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    Are Protestants dead?

    Well, cease being distracted, my friend, and read the Scriptures, for they say: this is My body broken for you. And they also say, and this is My blood shed for you. Moreover, they say, "I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of...
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    Are Protestants dead?

    I commend you for desiring to cultivate meekness towards others who might hold different beliefs than you. But we cannot do this to the extent that we compromise the Truth. Pontius Pilate asked Jesus, "What is truth?" The Lord gave no reply because that man asked a foolish question. The Truth...
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    To Catholics: Is It Possible to "Overdo It" On Mary?

    I am not Roman Catholic, so I do not answer on their behalf. I do, however, believe in the veneration of the Saints. I do not believe in the worshiping of the Saints. We worship God only! We do not glorify the Saints, God glorifies Himself in them. We revere and honor and venerate Mary since...
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    Are Protestants dead?

    If you can answer how God will judge the nations that have never heard the Gospel, then you will find an answer to your question. But I suspect that you would be wise in affirming with St Paul, O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments...
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    No one—even God—can know in advance what a free-will agent will choose

    If you have no will, and right now you only act according to God's will, explain to me how it is possible for God's will to be compelling you to blaspheme His Holy name with your detestable lies of the devil and accuse The HOLY Trinity of being the source of evil. God does not will that His...
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    No one—even God—can know in advance what a free-will agent will choose

    It is utterly the height of blasphemy to falsely accuse God of creating evil. If the Lord Himself says, Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil...
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    No one—even God—can know in advance what a free-will agent will choose

    You have several false assumptions. 1) God is not bound by past, present, or future. He is outside of time. God cannot be mutable in any way, even with respect to time, otherwise, He no longer can be called God since the essence of God is perfect. What is mutable is not perfect. 1a) God is...
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    Ancestral Sin (Fallen Nature) vs Original Sin (Sin Nature)

    Yes, because if anyone rejects Christ, he is condemned since he also rejects the Father and the Holy Spirit. I do not condemn someone who does this; they condemn themselves. The words, "Let them be..." does not imply that I am making the anathema. I merely echoing what the Church has...
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    Septuagint theological implications

    The Scriptures are Divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Church, led by the Holy Spirit, canonized the Scriptures. The Church, also led by the Holy Spirit, rightly interprets the Scriptures. The text does not determine who God is, the Church declares who God is (or is not) by the...
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    Ancestral Sin (Fallen Nature) vs Original Sin (Sin Nature)

    Help me know whether or not what I believe is Orthodox. Below, you will find a long-winded email to my father in-law. I have only provided an excerpt since the rest is superfluous. Some background context: my father-in-law asked me to "poke holes" in Grand Canyon University's statement of...
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    'She's Jesus's mother, not the mother of Jesus'. What? How absurd. Who is Jesus? He is God! They ask Him, Are you the Son of God? And He says, I AM. Then they accuse Him of blasphemy! Should He have said, I am God's Son? That changes nothing. He is God. Jesus is God. Again, you say, she gave...
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    I don't know. Do we judge? Or do we defer that right to God alone?
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    We don't say that Mary created God. Mothers do not create. God creates. Just because you say it implies something, does not mean that is how we define mother. But let's confute your argument anyway. Mother of human, you say, is meaning to say mother of all humans. In other words, all humans...
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    You do well to say that God is One, the Holy Trinity. You do not do well in saying that you cannot refer to God without referring to the rest of the Trinity. Jesus is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, consubstantial with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is God...
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    A Sola Fide Question

    I believe you wrongly define what faith and belief are. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt 12:37) 26And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand...
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    One more thing. Theophan is part of the human race. I am one with the human race. I am a human. My mother gave birth to me, Theophan, a human person, one with the human race. Mary gave birth to the Word of God, Jesus Christ, a person of the Holy Trinity, who is One with the Father and the Holy...
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    Solus Christus - Is Jesus Enough?

    What's your point?
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    Words are arbitrarily defined. Just because you define the title "Theotokos" in a way that is heretical, does not mean that we preach this heresy, nor does it mean that this title inherently possesses this definition since, as I have just said, words are arbitrary. The title is misleading only...
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    Yes, the difference is that the latter definition is a false definition of what a mother is. You seek to ascribe the same traits of God the Father to how we explain Mary to be the mother of God, the Theotokos. This is not how we explain mother of God. 1) The Holy Trinity is the Creator of all...
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    Against Those Who Reject Mary as the Mother of God

    Theophan is the name of a human. My mother was the mother of a human named Theophan. Jesus is the name of the Word of God, the Christ, God Himself. Mary was the mother of the Word of God named JESUS. You and I are defining motherhood differently.