of "mixed marriages" was mentioned, and it was said that in the case of mixed marriages that children...

Since this guy stands a very strong chance of being the next Patriarch of the Russian Church, and since he is perhaps the most prolific contemporary Orthodox theologian, I'm making this thread to discuss his work and theology. The only works I've completely read by him are Volumes I and II of...

If you ask a Protestant what the Church is, they'll probably give a variety of answers, although one of the most common is "all Christians"--this answer, unfortunately, has no Scriptural basis, especially since the application of the term "Christian" has widened considerably over the last two...

Salvation through faith alone, a defining doctrine of Protestantism. But it's not really one doctrine, since it seems to be understood in multiple ways. Broadly, I see two versions of it here. The first one is not really objectionable, it is simply this: you are saved solely through faith...

Does anyone have a source on this quote by Saint Gregory Palamas? It's in Robert Payne's Holy Fire: "the Holy Name contains within itself that divine energy which penetrates and changes a man's heart when it is diffused throughout his body."

Anyone else notice that non-denominational Christians aren't taking this seriously at all these days? Or is that just me?

This is from Wisdom, a book of the Old Testament that was removed by Pharisees some time after Christ's death. It is still in Orthodox Bibles, but not in Protestant ones. It is about what the ungodly will say, and it seems inspired to me: Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous, because...

Besides Papal authority, the main original dividing factor between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics was differing conceptions of the Holy Trinity, reflected by the Filioque (there is a lot more separating us today, but these were the two issues that started the division). The crux of these...

I have a few quibbles with the Bible section of The Orthodox Church, by His Eminence Kallistos. If anyone can explain them to me, that would be appreciated. 1."It is from the Church that the Bible ultimately derives its authority, for it was the Church which originally decided which books form...

I've seen a few Orthodox parishes do this, and frankly it is a disastrous idea. A couple got sued not to long ago for refusing to rent their chapel to a gay couple for a wedding; they paid through the nose, and were compelled by a court order to allow it. Once you start a commercial venture, you...

Are there any good English translations of OO spiritual works from the last few hundred years? We've only really started to get going on English translations ourselves in the last few decades.

The more I read about the explanations of the two stances, the more it seems like semantics to me. 1. Christ is 100% consubstantial with both God and man, having divine will, energies, nature, and so on, and having human will, soul, energies, nature, mind and so on. 2. The Word became flesh...

I've seen some Orthodox before who don't really see how the Filioque is seriously heretical, so I'll explain it (mainly from Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit, by Saint Photius the Great) for those who don't know. The insertion of the Filioque was justified in the West by stating that since the...

For those who are not aware, "situational ethics" is a doctrine--which has its roots in the 19th Century--that in Christianity, love is the highest ethical principle, and always trumps all others. An example of this is in Moby Dick, Ishmael joins Queequeg in worshiping a pagan idol, because he...

Anyone else put off by this in liturgical music? I know the Russians like to use it a lot, but it doesn't sound right to me at all. It is beautiful, but I mean it doesn't sound right to use in liturgy.

Here is from On the Unity of the Church, by Saint Cyprian of Carthage, 3rd Century Certainly the other Apostles also were what Peter was, endued with an equal fellowship both of honour and power; but a commencement is made from unity, that the Church may be set before as one; which one Church...

We recall this ecclesiological and canonical principle–that matters are to be examined and decided upon synodically–which is the cornerstone of the life, saving mission, and witness of our Orthodox Church in the world, for both Your Very Beloved and Most-Diligent Eminence and the Most Holy...

This Catholic article quotes the EP saying the following, https://cruxnow.com/cns/2016/12/04/orthodox-patriarch-amoris-laetitia-firstly-mercy-not-just-norms/ This sounds dreadfully out of context and reframed to support an agenda. At least I hope it is. Does anyone have an article with the...

Don't know if others noticed this or not, but Reince Priebus is religiously Orthodox.

Do Protestants believe Matthew and Mark wrote the Gospels respectively ascribed to them? If so, why? seeing as how this a tradition that is not in the text.