Catechism of St. Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow

[Light of the East]

I was told, and I think that I even may have read it here, that there is no OFFICIAL ORTHODOX CATECHISM. I also believe I read somewhere that this "catechism" of St. Philaret is not considered to be an official catechism.

Yes? No?

 

[All4Christ]

I was told, and I think that I even may have read it here, that there is no OFFICIAL ORTHODOX CATECHISM. I also believe I read somewhere that this "catechism" of St. Philaret is not considered to be an official catechism.

Yes? No?

There isn’t an official catechism for Orthodoxy. There are catechism books, but no official catechism like the RCC.

 

[ArmyMatt]

I was told, and I think that I even may have read it here, that there is no OFFICIAL ORTHODOX CATECHISM. I also believe I read somewhere that this "catechism" of St. Philaret is not considered to be an official catechism.

Yes? No?

no, but individual saints have written their own catechisms.

 

[All4Christ]

The catechism written by St John of Damascus is one of my favorites.

no, but individual saints have written their own catechisms.

 

[ArmyMatt]

The catechism written by St John of Damascus is one of my favorites.

mine too. plus the Catechetical Lectures of St Cyril of Jerusalem.

 

[All4Christ]

The catechism written by St John of Damascus is one of my favorites.

“An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith”

 

[ArmyMatt]

“An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith”

yep, my first dogmatics paper was on that work.

 

[archer75]

I was told, and I think that I even may have read it here, that there is no OFFICIAL ORTHODOX CATECHISM. I also believe I read somewhere that this "catechism" of St. Philaret is not considered to be an official catechism.

Yes? No?

Not official, but that doesn't mean it is bad.

 

[Light of the East]

Well, the reason I said this is because I am having a discussion with someone who has pointed to the Catechism of St. Philaret and is acting as if that is the "official" Orthodox belief. The person in discussion is using it to defend the Western idea of ransom theory salvation.

Thanks to Gurney, I will go back and define ransom from an Orthodox perspective.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Well, the reason I said this is because I am having a discussion with someone who has pointed to the Catechism of St. Philaret and is acting as if that is the "official" Orthodox belief. The person in discussion is using it to defend the Western idea of ransom theory salvation.

Thanks to Gurney, I will go back and define ransom from an Orthodox perspective.

tell the person if he wants to know what we believe, come to Church and pay attention.

 

[Light of the East]

tell the person if he wants to know what we believe, come to Church and pay attention.

He's been to Eastern Catholic Churches, and I get the sense that he sees no conflict between Uniatism and Orthodoxy. And he acts as if he knows it all and has barraged me with messages trying to show me that the Roman understanding of salvation is in line with that of Orthodoxy. Quoting Saint Philaret is just one of many cherry-picked quotes he has used to try to keep me from converting and, according to an earlier post he sent, "making a grave mistake."

Oh, well. Gotta love 'em!

 

[ArmyMatt]

He's been to Eastern Catholic Churches, and I get the sense that he sees no conflict between Uniatism and Orthodoxy. And he acts as if he knows it all and has barraged me with messages trying to show me that the Roman understanding of salvation is in line with that of Orthodoxy. Quoting Saint Philaret is just one of many cherry-picked quotes he has used to try to keep me from converting and, according to an earlier post he sent, "making a grave mistake."

Oh, well. Gotta love 'em!

moray for him, eventually he will see the difference hopefully.