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1 ChrAndOrth,4 | their houses (II St. John 10-11).~
2 ChrAndOrth,19(22)| PG, Vol. LXXVIII, Col. 1108.~
3 ChrAndOrth,9(12) | Ibid., Vol. LXXXII, Col. 1212.~
4 ChrAndOrth,15(19)| PG, Vol. C, Cols. 1257, 1300.~
5 ChrAndOrth,15(19)| PG, Vol. C, Cols. 1257, 1300.~
6 ChrAndOrth,8(10) | Ibid., Vol. LXXXV, Col. 1340.~
7 ChrAndOrth,22(24)| Nos. 20-21 (1924), pp. 155, 163.
8 ChrAndOrth,22(24)| 20-21 (1924), pp. 155, 163.
9 ChrAndOrth,5 | Justin the Philosopher (†166), a Christian apologist
10 ChrAndOrth,21 | Patriarchs of the East wrote in 1723, in their “Epistle on the
11 ChrAndOrth,22 | the Sunday of Orthodoxy in 1893: “The true Faith of Christ
12 ChrAndOrth,1(1) | Epistles, Vol. I (Kiev, 1897), p. 279 [in Russian].~
13 ChrAndOrth,4 | remained with us” (I St. John 2:19). He explicitly calls these
14 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Conciliorum (Paris—Leipzig, 1901), Vol. VI, Col. 957.~
