Jesse Dominick
Rating: 7.9|Votes: 7
The whole of the Gospel can be found in the book of Genesis in a hidden form. It is important because it shows us how God intended man to be, it shows us why we’re in the condition we’re in now, and therefore it helps us to understand why we need Christ—what is it that we need to be saved from. The prophecies of Christ begin immediately after the Fall. If you study Genesis and read the Fathers’ commentaries you can basically learn the entirety of the Orthodox faith.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
For me the perplexing thing about the gap is not that it exists—secularists will be secular, after all, and most people are too busy living life to spend much time questioning the underlying presuppositions of their culture. For me the perplexing thing is how Christians could come to deny the existence of the demonic
Seraphim Hamilton
Rating: 8.4|Votes: 14
Despite occasional claims to the contrary, the Church has always confessed the absolute inerrancy of the Bible, not only in doctrinal matters, but in historical details as well. St. Augustine, for example, says that if he finds what looks to be a contradiction, he assumes that he has either misunderstood the passage or that there has been an error in copying one manuscript from another. St. Maximus the Confessor, one of the most influential theologians of the Eastern Church, goes so far to say that the Bible expresses the truth of the eternal God as fully as text can express that truth. But the contemporary naturalistic account of origins doesn’t fit with what the Scriptures declare.
Athanasios Moustakis
Saint Peter’s answer is interesting, when Christ asks: ‘Who do you say that I am?’ With his usual straightforwardness, Peter says: ‘You’re Christ, the Son of the living God’ (Matth. 16, 15-16). This answer is very important because it accurately sums up the belief of the Church concerning the person of the Saviour. He’s the Lord’s Anointed, the Messiah, the One chosen by God, and, at the same time, He’s His Son, Who will save the world from sin.
Fr. John Whiteford
Rating: 7.2|Votes: 21
Is the Church the new Israel? This idea has been disparaged as "Replacement Theology." And how are we to understand the the term "New Jerusalem"? Is it Heaven? The Church? A literal city? All three? Fr. John Whiteford looks at the Scripture and patristic writings on the New Jerusalem.