Rethinking the good news

What happens when the results become the actual message?

Rev. Fr. Dustin M. Lyon

But what’s the role of the church in this?

Rating: 6|Votes: 4

Declaration of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the Council of Crete (2016) and the text “Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World”

"Careful study of the documents adopted at the Crete Council leads us to the conclusion that some of them contain discrepancies with Orthodox Church teaching, with the dogmatic and canonical Tradition of the Church, and with the spirit and letter of the Ecumenical and Local Councils."

Rating: 5.4|Votes: 9

Why did some holy fathers believe in apocatastasis and other false ideas about life after death?

The Way of All Flesh: Conversation 2, Part 6

Archpriest Oleg Stenyayev

Let’s try to understand why certain fathers of the Church, such as St. Gregory of Nyssa, preached this heresy and why they were not pronounced heretics themselves.

Rating: 10|Votes: 10

Holy Hatred

Fr. Lawrence Farley

That is, for him some bits in the Scriptures are devoid of inspiration or authority, and ought to be jettisoned since they are merely the voices of sinful humans, men incapable of rising to a divine standard.

Rating: 5.7|Votes: 14

Why is the Holy Trinity Essential in Orthodox Spirituality?

Deacon Charles Joiner

This is a difficult but important question. The foundation of our spiritual life is based on the nature of God, One God in Three Persons, The Holy Trinity. So why is this truth about God so important in the Orthodox understanding of Theosis, our aim to seek union with God?