15 ChrAndOrth,6 | Dictionnaire Grec-Français, Paris, 1910, pp. 528, 531-532). Therefore,
16 ChrAndOrth,22(24)| Spiritual Culture, Nos. 20-21 (1924), pp. 155, 163.
17 ChrAndOrth,21(23)| Christian Catechism (Sofia, 1930), pp. 210-211 [in Bulgarian].~
18 ChrAndOrth,18(21)| Theological Thought (Sofia, 1943), p. 213 [in Russian].~
19 ChrAndOrth,22 | the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 1998.~ ~ ~
20 ChrAndOrth,22(24)| Spiritual Culture, Nos. 20-21 (1924), pp. 155, 163.
21 ChrAndOrth,21(23)| Catechism (Sofia, 1930), pp. 210-211 [in Bulgarian].~
22 ChrAndOrth,21(23)| Catechism (Sofia, 1930), pp. 210-211 [in Bulgarian].~
23 ChrAndOrth,18(21)| Thought (Sofia, 1943), p. 213 [in Russian].~
24 ChrAndOrth,13(17)| Ibid., Vol. XI, Cols. 246, 280.~
25 ChrAndOrth,1 | called Christians” (Acts 11:26). This appellation was given
26 ChrAndOrth,1(1) | Vol. I (Kiev, 1897), p. 279 [in Russian].~
27 ChrAndOrth,1 | Jesus” (Acts 4:18; cf. 5:28). They rejoiced when they
28 ChrAndOrth,13(17)| Ibid., Vol. XI, Cols. 246, 280.~
29 ChrAndOrth,8 | of Arios, circulated in 325 A.D. “a Synodal Epistle...
30 ChrAndOrth,8 | Cyzicus (Church History, II, 33), the First Œcumenical Synod
31 ChrAndOrth,9 | Second Œcumenical Synod (381), Blessed Theodorite explicitly
32 ChrAndOrth,12 | Œcumenical Synod in Chalcedon (451), as witnessed by the Acts
33 ChrAndOrth,8(11) | Ibid., Vol. XCVIII, Col. 52.~
34 ChrAndOrth,6 | Grec-Français, Paris, 1910, pp. 528, 531-532). Therefore, in
35 ChrAndOrth,6 | Grec-Français, Paris, 1910, pp. 528, 531-532). Therefore, in view
36 ChrAndOrth,6 | Paris, 1910, pp. 528, 531-532). Therefore, in view of
37 ChrAndOrth,19 | Gospel” (Book IV, Letter 55) [22].~
38 ChrAndOrth,10(14)| Ibid., Vol. LXXVII, Col. 59.~
39 ChrAndOrth,17 | gospel” (see Galatians 1:6). Such is the confession
40 ChrAndOrth,13 | convened in Constantinople in 680 against the Monothelite
41 ChrAndOrth,1(2) | PG], Vol. XXXIII, Col. 681.~
42 ChrAndOrth,14 | was assembled in Nicæa, in 787, against the heresy of the
43 ChrAndOrth,7(8) | Ibid., Vol. XXV, Col. 788.~
44 ChrAndOrth,15 | introduced into the Church in 842 through the initiative of
45 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Leipzig, 1901), Vol. VI, Col. 957.~
46 ChrAndOrth,8 | Arios, circulated in 325 A.D. “a Synodal Epistle...to
47 ChrAndOrth,15 | by which he struggled “to abolish heresy from his flock as
48 ChrAndOrth,22 | Sergius was dismissed from his academic post when he refused to
49 ChrAndOrth,22 | Professor at the Theological Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, is the
50 ChrAndOrth,17 | the Orthodox Church. This accentuates the fact that it is the
51 ChrAndOrth,22 | post when he refused to accept the on the occasion of its
52 ChrAndOrth,17 | Faith (Creed) and, later, on account of a number of innovations
53 ChrAndOrth,3 | summoned to court, were accused specifically as Christians,
54 ChrAndOrth,10 | letter of defense against his accusers, St. Cyril writes: “I have
55 ChrAndOrth,18 | and of the Holy Fathers, acknowledging, instead, the ascendency
56 ChrAndOrth,2 | seems that this name quickly acquired public recognition, since
57 ChrAndOrth,14(18)| Ibid., Vol. XII, Actio prima.~
58 ChrAndOrth,16 | and confirms the dogmatic activity of the Church of Christ
59 ChrAndOrth,21 | we are not permitted to add or remove anything from
60 ChrAndOrth,17 | of the arbitrary act of adding the expression “and from
61 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | considered a subsequent Christian addition, since, as the citation
62 ChrAndOrth,6 | Greek word consists of the adjective “orthos” (“right” or “true”),
63 ChrAndOrth,4 | II St. Timothy 3:5), and advises his disciple Timothy to
64 ChrAndOrth,16 | against heresy during the age of the Œcumenical Synods
65 ChrAndOrth,16(20)| Akribes ekthesis tes orthodoxou
66 ChrAndOrth,20 | denominations are essentially alien to true Christian—that is,
67 ChrAndOrth,13 | tes orthodoxou pisteos ten alitheian...ten hygie orthoteta tes
68 | already
69 | also
70 | am
71 ChrAndOrth,19 | deviations motivated by human ambition, or “mistakes on both sides,”
72 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Mansi, Amplissima Collectio Conciliorum (Paris—
