Since the Middle Ages, the torn fabric of Christianity has led to our contemporary situation, where all manner of things get called "Christian" that may not warrant the definition. Disastrous consequences await those who tear up the fabric of the faith and offer it piecemeal to others. We see them in the spiritual wandering and dissatisfaction people suffer when the faith is not grasped in wholeness.
Rating: 3|Votes: 6
The Church commemorates the fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, today, that were victorious over one of these wolves that attacked the unity of the Church. This attack came from a priest of the Church of Alexandria by the name of Arius.
Hieromonk Job (Gumerov), Priest Athanasius Gumerov
Rating: 4.8|Votes: 5
Is it a good idea to try to explain the Revelations of St. John the Theologian? Any explanation of the Holy Scriptures requires spiritual maturity and special theological preparation. Otherwise it is easy to stray from the truth and do harm to one’s spiritual life. This especially applies to the Book of Revelations. It this book is much that is hidden and mysterious. Therefore it is necessary first of all to use the works of the holy fathers and authoritative Orthodox exegists.
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon
Rating: 5|Votes: 2
Let us consider what it means that Jesus life was made a ransom “for many.” With respect to this latter expression, its meaning in Mark 10:45 must take into account the very similar words pronounced by Jesus at the consecration of the Eucharistic cup during his final Seder:
Archpriest George Florovsky
Rating: 5.3|Votes: 7
A glorious vision was granted to the Prophet. By the hand of the Lord the prophet Ezekiel was taken to the valley of death, a valley of despair and desolation. There was nothing alive there. There was nothing but dry bones, and very dry they were indeed. This was all that had been left of those who were once living. Life was gone. And a question was put to the Prophet: "Can these dry bones live again? Can life come back once more?" The human answer to this question would have been obviously, no. Life never comes back. What is once dead, is dead forever. Life cannot come out of dust and ashes. "For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again" (2 Sam. 14:14).
