Confessing to a priest is not forbidden in the Bible lolol.
1 Timothy 2:5 KJV For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
And one is confessing to God with the guidance of a priest btw. Because confessing your sins openly to people who may not have vows to handle them properly, or the training to help you with personal growth may not serve the intended purpose but those who seek repentance require a specialist to always be available.
1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (Apparently our boy doesn't know about this because preach never told him. I wonder why?)
They do not worship idols. Icons are not idols. Icons are not worshipped. They commemorate the saints, I’ve never seen any Orthodox pray to the saints and I’ve been to Greek, Romanian, Macedonian and Russian Orthodox church lol.
“ but the churches in the East were developing distinct cultural and theological differences from those in the West”
It is the west who reinvented the wheel and adopted different doctrines from the original church created by the apostles that were widespread throughout the entire Christian world. The RCC made it so priests could not be married, which was not an original practice Orthodox changed. Garbage rhetoric to fool the ignorant. Check your sources. Because they are trash.
Yes, a clown that presents himself as "dickallcocks" is calling me a troll. Could this be a catholic? Gee, I wonder.
Look, if you want to worship the antiChrist, that's your problem, not mine. I know the Bible, it couldn't be more clear. You don't know the bible, you are the beast's bitch and proud of it. I've fulfilled my duty here. Later.
You don’t confess TO the priest. The priest bears witness as you confess to God. You confess in the presence of the priest if you are so inclined. But mince words. It is also NOT required to confess to a priest in Orthodoxy, ever, and completely optional, and a practice, not a rite, because most people have a difficult time being honest to themselves let alone God. The purpose of the priest is to advise you or guide you to personal transformation if requested, which they cannot do without information. Being your brother’s keeper means holding each other accountable where you cannot hold yourself accountable and priests are intended to offer that service where yourself or others may fail. But mince words about a faith you don’t actually practice with someone who does like an ignorant fool.
Everything you say is a stretch. Seriously. Icons are not idols. Icons are symbolic, like letters, words, sentences and stories. They are an abstraction and representation to imperfectly communicate the meaning and purpose of the faith like all means of man’s communication. No one worships icons. They are a tool to worship God. No different than the book itself or prayer beads. Pictures are worth 1,000 words and setting is important to the orthodox faith, and icons create a setting which focus your mind on God instead of the material world.
It should be noted that the largest collection of icons in the world, on Mt Aethos are put away into storage and almost never seen again after being finished because the act of creating the icons themselves is a form of prayer no different than when monks wrote and illustrated bibles. They paint the icons as prayer and they are preserved in deep storage and almost never seen again. That is not worship. They are not praying to the icons, they are praying to God as they make them as they do when they bake bread or candles or write texts.
An icon is no different than a cross for lay people. Is the cross idol worship? No.
Sadly you can quote text, but do not fully understand it beyond cherry-picking for selfish purposes.
Lol how ignorant. Orthodox church is very very different in so many ways.
https://www.learnreligions.com/the-great-schism-of-1054-4691893
Confessing to a priest is not forbidden in the Bible lolol.
1 Timothy 2:5 KJV For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
And one is confessing to God with the guidance of a priest btw. Because confessing your sins openly to people who may not have vows to handle them properly, or the training to help you with personal growth may not serve the intended purpose but those who seek repentance require a specialist to always be available.
1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (Apparently our boy doesn't know about this because preach never told him. I wonder why?)
They do not worship idols. Icons are not idols. Icons are not worshipped. They commemorate the saints, I’ve never seen any Orthodox pray to the saints and I’ve been to Greek, Romanian, Macedonian and Russian Orthodox church lol.
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What a garbage source
“ but the churches in the East were developing distinct cultural and theological differences from those in the West”
It is the west who reinvented the wheel and adopted different doctrines from the original church created by the apostles that were widespread throughout the entire Christian world. The RCC made it so priests could not be married, which was not an original practice Orthodox changed. Garbage rhetoric to fool the ignorant. Check your sources. Because they are trash.
You’re just a dumb troll.
You’re just a dumb troll.
Yes, a clown that presents himself as "dickallcocks" is calling me a troll. Could this be a catholic? Gee, I wonder.
Look, if you want to worship the antiChrist, that's your problem, not mine. I know the Bible, it couldn't be more clear. You don't know the bible, you are the beast's bitch and proud of it. I've fulfilled my duty here. Later.
Lol okay. I’ve read the Bible in 4 languages and 3 English translations. Okay pal lol.
Quick question, scholar man, which kingdom does the fourth beast represent?
Which Bible? lol
What a fag.
"disagree with me equals u worship the antichrist plus u belong to the beast plus ur a troll so fuk u REEEEEEEEE"
This is how you sound. Like you're trying to start some dick-measuring contest over who's religion is better. Like a child.
"My religion and beliefs are more holy than yours so suck it!"
You don’t confess TO the priest. The priest bears witness as you confess to God. You confess in the presence of the priest if you are so inclined. But mince words. It is also NOT required to confess to a priest in Orthodoxy, ever, and completely optional, and a practice, not a rite, because most people have a difficult time being honest to themselves let alone God. The purpose of the priest is to advise you or guide you to personal transformation if requested, which they cannot do without information. Being your brother’s keeper means holding each other accountable where you cannot hold yourself accountable and priests are intended to offer that service where yourself or others may fail. But mince words about a faith you don’t actually practice with someone who does like an ignorant fool.
Everything you say is a stretch. Seriously. Icons are not idols. Icons are symbolic, like letters, words, sentences and stories. They are an abstraction and representation to imperfectly communicate the meaning and purpose of the faith like all means of man’s communication. No one worships icons. They are a tool to worship God. No different than the book itself or prayer beads. Pictures are worth 1,000 words and setting is important to the orthodox faith, and icons create a setting which focus your mind on God instead of the material world.
It should be noted that the largest collection of icons in the world, on Mt Aethos are put away into storage and almost never seen again after being finished because the act of creating the icons themselves is a form of prayer no different than when monks wrote and illustrated bibles. They paint the icons as prayer and they are preserved in deep storage and almost never seen again. That is not worship. They are not praying to the icons, they are praying to God as they make them as they do when they bake bread or candles or write texts.
An icon is no different than a cross for lay people. Is the cross idol worship? No.
Sadly you can quote text, but do not fully understand it beyond cherry-picking for selfish purposes.
This is bill clinton type BS. Am I surprised?
That would be Catholicism with transubstantiation lol.
Orthodoxy is a works and rites faith, not dogma.
But, keep trolling closet queen. Sorry you can’t marry your boyfriend in my church. You seem like a Lutheran.
Faith is based on salvation alone. I thought you said you read the Bible.