73 ChrAndOrth,12 | hoi orthodoxoi) believe. Anathema to those who do not believe
74 ChrAndOrth,15 | which has been celebrated annually, even to the present day,
75 ChrAndOrth,15 | Orthodoxy finally triumphed. An anonymous hagiographer, himself St.
76 ChrAndOrth,4 | explicitly calls these people “antichrists” (2:18) and commands True
77 | any
78 ChrAndOrth,11 | violated and the heresies of Apollinaris and Valentinus were revived
79 ChrAndOrth,5 | Philosopher (†166), a Christian apologist of the second century, notes
80 ChrAndOrth,19 | Attempts to minimize the apostasies of the heretics by dismissing
81 ChrAndOrth,4 | false teachers and heretics—appeared as early as the Apostolic
82 ChrAndOrth,1 | Christians” (Acts 11:26). This appellation was given to them first
83 ChrAndOrth,17 | initially, because of the arbitrary act of adding the expression “
84 ChrAndOrth,18(21)| Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev), The
85 ChrAndOrth,13 | orthodoxias) that had somehow arisen was overcome by relying
86 | around
87 ChrAndOrth,17 | Filioque) to the eighth article of the Nicæan-Constantinopolitan
88 ChrAndOrth,18 | acknowledging, instead, the ascendency of the human mind and personal
89 ChrAndOrth,3 | Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God
90 ChrAndOrth,19 | Attempts to minimize the apostasies
91 ChrAndOrth,19 | ever brighter, and will attract, by this, all True Christians.
92 ChrAndOrth,3 | persecutions by the pagan authorities against the disciples of
93 ChrAndOrth,18 | denies, in principle, the authority of Holy Tradition, of the
94 ChrAndOrth,6 | meaning: “to hold a good or bad opinion of somebody,” “fame,”
95 ChrAndOrth,6 | or “ill will.” (See M. Bailly, Dictionnaire Grec-Français,
96 ChrAndOrth,3 | of Christ were under the banner of the struggle against
97 ChrAndOrth,6 | Alexandria, states that, unlike beasts of burden, which labor out
98 | became
99 ChrAndOrth,3 | him glorify God on this behalf” (I St. Peter 4:14, 16).
100 ChrAndOrth,7 | of orthodox or “correct” belief: “The Christian is a true
101 ChrAndOrth,4 | but they did not really belong to us: for if they had belonged
102 ChrAndOrth,4 | belong to us: for if they had belonged to us, they would no doubt
103 ChrAndOrth,22 | that is both invincible and beneficial to all true believers.” [24]~ ~
104 ChrAndOrth,10 | the heresy of Nestorios, beseeches the Most Holy Virgin to
105 ChrAndOrth,18 | innumerable denominations, also betrayed Orthodoxy, following still
106 | between
107 ChrAndOrth,2 | tells us that the Emperor blamed for this those “called by
108 ChrAndOrth,9 | Œcumenical Synod (381), Blessed Theodorite explicitly cites,
109 ChrAndOrth,19 | of all kinds, the whole body of the unorthodox denominations
110 ChrAndOrth,3 | early fourth century. Before breathing his last, he cried three
111 ChrAndOrth,19 | Orthodoxy will shine ever brighter, and will attract, by this,
112 ChrAndOrth,7 | home of Christ, which is built on good deeds and right
113 ChrAndOrth,22 | Theological Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, is the spiritual Father
114 ChrAndOrth,6 | states that, unlike beasts of burden, which labor out of fear, “
115 ChrAndOrth,15(19)| PG, Vol. C, Cols. 1257, 1300.~
116 ChrAndOrth,17 | Orthodoxy against heresy came to be called the Orthodox
117 | can
118 | cannot
119 ChrAndOrth,1 | Jerusalem observes, in his Tenth Catechetical Homily (Chapter XVI): “Jesus
120 ChrAndOrth,21(23)| Orthodox Christian Catechism (Sofia, 1930), pp. 210-211 [
121 ChrAndOrth,17 | confession of the Roman Catholics, who fell away from Orthodoxy,
122 ChrAndOrth,19 | the love of power is the cause of multifarious heresies,
123 ChrAndOrth,19 | mistakes on both sides, caused by human pride and a craving
124 ChrAndOrth,15 | orthodoxias,” which has been celebrated annually, even to the present
125 ChrAndOrth,12 | Fourth Œcumenical Synod in Chalcedon (451), as witnessed by the
126 ChrAndOrth,17 | Orthodox,” but should be characterized as “heterodox” (“thinking
127 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | per flagitia invisos)” and characterizes Christianity as “a pernicious
