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  1. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    Were you one of those who justified the Filioque on the grounds that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son into Creation? THAT is almost Orthodox... I have been banned from there... We had an Orthodox contingent - We all got banned... Then I encountered one of the big...
  2. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    Have you ever said there that the Pope can be a Heretic without violating Papal Infallability? And you have not been ejected summarily? Maybe I can visit without registering... The issue is real... Arsenios
  3. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    Were you one of those who justified the Filioque on the grounds that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son into Creation? THAT is almost Orthodox... I have been banned from there... We had an Orthodox contingent - We all got banned... Then I encountered one of the big...
  4. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    Tell that to Christ: He must not have heard! Matt 24:14 And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations Drop mike... :) Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    To say that we are all sinners and we all have sin is one thing... To say that we have returned to our old sinful ways is quite another... When we do sin, we confess, and we repent of doing it again... And THAT takes many forms... An Orthodox Christian cannot boast: "Oh yeah, we sin all the...
  6. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    When a sinner is Justified by God, his sin is taken away from him... Remission of sins is the pre-requisite of Justification by God... Baptism is unto the forgiveness, the remission, of sins... We can and do still commit sins, but these are abberrations from our Christian life in Christ...
  7. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    Did Christ say he came to Call SINNERS to Repentance through the Gospel? Or do you DENY that Christ came to call sinners to repentance?? Arsenios
  8. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    I know... Repenting from evil is a good work... You deny their ability to repent from evil... The people you described are called SINNERS, Josiah... And Christ said He CAME NOT to call the Righteous, but SINNERS to Repentance, remember? Because you are not connecting the dots... God is...
  9. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    You're the Man! Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    The Church started in Jerusalem... Great prom-queen mike-drop exit stage left though! Can I borrow that one from you?? Arsenios
  11. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    You and I could sort this Communion issue out in short order! So are you really saying that the Roman Catholic Pope can personally be a heretic, but still will not be speaking for the Church? Heck, Orthodoxy has had a LOT of heretical Patriarchs! If you like being banned, we could go visit...
  12. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    The question then is, where can the Truth be found and where is it consistently discipled? The Apostolic Churches are where one needs to start... Look to their agreement with each other in Faith and Practice... Even those not in Communion with one another... Then just take what is common to...
  13. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    My Brother - When a person is wounded, beating their wounds with staves... does not bring healing... But you know that already! :) Arsenios
  14. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    Who gives us overcoming of weakness then? Do you want to attribute not sinning to Satan??? Christ's words: Mat 13:21 "Yet he hath not root in himself..." Christ clearly shows here in the Parable of the Sower that human preparation in a life lived is a prerequisite for the Seed of the...
  15. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    No one has ever argued that fallen man can or does... Do you know the difference between BY and THROUGH?? "For BY the Grace you are existing having been saved THROUGH the Faith, and THIS not out of yourselves. Of God the Gift." BY is the dative of agency, and God is the Agent... THROUGH...
  16. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    I am sorry you feel that way... fwiw - The narrow way is askesis... Arsenios
  17. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    I was speaking of man being inert... Not God... So inert that he cannot turn from evil... Or even desire to do so... Man is fallen, and has lost communion with God... He is not dead duck dead as you seem to claim... He can willfully do evil... And he can willfully do good... He cannot save...
  18. Arsenios

    Justification - Part 2

    The Gospel commands us to be repenting, for the Kingdom of God is at hand... Did not our Lord say that He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance? Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    Papal Infallibility appears to be under revision with the current Pope who is holding at least one heretical view that is giving the Curia some fits... Now instead of the Office of Peter, it is the Church of Peter that holds infallibility... The Orthodox agree with this latter, for we look to...
  20. Arsenios

    Reasonable truth and simple understanding

    I agree with you - MC is not a "normal" Roman Catholic... He is far more "Orthodox" than any you will find on, say, Catholic Answers Forum - He is an exceptional person whose esteem is my treasure... If it were up to MC and me, the two Churches would doubtless be united this afternoon... So...
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