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If you wanted to discuss it , then maybe let everybody discuss it ? What's point of discussing homosexuality in city where every man would be homosexual ?
That was how it worked with me as well. Life confession before; absolution through the chrismation.
The thread has nothing to do with homosexuality.If you wanted to discuss it , then maybe let everybody discuss it ? What's point of discussing homosexuality in city where every man would be homosexual ?
I gave a 'life confession' when I came into the church.
Whether that was just prior or after the Chrismation - I can't recall.
I gave a life confession prior to being received into the Church, but I don't think I was absolved at the time
That was how it worked with me as well. Life confession before; absolution through the chrismation.
If you wanted to discuss it , then maybe let everybody discuss it ? What's point of discussing homosexuality in city where every man would be homosexual ?
Our priest gave us a 'preparation for confession' document (pdf file). I don;t recall of it was from the Greek Archdiocese or elsewhere. It was a series of questions with space to jot in a few answers (thank God for large binders). It started with basics like the 10 Commandments then drilled down from there.This is what I wished I could have done.
Though to be honest, for a "first Confession" it would have been very difficult. But I felt the lack of it for some time.
We do have a priest that comes who is primarily a Confessor, and I mentioned my doubts to him. His reply was to break down sin into categories, and ask me if I had committed each of them one by one, and I simply replied "yes" and he gave me absolution for them all.
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Our priest gave us a 'preparation for confession' document (pdf file). I don;t recall of it was from the Greek Archdiocese or elsewhere. It was a series of questions with space to jot in a few answers (thank God for large binders). It started with basics like the 10 Commandments then drilled down from there.
I'm meticulous in backing up files and such on my computer.Hmmmm. I wonder if it's like the one my SF sent me. His is a little pamphlet he put together. It likewise covers the 10 commandments, etc.
I'm not sure I've ever used it in thinking about a life Confession. That might be a useful exercise for me ... or maybe not at this point. Thank you for mentioning it. I will think on it for a while, pray about it, and if it does seem like a good idea, I'll ask Fr. C.He does do life confessions when receiving as well, but unfortunately I must meet with him over the phone.
Thanks for sharing!I'm meticulous in backing up files and such on my computer.
It would seem that my records keeping is better than my memory.
I went back and checked, the initial guide was sent as a link and .pdf (same info)
Here is the linkage to the Self-Examination Before Confession
The other prep guide with the Ten Commandments is on the Goarch.net site.
I can only speak for myself on this issue; What the Orthodox church has declared as dogma regarding Christ and the church was something that drew me toward Orthodoxy. otoh, even the Orthodox Mariology doctrines took a little getting accustomed to for me. I would hope, if/when the day comes, that there would be some tempering of the Latin view. ymmvMediatrix (Mediator) of All Graces is a commonly held title given to Mary by many Catholics, but the Church has yet to declare such as dogma, as well the unoffical title of Co-Redemptrix (Co-Redeemer). I wonder what the view of Orthodox posters are here re: the potential that if the EOC and the Catholic Church ever get serious about reunion, might it be possible for the Eastern Orthodox to accept that Mary is the Mediatrix of All Graces? This assumes for the sake of this discussion that at some point in the future the Catholic Church will declare a new Marian Dogma which lays out these two titles as necessary to the faith.
Mediatrix (Mediator) of All Graces is a commonly held title given to Mary by many Catholics, but the Church has yet to declare such as dogma, as well the unoffical title of Co-Redemptrix (Co-Redeemer). I wonder what the view of Orthodox posters are here re: the potential that if the EOC and the Catholic Church ever get serious about reunion, might it be possible for the Eastern Orthodox to accept that Mary is the Mediatrix of All Graces? This assumes for the sake of this discussion that at some point in the future the Catholic Church will declare a new Marian Dogma which lays out these two titles as necessary to the faith.
It is one thing to believe that Mary could be the Mediatrix of some graces, but to say that she is the Mediator of all graces seems to elevate her to a level that was not taught by the Church Fathers.
I could be wrong here, but I think we as Orthodox would not even say that the Theotokos is mediatrix of "some" graces. Since Grace is God Himself, not some created thing, Grace doesn't/couldn't have a mediator.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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