128 ChrAndOrth,2 | by the people Christians [christianos].” Further on, he explains: “...
129 ChrAndOrth,2 | originator of that name, Christ [Christus], was sentenced to death
130 ChrAndOrth,8 | Synodal Epistle...to the Holy Churches of God in the whole subcelestial
131 ChrAndOrth,8 | condemned the heresy of Arios, circulated in 325 A.D. “a Synodal Epistle...
132 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | addition, since, as the citation itself confirms, he was
133 ChrAndOrth,9 | had assembled in the great city of Constantinople....” [12]~
134 ChrAndOrth,16 | Œcumenical Synods and as it was clarified by the Holy Fathers. He
135 ChrAndOrth,5 | centuries, we observe the same clear-cut line of demarcation between
136 ChrAndOrth,8 | subcelestial world—to the clergymen and laymen of the Orthodox
137 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Mansi, Amplissima Collectio Conciliorum (Paris—Leipzig,
138 ChrAndOrth,15 | their heresies by those “who come back to the Orthodox (orthodoxon)
139 ChrAndOrth,4 | antichrists” (2:18) and commands True Christians not to greet
140 ChrAndOrth,1(1) | Bishop Michael, Commentary on the Epistles, Vol. I (
141 ChrAndOrth,17 | God—, all other religious communities, which have deviated from
142 ChrAndOrth,7 | which had preserved the competency of Orthodox doctrine (tes
143 ChrAndOrth,15 | orthodoxon) and true faith” was composed in the ninth century by
144 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Mansi, Amplissima Collectio Conciliorum (Paris—Leipzig, 1901), Vol.
