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I used to come around here often. not much anymore. I am a member of an EPC church in Houston, TX. I am Ordained ready or okayed by the presbytery. My calling is as a chaplain but I have been waiting for a specific call. I got a possible one on Friday to be a chaplain at a prison in...

I just wanted to start this thread to tell everyone I have decided to convert to Orthodoxy. There is a western rite church and an OCA church in FT worth. There are probably others but St. peter's and St. Barbara's are the two I am looking at joining. Can I ask if there are any downsides to...

I am going to visit an Orthodox service tomorrow. But I have a question. I have two close by and want to know the difference. 1. Saint Peter's Antiochian Orthodox church http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/ 2. St Barbara's Orthodox Church-OCA This one looks like it has something to do...

How do EOs believe that the Eucharist is a sacrifice? Is it the same way as the RCC does? If not how is it different? What are the soteriological and other implications of it being a sacrifice? I really do not understand how CAtholics say that Christ sacrifices himself in the Eucharist. It...

I have been seriously thinking about joing Anglican mission in america (AMIA) What do y'all think about it? FOr those who do not know about it. Here is a link to their website. http://www.anglicanmissioninamerica.org/index.cfm?id=05DDA148-A90F-482C-A7FCFCE51C09508D

Hi! I am a Southern Baptist who recently started to believe in infant baptism. Now there are not many doctrines that one MUST believe in as a Baptist but believers only baptism through immersion is one of them. (It just might be the only one that is strictly Baptist) So I am looking for a new...

I am looking for quotations from the church fathers that argue for real presence in the Eucharist. Note that I do not want quotes that just argue for the presence of Christ in the Eucharist or that the bread and wine is the flesh and blood of Christ. What I am looking for is actual quotes that...

As many of you know i am currently a Baptist who is very interested in the Orthodox church. I have many questions. How does the Orthodox Church define the presence in the Eucharist? I have heard it is very much like transubstantiation. But I have also read somewhere that Christ is more...

It seems to me that many who argue for and against Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide do not truly understand what the terms mean. Also the main participants in the battle, the RCC and the Protestant churches, have changed since the fight first began. So my question is have the Solas out lived their...

The Orthodox view of the tradition seems to me to be very different than the Roman Catholic view. Instead of scripture + tradition it seems to be the Orthodox view that tradition cannot be viewed apart from scripture since it is how we interpret scripture. Thus in essence scripture itself is the...

Hi! I will be shortly going on to PHD work in historical theology but I am at a cross roads as who or what period to study as my primary aim. I have read some of puritan John Owen's work and really like his book Communion with God. But I have also been reading a lot of the early church...

I believe in two sacraments. Baptism and communion. I am a Baptist so I believe in believer's baptism and I believe that Christ is spiritually present in the Lord's supper. I was wondering if I can get some thoughts on what role they play in the grand scheme of things. I do not want ot make...

Hi all! Since others are asking for advice I will also. I am getting my MDIV right now and looking for a seminary to get my PHD in historical theology. I want to focus on spiritual formation and discipleship and how a church can learn from the past how believers grow in the Lord. I am not...

I hope this is the right forum to ask this. I am not a member of an Orthodox church. However I have read some of Gregory of Nazianzus' and Athansius' works and enjoyed them immensely. For information purposes only (No debate) I would like a simple (as can be) explanation of the Orthodox view...

What exactly is God's word? Is it the original autographed copies of the Biblical text? If so does it then have any practical signifigance to us today since we do not have any of the original copies? Also what about the NT quotations of the septuigint? Is it God's word or not? Can we put a...

HI Everyone! It has been awhile since I have hd the opportunity to look at CF. Hope everyone is well. what I want to know is what do y'all think about God and suffering? Can God suffer? Mostly everyone in church tradition belived that God is incapable of suffering. Jesus suffered but...

What can we learn from heretics? Can we learn anything? Should we read what they thought or should we stay away from their writings altogether? Also if we can learn from them can they teach us anything that is positive? I will post my views and why I am asking this soon.

Okay this is mainly to the Reformed believers out there but anyone can answer. :priest: Calvin's view of communion is often considered a middle way in between Zwinlgi and Luther. Although he did not believe in ral presence as Luther di he did not believe it was just a symbol as Zwingli did...