An interesting site exposing the heresies of Ecumenism

[Moros]

I realize this group is schismatic, but let's focus on the content rather than the people presenting.

http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/

Heresies:
http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/heresies.html

Schisms:
http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/schisms.html

Bart. I:
http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/bartholomew_latest.htm

"The prophet Mohammed is an apostle. He is a man of God, who worked for the Kingdom of God and created Islam, a religion to which belong one billion people. ...Our God is the Father of all men, even of the Moslems and Buddhists. I believe that God loves the Moslems and the Buddhists...When I speak against Islam or Buddhism, then I am not found in agreement with God. ...My God is the God of other men also. He is not only God for the Orthodox. This is my position."

- PATRIARCH PARTHENIOS OF ALEXANDRIA
(Orthodoxos Typos, Issue Number 854, Athens, Greece;
statement made in May, 1982)

"God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us... Oriental Orthodox [Monophysite], Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical... We renew our commitment to strive to be [the] One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, according to the will of the Lord Jesus, 'so that they may be one' (John 17:11)... by opening our hearts and minds to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so that we encounter each other cooperatively, with respect, and with kindness. In Him, we are one."

-Joint Statement of the Jerusalem Patriarchate,
the Antiochian Patriarchate, and Monophysites,
Papists, and Protestants; 'Final Statement of
the Seventh Assembly of the Middle East
Council of Churches', "Seventh Assembly of
the Middle East Council of Churches",
Dr. Fred Strickert, The Washington Report:
On Middle East Affairs:
Christianity and the Middle East,
July/August 1999, pp. 84-85]

In the summer of 1994, in an interview with reporter Jim Forest, Patriarch Pavel of Serbia stated that the Pope of Rome was traditionally regarded as first among equals among all bishops and “is still respected as such by our Church”
- Occasional Paper, Summer issue, 1994;
cited in “Letter to the Patriarch: Postscript:
In the Spirit of Balamand”, Orthodox Life,
Vol. 44, no. 4, July-August, 1994, p. 40.

Although the Moscow Patriarchate had not ever published any Orthodox catechism for wide distribution, this did not prevent one of her chief hierarchs from declaring:

“When I have my own printing press, I will publish the Koran according to the most ancient manuscripts that belong to the disciples of the prophet Mohammed, and I will give it to Soviet Mohammedans.”
- METROPOLITAN PITIRIM OF VOLOKOLAMSK,
the head of the Publishing Department
of the Moscow Patriarchate,
Declaration on Soviet Television
(see Vestnik Khristianskogo
Informatsionnogo Tsentra, #31,
Sept. 26, 1989, pp. 2-3]

 

[Reader Nilus]

I realize this group is schismatic, but let's focus on the content rather than the people presenting.

http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/

Heresies:
http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/heresies.html

Schisms:
http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/schisms.html

Bart. I:
http://www.russianorthodoxautonomouschurchinamerica.com/bartholomew_latest.htm

"The prophet Mohammed is an apostle. He is a man of God, who worked for the Kingdom of God and created Islam, a religion to which belong one billion people. ...Our God is the Father of all men, even of the Moslems and Buddhists. I believe that God loves the Moslems and the Buddhists...When I speak against Islam or Buddhism, then I am not found in agreement with God. ...My God is the God of other men also. He is not only God for the Orthodox. This is my position."

- PATRIARCH PARTHENIOS OF ALEXANDRIA
(Orthodoxos Typos, Issue Number 854, Athens, Greece;
statement made in May, 1982)

"God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us... Oriental Orthodox [Monophysite], Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical... We renew our commitment to strive to be [the] One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, according to the will of the Lord Jesus, 'so that they may be one' (John 17:11)... by opening our hearts and minds to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so that we encounter each other cooperatively, with respect, and with kindness. In Him, we are one."

-Joint Statement of the Jerusalem Patriarchate,
the Antiochian Patriarchate, and Monophysites,
Papists, and Protestants; 'Final Statement of
the Seventh Assembly of the Middle East
Council of Churches', "Seventh Assembly of
the Middle East Council of Churches",
Dr. Fred Strickert, The Washington Report:
On Middle East Affairs:
Christianity and the Middle East,
July/August 1999, pp. 84-85]

In the summer of 1994, in an interview with reporter Jim Forest, Patriarch Pavel of Serbia stated that the Pope of Rome was traditionally regarded as first among equals among all bishops and “is still respected as such by our Church”
- Occasional Paper, Summer issue, 1994;
cited in “Letter to the Patriarch: Postscript:
In the Spirit of Balamand”, Orthodox Life,
Vol. 44, no. 4, July-August, 1994, p. 40.

Although the Moscow Patriarchate had not ever published any Orthodox catechism for wide distribution, this did not prevent one of her chief hierarchs from declaring:

“When I have my own printing press, I will publish the Koran according to the most ancient manuscripts that belong to the disciples of the prophet Mohammed, and I will give it to Soviet Mohammedans.”
- METROPOLITAN PITIRIM OF VOLOKOLAMSK,
the head of the Publishing Department
of the Moscow Patriarchate,
Declaration on Soviet Television
(see Vestnik Khristianskogo
Informatsionnogo Tsentra, #31,
Sept. 26, 1989, pp. 2-3]

The comments of Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church in America about the state of Orthodoxy has about as much weight as if the local Baptist church issued a statement about the current state of Orthodoxy, which is none.
Jeff the Finn

 

[Michael G]

Interesting stuff. They kind of remind me of the hard core right wing traditionalist Catholics who insisted the See of Rome was vacant, a group who I wanted nothing to do with when I was Roman Catholic. For a schismatic group they sure do have alot of Bishops.

 

[katherine2001]

I agree with Jeff on this.

 

[katherine2001]

You might also want to talk to your priest about some of the Orthodox churches. There may be some he would definitely want you to stay away from.

 

[countrymousenc]

The comments of Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church in America about the state of Orthodoxy has about as much weight as if the local Baptist church issued a statement about the current state of Orthodoxy, which is none.
Jeff the Finn

What Jeff said bears repeating.

 

[Eusebios]

Bruncvik,
I really have to question your motivation behind this post. I understand, as does nearly everyone here I would think, that our Orthodox patriarchs are men, and therefore imperfect. Further, we should all be aware of the dangers inherent in prooftexting, which is the masterful art of quoting out of context, which these folks seem to excel in.
Under His Mercy,
Eusebios.