145 ChrAndOrth,8 | Œcumenical Synod in Nicæa, which condemned the heresy of Arios, circulated
146 ChrAndOrth,14 | of the Iconoclasts, after confirming the decisions of the six
147 ChrAndOrth,17 | as only one straight line connects two points—man and God—,
148 ChrAndOrth,6 | should do good deeds in full consciousness of what they do” (Stromata,
149 ChrAndOrth,1 | s sake” (Acts 5:41). In consequence of this, by the end of the
150 ChrAndOrth,6 | verb “docheo” (to “think,” “consider,” or “look upon”). It is
151 ChrAndOrth,6 | orthodoxia.” The Greek word consists of the adjective “orthos” (“
152 ChrAndOrth,15 | himself St. Methodios’ contemporary, cites the restless labors
153 ChrAndOrth,5 | spirits of error.” St. Justin contrasts these false Christians with
154 ChrAndOrth,13 | Sixth Œcumenical Synod, convened in Constantinople in 680
155 ChrAndOrth,22 | spiritual Father of the Russian Convent of the Holy Protection in
156 ChrAndOrth,14 | Fathers, “...those who are converted from some heresy to the
157 ChrAndOrth,6 | Pravoslaviye,” does not convey precisely the meaning of
158 ChrAndOrth,1 | our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 1:2; cf. Acts 9:14, 21).
159 ChrAndOrth,7 | Christian as one of orthodox or “correct” belief: “The Christian
160 ChrAndOrth,21 | already in ancient times, were correctly and piously set forth and
161 ChrAndOrth,3 | Martyrs, when summoned to court, were accused specifically
162 ChrAndOrth,19 | caused by human pride and a craving for power. However, such
163 ChrAndOrth,17 | Nicæan-Constantinopolitan Symbol of Faith (Creed) and, later, on account
164 ChrAndOrth,3 | Before breathing his last, he cried three times: “I am a Christian.” [5]~
165 ChrAndOrth,5 | Christians, and confessing the crucified Jesus to be the Lord and
166 ChrAndOrth,22(24)| Spiritual Culture, Nos. 20-21 (1924), pp.
167 ChrAndOrth,8 | the historian Gelasios of Cyzicus (Church History, II, 33),
168 ChrAndOrth,2 | Christus], was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the procurator,
169 ChrAndOrth,1 | by the end of the first decade after the foundation of
170 ChrAndOrth,14 | Iconoclasts, after confirming the decisions of the six previous Œcumenical
171 ChrAndOrth,11 | it became necessary to declare this in order to preserve
172 ChrAndOrth,21 | inquiry, what is set forth and decreed by the ancient tradition
173 ChrAndOrth,10 | The great defender of Orthodoxy against the
174 ChrAndOrth,10 | Likewise, in a letter of defense against his accusers, St.
175 ChrAndOrth,7 | Definitions, St. Athanasios defines the true Christian as one
176 ChrAndOrth,7 | another of his writings, On Definitions, St. Athanasios defines
177 ChrAndOrth,5 | the same clear-cut line of demarcation between authentic Christianity
178 ChrAndOrth,18 | still a different path. It denies, in principle, the authority
179 ChrAndOrth,6 | whereby we specifically denote our Holy Faith today. [Incidentally,
180 ChrAndOrth,14 | Œcumenical Church should deny in writing their [former]
181 ChrAndOrth,4 | a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof” (II St.
182 ChrAndOrth,6 | with the same root, “doch,” derives from the verb “docheo” (
183 ChrAndOrth,7 | the Saviour, like pagans desecrated the whole of Egypt by forcibly
184 ChrAndOrth,19 | objective truth of Orthodoxy. Despite common human fallibilities
185 ChrAndOrth,2 | when discussing Rome’s destruction by fire under the Emperor
186 ChrAndOrth,8 | XIV), that “...after the detailed dogmatic elucidation and
187 ChrAndOrth,17 | communities, which have deviated from the Orthodox Church
188 ChrAndOrth,19 | heretics by dismissing them as deviations motivated by human ambition,
189 ChrAndOrth,5 | second century, notes in his Dialogue with Trypho the Jew that, “
190 ChrAndOrth,22 | the time of Stambolov’s dictatorship, said, in a famous sermon
191 ChrAndOrth,6 | ill will.” (See M. Bailly, Dictionnaire Grec-Français, Paris, 1910,
192 | did
193 ChrAndOrth,18 | Orthodoxy, following still a different path. It denies, in principle,
194 ChrAndOrth,17 | as “heterodox” (“thinking differently”), by virtue of having distorted
195 ChrAndOrth,4 | Timothy 3:5), and advises his disciple Timothy to turn away from
196 ChrAndOrth,2 | XV, Chapter XLIV), when discussing Rome’s destruction by fire
197 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | hateful because of their dishonor (per flagitia invisos)”
198 ChrAndOrth,22 | Sofia. Father Sergius was dismissed from his academic post when
199 ChrAndOrth,19 | apostasies of the heretics by dismissing them as deviations motivated
