Chris is risen! I'd like to share a couple of short statements that, I think, shed a lot of light on the orthodox approach to asceticism. Dorotheos of Gaza: ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Apr 30, 2007 1:07 pm
... Er... thanks, but this announcement is not quite accurate. :) Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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krolechka
Apr 30, 2007 3:07 pm
... OOPS! Sorry! :) I don't know what I was looking at when typing it......
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 1, 2007 6:27 am
Christopher, ... miraculous answer to prayer before this icon of the Mother of God (I did) Please do tell about this. I am very interested. Andrew....
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 1, 2007 1:16 pm
I was in the midst of a career crisis - which way to go? I had been a professional actor for many years in LA and NYC, had graduated from a classical theatre...
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herrdave2_prime
May 2, 2007 5:46 pm
Philosophy aside, why is there a procedure to produce a vision? it seems manipulative as if God needed a reason to communicate to man. During the...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 2, 2007 5:56 pm
Prayer of the Heart or Hesychasm is not a system to produce a vision. It is a system to support the command of the Apostel to "pray without ceasing". The...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
May 3, 2007 2:48 am
Sinners have seen the Uncreated Light also, e.g., Saul of Tarsus. Anastasia...
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Salvatore Sberna IV
salsberna
May 7, 2007 2:30 pm
I begin this post with a disclaimer: I've only been a Lutheran for about 9 months, so I've still got Evangelical Protestant theology mixing with Lutheran...
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Edward Wolfe
edwolfeiii
May 7, 2007 4:47 pm
... "Once saved, always saved" is denied by Lutherans. (I was Lutheran pastor for 33 years before becoming Orthodox). Such a teaching is wonderful in one sense...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 7, 2007 6:39 pm
Note how St. Anthony the Great talks about the necessity of our prayer and acts of compassion while qualifying that we do not 'win God over' by this - we do...
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Salvatore Sberna IV
salsberna
May 8, 2007 2:28 pm
Wow!! Thanks you guys!! I admit my own ignorance on Luther and subsequent Lutheran theologians position on "once saved, always saved." I did some research on...
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Eric Perich
evperich
May 9, 2007 12:29 am
Sal, Its interesting that you brought up the Lutheran monastery in Michigan. I have not been there yet, but will be spending three days there at the end of ...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 9, 2007 12:46 am
Christopher, I just finished reading your 'Self-Critique' post. Wow. To be honest, it scares the hell out of me. It's like a swift punch to the gut, or a buzz...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
May 9, 2007 2:38 am
Dear Andrew, Well, no, you haven't yet gotten the real deal, but your best chance of getting it is probably to stay put. Commend the Greek parish to Christ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 9, 2007 3:10 am
Honestly, I don't know, but I also know too much history and too much about the Fathers to go back to Protestantism. But an experience at my local Greek...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 9, 2007 4:26 am
Anastasia, ... I don't mind if one, or two, or even several parishioners show up late. But come on -- 80% That doesn't say good things about the life of that...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 9, 2007 4:40 am
Christopher, This is obviously what you were stating in your original and subsequent post, but if this really is THE Church, the body of Christ, then why in...
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krolechka
May 9, 2007 4:42 am
... I think, most orthodox christians have only commited SOME of their "lives to Christ our God". The words "let us commit all our lives to Christ our God"...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 9, 2007 4:50 am
One more thing: this was something I struggled with as a Lutheran as well. My VERY orthodox Lutheran parish had all its liturgical and doctrinal ducts in a...
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Jeremy Finck
finckdaddy
May 9, 2007 5:45 am
Christ is Risen! I completely understand your struggle, Andrew. I had the same problems when I was in the Lutheran Church. I was born and raised a "Lutheran...
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Brian Fink
brfinkster
May 9, 2007 10:57 am
Dear Drew, Ahhhhh Greek time.... Yes it is down right annoying and believe me here at the Greek sem we should have a class devoted to fighting it. Apparently...
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Jeremy Finck
finckdaddy
May 9, 2007 12:12 pm
heehee that's awesome :-) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
May 9, 2007 12:44 pm
Dear Andrew, First let me say that I VERY, very much sympathize with your problem and certainly have shared it. My husband loves me very, very much and of that...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 11, 2007 9:33 am
Anastasia, Thank you for your thoughtful reply. You are, of course, correct. Pray for me if I come to mind, even if it's only every now and then. Andrew. ... ...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
May 11, 2007 12:30 pm
Oh, I'd forgotten I wrote that, Andrew. Please forgive me for having been a little harsh when the whole point was we ought to go easy on one another. Sure,...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 14, 2007 9:13 am
No need to tread lightly on this subject. I've got thick skin. If robust Orthodox ecclesiology demands that I not be deemed a baptized Christian (a redundancy,...
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Andrew
drew1095950
May 14, 2007 9:28 am
First of all, thanks to all for your thoughtful and gracious comments. I have been thinking recently about Orthodox ecclesiology, especially in relation to the...
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WRVinovskis@...
wrvinovskis
May 15, 2007 3:18 pm
Andrew asked: I don't understand why all converts aren't received by baptism. And further, I don't see how the Orthodox can rightly call the non-Orthodox ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
May 15, 2007 4:45 pm
*St. Basil the Great's Canon I is instructive in the Orthodox Church's view of accepting and not accepting the baptism of those outside Herself:* …I am...
