OO view on God's guidance?

[OOConvert]

Does the OO church deem the calvinist idea of predestination,that God actively misguides people to be Heretical?personally I consider it heretical but I'd like to know the official orthodox view on this?

 

[OOConvert]

We call predestination God’s eternal decree, which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man. For all are not created in equal condition; rather, eternal life is foreordained for some, eternal damnation for others (Institutes 3.21.5; Calvin 1960:926). what is the oriental orthodox view on this,I know the chalcedonian christians condemn it.

 

[dzheremi]

From the website of the Southern United States diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church, we read the following answer given by HG Bishop Youssef:

What does the word "predestination" mean in the Orthodox concept?

Everything comes from God, and everything should be drawn back to Him. But being predestined by God does not nullify human free will for in everything God is the originator and initiator; He wants us to be His children but it is up to us, to our choice by our own free will, to accept this invitation. Before the earth was formed, God the Sovereign determined that every sinner, by trusting in Christ would be made righteous. It will please Him greatly that we accept this invitation and this adoption through accepting His only Begotten Son.

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There are other questions in the Q&A regarding predestination which you can read here.

 

[OOConvert]

From the website of the Southern United States diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church, we read the following answer given by HG Bishop Youssef:

What does the word "predestination" mean in the Orthodox concept?

Everything comes from God, and everything should be drawn back to Him. But being predestined by God does not nullify human free will for in everything God is the originator and initiator; He wants us to be His children but it is up to us, to our choice by our own free will, to accept this invitation. Before the earth was formed, God the Sovereign determined that every sinner, by trusting in Christ would be made righteous. It will please Him greatly that we accept this invitation and this adoption through accepting His only Begotten Son.

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There are other questions in the Q&A regarding predestination which you can read here.

So Basically we reject double predestination?

 

[dzheremi]

This is not a topic that i personally know very much about (before converting to Orthodoxy I was Roman Catholic, not Protestant), but that is how I understand what HG has written.