200 ChrAndOrth,13 | Christian faith..., and the dissension regarding Orthodoxy (peri
201 ChrAndOrth,1 | a Judaic sect, but as a distinct religious teaching.[1] Later,
202 ChrAndOrth,17 | differently”), by virtue of having distorted the Gospel of Christ and
203 ChrAndOrth,18(21)| Seraphim (Sobolev), The Distortion of Orthodox Truth in Russian
204 ChrAndOrth,19 | Christianity and was called by the Divinely inspired Apostle of the
205 ChrAndOrth,6 | derives from the verb “docheo” (to “think,” “consider,”
206 | does
207 ChrAndOrth,8 | doctrine of the Orthodox (to dogma ton orthodoxon) was reconfirmed
208 ChrAndOrth,7 | deeds and right doctrines (dogmaton orthon).” [9]~
209 ChrAndOrth,4 | belonged to us, they would no doubt have remained with us” (
210 ChrAndOrth,10 | right thinking (orthen...doxan), to serve the common faith
211 ChrAndOrth,22 | venerable Metropolitan Clement (Drumev) of Tirnovo—Confessor, champion,
212 ChrAndOrth,1 | AS FAR BACK AS the earliest Apostolic times, Christ’
213 ChrAndOrth,21 | why the Patriarchs of the East wrote in 1723, in their “
214 ChrAndOrth,21 | and the doctrines of our Eastern Church, examined already
215 ChrAndOrth,6 | In the third century, the ecclesiastical writer, Clement of Alexandria,
216 ChrAndOrth,16(20)| Akribes ekthesis tes orthodoxou pisteos.”~
217 | else
218 ChrAndOrth,17 | of the Orthodox faith, elucidated by the Holy Fathers and
219 ChrAndOrth,8 | after the detailed dogmatic elucidation and investigations that
220 ChrAndOrth,18 | the Protestant confession, encompassing all of its innumerable denominations,
221 ChrAndOrth,6 | Christian writings that we encounter the term “orthodox,” whereby
222 | end
223 | ending
224 ChrAndOrth,19 | mistakes on both sides,” are entirely irrelevant. In fact, there
225 ChrAndOrth,9 | Bishops (ton orthodoxon episkopon) who had assembled in the
226 ChrAndOrth,16 | furthermore, during the epoch that led up to this feast
227 ChrAndOrth,5 | but that of the spirits of error.” St. Justin contrasts these
228 ChrAndOrth,22 | Bulgarian believers. This essay was written in celebration
229 ChrAndOrth,20 | Orthodox—spirituality and the essence of the Faith.~
230 ChrAndOrth,20 | Christian denominations are essentially alien to true Christian—
231 ChrAndOrth,11 | Valentinus were revived by Eutyches, it became necessary to
232 ChrAndOrth,11 | and a champion against the Eutychian heresy of the Monophysites,
233 | ever
234 | every
235 ChrAndOrth,21 | humbly obey, without further examination or inquiry, what is set
236 ChrAndOrth,21 | doctrines of our Eastern Church, examined already in ancient times,
237 ChrAndOrth,5 | false Christianity. For example, St. Justin the Philosopher (†
238 ChrAndOrth,12 | read, the honorable Bishops exclaimed: “This is the Faith of the
239 ChrAndOrth,10 | his epistles to Nestorios, exhorts the latter to call the Holy
240 ChrAndOrth,20 | along with the legitimate existence of other, non-Orthodox forms
241 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | pernicious superstition (exitiabilis superstitio).” Such expressions
242 ChrAndOrth,2 | christianos].” Further on, he explains: “...the originator of that
243 ChrAndOrth,17 | arbitrary act of adding the expression “and from the Son” (Filioque)
244 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | exitiabilis superstitio).” Such expressions are typical of the spirit
245 ChrAndOrth,3 | 16). As we see from the extant testimonies of the Martyrs,
246 ChrAndOrth,4 | well known, along with the external enemies of Christianity—
247 ChrAndOrth,17 | the lawful inheritor and faithful protector—both in letter
248 ChrAndOrth,4 | Christ with an heretical fallacy. St. Paul refers to these
249 ChrAndOrth,19 | Orthodoxy. Despite common human fallibilities of all kinds, the whole
250 ChrAndOrth,6 | bad opinion of somebody,” “fame,” or “ill will.” (See M.
251 ChrAndOrth,1 | AS FAR BACK AS the earliest Apostolic
252 ChrAndOrth,6 | burden, which labor out of fear, “those who call themselves
253 ChrAndOrth,17 | the Roman Catholics, who fell away from Orthodoxy, initially,
254 ChrAndOrth,17 | expression “and from the Son” (Filioque) to the eighth article of
255 ChrAndOrth,15 | heresies, over which Orthodoxy finally triumphed. An anonymous
256 ChrAndOrth,2 | discussing Rome’s destruction by fire under the Emperor Nero,
257 ChrAndOrth,15 | plague and to implant a firm and Orthodox faith (orthodoxon
258 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | because of their dishonor (per flagitia invisos)” and characterizes
