• Welcome to Christianity Haven, thank you for visiting! If you have not already, we invite you to create an account and join in on the many discussions we have! 

    • Please be aware that when registering you must not register while using a VPN. Any registrations made using a VPN will be rejected.
    • Additionally, registration emails are not being sent out which is an issue that is being worked on. Your registration may go into an approval queue for admin approval. We work to send manual emails to the email on file, so please ensure the email you use is one you can readily access! 

Search results

  1. Arsenios

    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    A God who does not deify man: Such a God can have no interest for us, whether He exists or not. I believe that this goes far to explain the wave of atheism in the West, as well as the building of science and philosophy on an atheistic foundation. Archimandrite George Capsanis...
  2. Arsenios

    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    The humble person does not criticize anyone except himself, because he knows that he does not have any appointment to judge and censure others. Father Philotheos Zervakos ____________________________________________________________
  3. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    I know you think so, so I will answer you directly... Salvation is union with Christ in the Holy Spirit... There is not one single solitary thing we can do that can cause that to happen at all... It is Pure Grace... Scripture calls it a Gift because it CANNOT be earned ever... Repentance is but...
  4. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    The Greek noun is pistis, and it has the -pist- root, that can be easily made into a verb... It is closely related to our English word epistemology, that nefarious branch of philosophy so dear to the unfaithful! A condensation of two Greek terms: EPI + hISTEMI - EPI of course means upon, and...
  5. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    A pastoral letter is not a theological discourse. The Law to which Paul's references pertain is the source of the works which he writes against... He is writing against the Works of the Law of Moses... The word for "impute" is the one that more literally translates as "is accounted" -...
  6. Arsenios

    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    When Christ Takes, Blesses, and Breaks the Bread as He did at that Supper, the Bread and the Wine become and then ARE the Body and Blood of the Risen Lord - He had not yet been crucified and arisen when He established this Mystery... Nor are we arisen when we so do as He did and as He commanded...
  7. Arsenios

    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    1Cor 11:25 After the same manner also He took the cup, after He had supped, saying, "This Cup is the New Covenant in My Blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." So Christ takes the Cup and Blesses it, and tells His disciples: "This Cup is the New Covenant in My...
  8. Arsenios

    Ananias and Sapphira

    The issues of this Faith are life and death, and partial - eg superficially holding back - entry is not going to cut it... Scripture records that Act 5:11 And great fear came upon all the Church, and upon as many as heard these things. The passage goes on to say that casual tag-alongs did...
  9. Arsenios

    Refugees and refuge.

    The reason for the caravans is in part for the sake of the relative safety of those seeking immigration into the USA... Those are long treks, and a small family is just too vulnerable walking it alone... Mexicans have a better chance... Because they are the "locals"... A large group that...
  10. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    Might I add to your thought here? Words ONLY count when DEEDS back them up... Without the deeds, we partake of the leaven of the Pharisee... And become judgemental hypocrites... Ya gots ta walk y'er talk! Right ideas mean nothing apart from their enactment... Hence the praxeological...
  11. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    What a Joy! What brings you back into this arena? And what is new? Arsenios
  12. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    You proclaim that Christ is the Savior... You do well... The demons also proclaimed... And they tremble... Better to live Truth than proclaim it incessantly... "Be still and know that I AM God..." Your works will be your proclamation... Your life in Him will bear witness... The language of the...
  13. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    Yes - I read the paragraph... I still don't get it - Perhaps I am too dense... Being like the Sacrament of Baptism or of Penance makes an action to be one of perfect charity? We can let it slide... Arsenios
  14. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    So what the Wise Thief said on the cross is "a perfect act of charity elicited by a well disposed sinner"? I am still not making the connection... How is it an act of charity at all, let alone perfected? Arsenios
  15. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    Pretty much, I fear... Arsenios
  16. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    I was not trying to pry into your personal life, but IF you are NOT speaking from personal experience which you might be willing to describe, then perhaps you can refer to an account of the Life of a Saint where such a perfect action took place, and what it entailed, and how it came to become...
  17. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    So how's that workin' out for ya? :) Arsenios
  18. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    I sure hope not... If you are right, then you will receive no benefit here... Nor will you give any benefit, except apart from your intent... Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    The Church has been Baptizing the unregenerate into Regeneration in Christ for 2000 years now and counting... But I agree, IF a person simply takes it upon himself to baptize someone into the Holy Spirit, demonic events will almost certainly ensue... Arsenios
  20. Arsenios

    Salvation - Part 2

    I thought that ONLY unregenerate persons were EVER Baptized... Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; This KJV translation would seem to say that Baptism, the...
Top Bottom