The Calvinist view of God is completely opposite of the Orthodox view of God and is completely unbiblical.
Well the way I see EO, they are in the same camp as the Roman Catholic church except for a few differences, but both unbiblical as well.
^Sure, I'll stick around, if ya'll can tolerate a heretic, lol.
yeah, from my understanding we are not Armenian, but we don't have problems with that as much as with Calvinism. Calvinism is just awful.
Well the way I see EO, they are in the same camp as the Roman Catholic church except for a few differences, but both unbiblical as well.
Hey GQ, haven't seen you around for a while.
I used to think the same~~consider that this "unbiblical" group is the Church that put that same Bible together and they ain't changed since..preaching and defending the gospel for 2000 years baby
The Orthodox Church is evangelical, but not Protestant. It is orthodox, but not Jewish. It is catholic, but not Roman. It isn't non-denominational - it is pre-denominational. It has believed, taught, preserved, defended and died for the Faith of the Apostles since the Day of Pentecost 2000 years ago.
haha, my bad. good call and I fixed it.Well, if you were born in Armenia you might be considered Armenian.
What is so awful about Calvinism?
It's highly unlikely that you'd be a heretic in our eyes (just to be clear on that )!! You really have to jump through a whooole lotta hoops to get that label applied to yourself.
I came here as a fire-breathing Protestant some years ago and I drank the Kool-Aid, as you can see. lol. There's always something to learn and the folks here are awesome, as long as you are respectful [even when you disagree with what's being said].
Welcome hon. Hope you enjoy your visits with us. There's baklava passed around occasionally.
Calvinism is a heresy according to The Orthodox Church. I have a link on that, but can't post it right now because I'm on my phone and not at my computer.
Did ya find that link?
Whether technically a "heresy" or not, Calvinism is absolutely contradictory to the teaching of the Orthodox church regarding salvation, and the very Nature of God.
Just asking what the Orthodox teaching is as I get a lot of sense out of Orthodox answers...love the Ancient Faith site.
westboro baptists. They take Calvinism to its logical conclusion.
Crissy,
I found this link to a blog by Fr. Stephen. In this really long post, it outlines some of the reactions of the OC to Calvinism. I think the comments there are almost as instructive as the body of the blog post.
Forgive me if I offended.