"Man of God" on YouTube!

[ArmyMatt]

Again... the movie wasn't about Orthodoxy.

yeah, it actually was. you cannot divorce an Orthodox saint from the Orthodox Church.

 

[timothyu]

yeah, it actually was. you cannot divorce an Orthodox saint from the Orthodox Church.

Just from those within who prefer their self serving ways over the will of God. Jesus was a Jew yet somehow He was divorced by Gentiles from Judaism.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Just from those within who prefer their self serving ways over the will of God. Jesus was a Jew yet somehow He was divorced by Gentiles from Judaism.

that’s a recent development, and if you knew about Orthodoxy, has nothing to do with us. Orthodoxy is very connected to 1st century Israel, especially looking at how often we use typology.

 

[timothyu]

Well I haven't been talking about Orthodoxy. You have.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Well I haven't been talking about Orthodoxy. You have.

it’s because of who St Nektarios is. it’d be foolish not to talk about Orthodoxy when talking about him, especially a movie about his life.

 

[timothyu]

it’s because of who St Nektarios is. it’d be foolish not to talk about Orthodoxy when talking about him, especially a movie about his life.

For some perhaps. The lifestyle he represented modelled after the Kingdom is universal.

 

[ArmyMatt]

For some perhaps. The lifestyle he represented modelled after the Kingdom is universal.

no, it was an Orthodox one. it certainly wasn’t a universal one, since there are many Christians who deny what he thought and believed, especially towards the end.

 

[timothyu]

since there are many Christians who deny what he thought and believed, especially towards the end.

Putting the will of God before our own and loving others as self is rather universal in Christianity. Thing is the majority don't follow it. They are to busy looking for easy ways of salvation.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Putting the will of God before our own and loving others as self is rather universal in Christianity. Thing is the majority don't follow it. They are to busy looking for easy ways of salvation.

not the way that St Nektarios lived it, which is unique to Orthodoxy.

 

[timothyu]

not the way that St Nektarios lived it, which is unique to Orthodoxy.

His attitude was still based on those commandments.

 

[ArmyMatt]

His attitude was still based on those commandments.

which was lived in the Orthodox way, which was the only way shown in the film.