259 ChrAndOrth,11 | St. Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople,
260 ChrAndOrth,15 | abolish heresy from his flock as a plague and to implant
261 ChrAndOrth,21 | Orthodox Faith need simply follow and humbly obey, without
262 ChrAndOrth,20 | historical review, it logically follows that Orthodoxy is not just
263 ChrAndOrth,7 | desecrated the whole of Egypt by forcibly introducing there the heresy
264 ChrAndOrth,20 | From our foregoing historical review, it logically
265 ChrAndOrth,1 | the first decade after the foundation of Christ’s Church, “the
266 ChrAndOrth,7 | Athanasios of Alexandria, who is frequently called the “Father of Orthodoxy,”
267 ChrAndOrth,6 | should do good deeds in full consciousness of what they
268 ChrAndOrth,16 | against heresy. It was, furthermore, during the epoch that led
269 ChrAndOrth,17 | it “another gospel” (see Galatians 1:6). Such is the confession
270 ChrAndOrth,19 | way (orthodoxos), would gather around the Divine Gospel” (
271 ChrAndOrth,8 | According to the historian Gelasios of Cyzicus (Church History,
272 ChrAndOrth,1 | and probably by the local Gentiles, which implies that Christianity
273 ChrAndOrth,8 | same Synod in Nicæa, St. Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople,
274 ChrAndOrth,1 | 26). This appellation was given to them first at Antioch,
275 ChrAndOrth,3 | be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf” (I St.
276 ChrAndOrth,6 | right opinion,” not “true glory,” as the Slavonic would
277 ChrAndOrth,4 | people as “having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof” (
278 ChrAndOrth,1(2) | Migne, Patrologia Graeca [PG], Vol. XXXIII, Col.
279 ChrAndOrth,8 | was reconfirmed with even greater power.” [11]~
280 ChrAndOrth,6 | M. Bailly, Dictionnaire Grec-Français, Paris, 1910, pp. 528, 531-
281 ChrAndOrth,4 | commands True Christians not to greet them or to receive them
282 ChrAndOrth,19 | Nations, “the pillar and ground of the truth” (I St. Timothy
283 ChrAndOrth,15 | triumphed. An anonymous hagiographer, himself St. Methodios’
284 ChrAndOrth,2 | since even in the last half of the first century, the
285 ChrAndOrth,3 | for the name of Christ, happy are ye; ...yet if any man
286 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | typical of the spirit of a hardened pagan and pessimist like
287 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | Christians. He calls them “hateful because of their dishonor (
288 | hence
289 ChrAndOrth,15 | the “Feast of Orthodoxy,” “heorte tes orthodoxias,” which
290 ChrAndOrth,17 | should be characterized as “heterodox” (“thinking differently”),
291 ChrAndOrth,22 | Photii of Triaditza, the sole Hierarch of the and himself a former
292 ChrAndOrth,20 | From our foregoing historical review, it logically follows
293 ChrAndOrth,12 | is the way the Orthodox (hoi orthodoxoi) believe. Anathema
294 ChrAndOrth,6 | the secondary meaning: “to hold a good or bad opinion of
295 ChrAndOrth,7 | Christian is a true spiritual home of Christ, which is built
296 ChrAndOrth,12 | Monophysites was read, the honorable Bishops exclaimed: “This
297 ChrAndOrth,1 | Christ, the Son of God, honored us to call ourselves Christians,” [2]
298 ChrAndOrth,19 | then there would be good hope that all, unanimously and
299 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | who expressed unrestrained hostility towards Christians. He calls
