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  1. Arsenios

    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    The Christ Child had to be concealed in an existing family... Joseph as an aging widower needing a wife for his children... Took the Blessed Virgin in the guise of a wife... And fled to Egypt with her to save Him from Herod... For he murdered ALL male children of that age... Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    They presented as man and wife so as to conceal the Holy Child... She was taken to wife for the sake of that deception... But only their betrothal is recorded in Scripture... Neither Herod nor his son ever found Him... And even into His Ministry, he fought to keep His identity concealed...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    They really meant brother... Because in the Middle-East even to this day... Your cousin IS your brother... Let it go... :) Arsenios
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    Eastern Orthodox Only What makes an icon an icon and not just art?

    The difference is in the Blessing given them... If you look at commercial advertising, you will see a very different iconography... Demonic Iconography tends to prevail... And a Blessing is a supra-natural event... "You have been blessed in the Name of the Lord..." But super-natural??? Not...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Christ's Incarnation was an "undercover operation", where He was camouflaged in the Widower Joseph's prior family, with His mother as the wife of Joseph... The subterfuge was successful... Until His Day had come... To this day, in the Middle-East, cousins are called brothers... He had...
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    Eastern Orthodox Only What makes an icon an icon and not just art?

    Is God supernatural? Christ sent His Ikon on a Napkin to take to a man to cure the remainder of his leprosy, as I recall... Held the cloth to His Face, did He not? We have Myrrh-streaming icons, miracle working icons, and plain old everyday icons, prints of icons, original paint and tempura...
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    Water Baptism

    You're confession?? I mean, you said it... A.
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    Water Baptism

    Your beliefs are the mis-carriage that Reformation birthed... I am glad that God sent the Reformation against the western Latin Church too... She would not and has not repented of her heresies... And God will not be mocked... Nor would he be mocked by the Russian Church... To Whom He sent...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Yes, yours, from the beginnings, even if fallen away from the Holy Tradition from which it came... It is indeed a part of the Holy Tradition of ALL the Apostolic Churches... Age is not the issue, although relevant - It is a part of the teaching of the Church in the Services of Matins... And...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    You want Face Book pictures?? How about recorded interviews? I mean, God does not regularly whisper it into your ear, ya know... You could as easily say the Bible itself is only a legend written on paper... So c'mon! Dont be so sluggish! Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    It is the received Doctrine of the whole of all the Apostolic Churches from the beginnings to this day and hour... From a carnal perspective, you are right... But not from the perspective of the Body of Christ for 2000 years... You are going to have to deal with the Historical Church...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Well ya got guns and RV's and boats and outboard motors and fishing tackle, don't ya?? And beer in the fridge and venison in the freezer, yes?? Not to mention catfish, right? !!!PRIORITIES!!! I SAY!! We just have different priorities... Not without precedent, I should think... Even if...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    A more than reasonable approach... I mean, was the Holy Prophet Elijah even ABLE to do what She did do?? She is far greater than he was... As John, who Baptized God in the Waters of the Jordan... Was the greatest of all the OT Prophets... Because he Baptized Him Whom he prophesied... But She...
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    Water Baptism

    I am sorry you think that Christ was unable to disciple... Not even ONE historic Church... For one thousand five hundred years... To teach your personal opinions on Baptisms... Menno... He was accused of worse, I suppose, by the Pharisees... Arsenios
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    Water Baptism

    EVERY Apostolic Church Baptizes in Water AND in the Holy Spirit... "Unless you are born of Water and Spirit..." You cannot find even ONE that does not... They have ALL done so since Christ commanded them to do so as recorded in Matthew and elsewhere... Did Christ command them WRONGLY as you...
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    Eastern Orthodox Only What makes an icon an icon and not just art?

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    Eastern Orthodox Only What makes an icon an icon and not just art?

    In a word, it is not the wood and paint that differentiate an icon from ordinary art... But the Blessing of the Lord! Icons are not artistic enterprises, but instructional ones... And yes, they are beautiful, and we love their beauty... Here are some Church Icons in this 2 minute vignette of...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    !!!NAILS!!!. I SAY!!! Arsenios. :)
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Indeed you will look in vain to find even ONE Apostolic Church that does NOT embrace the Assumption of the Theotokos... Arsenios
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    ORTHODOX STUFF

    Here he is in a small and telling homiletic vignette... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX6L6klv_CY A.
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