#againstecumenism

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In the Sayings of the Desert Fathers it is written that when Abba Agatho was asked if he were proud, a fornicator, and a heretic, he answered that he confirmed the first two accusations, for it was profitable for his soul to do so, but not that he was a heretic, for that signifies separation from God.(1 - Sin and heresy, as the holy Fathers teach us, differ essentially: Sin is a transgression of God’s law, but heresy is an alteration of God’s law.) #againstecumenism #ecumenismisheresy #worldorthodoxy #barlaamism #heresy #apostasy +++ #genuineorthodoxy

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https://youtu.be/XOE1XavrEeU #ecumenismisheresy #againstecumenism #worldorthodoxy #mountathos #genuineorthodoxy

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There will be a part that holds the true Faith as it was passed down by the Holy Apostles and is preserved in the #Orthodox Church, but even of these a not inconsiderable part will be Orthodox only by name, but in their hearts they will not have that order that is demanded by Faith, but they will love the present age. Although the name of “Christian” will be heard everywhere, and everywhere there will be seen churches and church orders, all this will be only appearance, while within there will be complete #apostasy. On this soil the kingdom of the #Antichrist will be born—and it will grow in the same spirit of appearance. -- #StTheophantheRecluse (+1894) #againstecumenism #worldorthodoxy #ecumenismisheresy #heresy #genuineorthodoxy

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Heretics are those who consciously deviate from the healthy Faith and reject one or more of the dogmas of the Church, persisting in their errors, even after the Church’s counsel and admonishment in order to avert their fall. There is, therefore, a conscious creation of teaching and persistence in it. #genuineorthodoxy #ecumenismisheresy #againstecumenism #heresy #worldorthodoxy

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Strive to enter in through the narrow gate! #genuineorthodoxy #watchfulness #againstecumenism #ecumenismisheresy

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Some hold the view that the teaching about perfection according to the holy Fathers of the Church is of idolatrous origin, and that the Fathers of the Church were allegedly influenced by these distinctions between #purification, #illumination and glorification [#theosis], because there are parallels in Neoplatonism as well, and this division between the stages of perfection clearly exists. On account of a similarity between these two, our own people have adopted this view, which comes mainly from studies done by #Protestants. #againstecumenism #ecumenismisheresy #empiricaldogmatics #genuineorthodoxy

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Just as God watches over our personal path and, even from afar, anticipates our return, like that of the Prodigal Son, so we might also say that God “allows” for various disturbances to arise within the Church for the perfection and glorification of the healthier members of the Church, who, like the Prodigal Son’s elder brother, who remain more faithful to the Father. “I hear that there be divisions among you,” the Apostle Paul writes the Corinthians, “and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you” (I Corinthians 11:18-19). So, we may say that a second reason for controversy is the revelation and proving (or testing) of those who are faithful. -- #BishopAuxentiosofEtnaandPortland (The Criteria of Ecclesiastical Struggle -- https://goo.gl/OrcG6l) #genuineorthodoxy #struggleagainstecumenism #ecumenismisheresy #againstecumenism #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #cobleskillny #monasteryofstjohnthewonderworker

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...we are wholly convinced that all decisions expressing an ecumenist spirit will not be accepted by the clergy and people of God, whereas the Council itself will be recorded in our ecclesiastical history as a pseudo-synod. -- #genuineorthodoxy #againstecumenism #ecumenismisheresy #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #actionsspeaklouderthanwords

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In summary, we conclude that the coming “Great and Holy Council” will be neither Great nor Holy because, based on the facts as they now stand, it does not appear to be in accord with the synodical and canonical tradition of the Orthodox Catholic Church. It also appears that it will not truly function as a genuine continuation of the ancient and great Ecumenical and Local Councils. -- #ecumenismisheresy #againstecumenism #genuineorthodoxy #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #actionsspeaklouderthanwords

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#stissacthesyrian #hesychia #actionsspeaklouderthanwords #genuineorthodoxy #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #ecumenismisheresy #againstecumenism

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“Heretics are those who consciously deviate from the healthy Faith and reject one or more of the dogmas of the Church, persisting in their errors, even after the Church’s counsel and admonishment in order to avert their fall.” *** #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #genuineorthdoxchurch #againstecumenism #ecumenismisheresy

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Sadly,... By and large the Canons are ignored and are only invoked if they can serve the distorted interests of the ecumenists 😓 #ecumenismisheresy #againstecumenism #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #genuineorthdoxchurch #GOC

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“They left the head and worship the hat.” —Elder Kallinikos the Hesychast #ecumenists #modernism #ecumenisisheresy #againstecumenism #barlaamism

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July 1440 - To All Orthodox Christians on the Mainland and in the Islands. --From Mark, Bishop of the Metropolis of Ephesus—Rejoice in Christ! To those who have ensnared us in an evil captivity—desiring to lead us away into the Babylon of Latin rites and dogmas—could not, of course, completely accomplish this, seeing immediately that there was little chance of it. In fact, that it was simply impossible. But having stopped somewhere in the middle—both they and those who followed after them—they neither remained any longer what they were, nor became anything else. For having quit Jerusalem, a firm and unwavering faith—and yet being in no condition and not wishing to become and to be called Babylonians—they thus called themselves, as if by right, “Greco-Latins,” and among the people are called “Latinizers.” Continue here: https://goo.gl/3Qiyds #orthodoxy #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #stphilaretofnewyork #bishopauxentiosofetnaandportland #confessionoffaith #ecumenisisheresy #againstecumenism #empiricaldogmatics

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New Calendarist Anti-Ecumenism http://goo.gl/FFB0Cv The Recent Revival of a Contradictory Movement *** #GreatCouncilof2016 #againstecumenism #confessionoffaith #genuineorthodoxchristianity #metropolitandemetriosofamerica #GOC #stphilaretofnewyork

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“From the time of the Apostles and thereafter,…” #sttheodorethestudite #ConfessionOfFaith #againstecumenism #againstsyncretism #againstheresies #Ecumenism #WorldOrthodoxy #warning #MetropolitanDemetriosOfAmerica