What exactly is inaccurate? I didn’t include primary sources because this is a casual forum discussion, but I wrote from doctrinal statements on an Orthodox website. Why are the bishops not allowed to be married when even Peter was married and Paul explicitly describes it as a doctrine of devils?
As someone not affiliated with orthodoxy but who has a deep love for Christ, His Word and His church, there is enough in this issue alone to be extremely wary as the Holy Ghost warns me in Colossians 2:8-
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ”
Yes I am familiar with autocephaly, but that is only granted by permission of an ecumenical orthodox council. My church has not sought this permission from any council. I live in New Zealand where there is virtually no orthodox presence. Therefore your orthodox bishops would label my church not of God, and therefore of Satan, correct?
I’m not here to start a war. From our conversation I can sense you truly are my brother in Christ, and I love you and hope to meet you after this life is all over and have a good laugh.
New Zealand and Australia anyone can preach. Even with close to 0 understanding of scripture or Greek.
If you don’t see this as a problem.. hard to help you.
They can tell you anything and you will believe it.
Thinking critically - will lead you to the true words. And the true words are only in Greek. And this is why the Greek Orthodox Church often blesses churches who preach the true word - then gives them autocephaly - which means complete independance.
Much of what you wrote here is inaccurate.
The Orthodox Church believes in autocephaly - DuckDuckGo that.
If christians stayed true to orthodoxy there would be no Christian brother wars - and a fight against the globalist cabal pope
IC XC NIKA
What exactly is inaccurate? I didn’t include primary sources because this is a casual forum discussion, but I wrote from doctrinal statements on an Orthodox website. Why are the bishops not allowed to be married when even Peter was married and Paul explicitly describes it as a doctrine of devils?
As someone not affiliated with orthodoxy but who has a deep love for Christ, His Word and His church, there is enough in this issue alone to be extremely wary as the Holy Ghost warns me in Colossians 2:8- “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ”
Yes I am familiar with autocephaly, but that is only granted by permission of an ecumenical orthodox council. My church has not sought this permission from any council. I live in New Zealand where there is virtually no orthodox presence. Therefore your orthodox bishops would label my church not of God, and therefore of Satan, correct?
I’m not here to start a war. From our conversation I can sense you truly are my brother in Christ, and I love you and hope to meet you after this life is all over and have a good laugh.
New Zealand and Australia anyone can preach. Even with close to 0 understanding of scripture or Greek. If you don’t see this as a problem.. hard to help you. They can tell you anything and you will believe it. Thinking critically - will lead you to the true words. And the true words are only in Greek. And this is why the Greek Orthodox Church often blesses churches who preach the true word - then gives them autocephaly - which means complete independance.