300 ChrAndOrth,4 | to receive them in their houses (II St. John 10-11).~
301 ChrAndOrth,21 | Faith need simply follow and humbly obey, without further examination
302 ChrAndOrth,13 | pisteos ten alitheian...ten hygie orthoteta tes orthodoxou
303 ChrAndOrth,10 | century, the great Church hymnographer, St. John of Damascus, in
304 ChrAndOrth,17 | Christ and the Apostles; i.e., of the Orthodox faith,
305 ChrAndOrth,14 | against the heresy of the Iconoclasts, after confirming the decisions
306 ChrAndOrth,6 | of somebody,” “fame,” or “ill will.” (See M. Bailly, Dictionnaire
307 ChrAndOrth,15 | flock as a plague and to implant a firm and Orthodox faith (
308 ChrAndOrth,1 | the local Gentiles, which implies that Christianity was no
309 ChrAndOrth,17 | innovations of more or less importance, introduced throughout the
310 ChrAndOrth,6 | denote our Holy Faith today. [Incidentally, let us point out that the
311 ChrAndOrth,17 | fell away from Orthodoxy, initially, because of the arbitrary
312 ChrAndOrth,15 | Church in 842 through the initiative of St. Methodios the Patriarch,
313 ChrAndOrth,17 | on account of a number of innovations of more or less importance,
314 ChrAndOrth,18 | encompassing all of its innumerable denominations, also betrayed
315 ChrAndOrth,21 | without further examination or inquiry, what is set forth and decreed
316 ChrAndOrth,19 | was called by the Divinely inspired Apostle of the Nations, “
317 ChrAndOrth,3 | professed themselves to be. The instance of the Holy Martyr Lukian
318 | instead
319 ChrAndOrth,10 | the Most Holy Virgin to intercede before Jesus Christ our
320 ChrAndOrth,4 | Jews and pagans—various internal enemies—false teachers and
321 ChrAndOrth,18 | human mind and personal interpretation. [21]~
322 ChrAndOrth,10 | who were tempted by the interpretations of Nestorios.” [14] Similarly,
323 ChrAndOrth,7 | whole of Egypt by forcibly introducing there the heresy of Arios.
324 ChrAndOrth,22 | the on the occasion of its introduction into the Bulgarian Orthodox
325 ChrAndOrth,13 | of time, this Synod has investigated the issue of our pure Christian
326 ChrAndOrth,8 | dogmatic elucidation and investigations that took place there, the
327 ChrAndOrth,22 | of God—power that is both invincible and beneficial to all true
328 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | their dishonor (per flagitia invisos)” and characterizes Christianity
329 ChrAndOrth,19 | both sides,” are entirely irrelevant. In fact, there may well
330 ChrAndOrth,19 | I St. Timothy 3:15). St. Isidore the Pelusian (fifth century),
331 ChrAndOrth,13 | Synod has investigated the issue of our pure Christian faith...,
332 ChrAndOrth,19 | the Divine Gospel” (Book IV, Letter 55) [22].~
333 ChrAndOrth,1 | Later, St. Cyril of Jerusalem observes, in his Tenth Catechetical
334 ChrAndOrth,5 | Dialogue with Trypho the Jew that, “there are such men
335 ChrAndOrth,4 | enemies of Christianity—Jews and pagans—various internal
336 ChrAndOrth,17 | the Gospel of Christ and joined to it “another gospel” (
337 ChrAndOrth,1 | no longer recognized as a Judaic sect, but as a distinct
338 ChrAndOrth,22 | Sofia, which is under the jurisdiction of Bishop Photii of Triaditza,
339 ChrAndOrth,19 | weaknesses and acts neither justify false teachings nor obfuscate
340 ChrAndOrth,20 | only authentic form. When juxtaposed to Orthodoxy, all of the
341 ChrAndOrth,19 | century), a man of wise and keen mind, after having proved
342 ChrAndOrth,1(1) | on the Epistles, Vol. I (Kiev, 1897), p. 279 [in Russian].~
343 ChrAndOrth,19 | human fallibilities of all kinds, the whole body of the unorthodox
344 ChrAndOrth,6 | beasts of burden, which labor out of fear, “those who
345 ChrAndOrth,15 | contemporary, cites the restless labors of the latter, by which
346 ChrAndOrth,11(15)| Migne, Patrologia Latina, Vol. LIV, Col. 744.~
347 ChrAndOrth,8 | world—to the clergymen and laymen of the Orthodox Faith (tes
348 ChrAndOrth,16 | furthermore, during the epoch that led up to this feast that St.
349 ChrAndOrth,20 | Christianity, along with the legitimate existence of other, non-Orthodox
350 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Collectio Conciliorum (Paris—Leipzig, 1901), Vol. VI, Col. 957.~
351 ChrAndOrth,15 | the First Sunday of Great Lent: The Sunday of Orthodoxy.~
352 | less
353 ChrAndOrth,15 | A liturgical service for the recanting
354 ChrAndOrth,11(15)| Patrologia Latina, Vol. LIV, Col. 744.~
355 ChrAndOrth,3(5) | Lives of the Saints, October 15 (
356 ChrAndOrth,1 | Antioch, and probably by the local Gentiles, which implies
357 ChrAndOrth,20 | foregoing historical review, it logically follows that Orthodoxy is
358 ChrAndOrth,13 | Monothelite heresy, stated: “For a long period of time, this Synod
359 ChrAndOrth,1 | that Christianity was no longer recognized as a Judaic sect,
360 ChrAndOrth,6 | think,” “consider,” or “look upon”). It is for this reason
361 ChrAndOrth,19 | after having proved that the love of power is the cause of
362 ChrAndOrth,3 | instance of the Holy Martyr Lukian of Antioch is rather typical.
363 ChrAndOrth,10(13)| Ibid., Vol. LXXII, Col. 41.~
364 ChrAndOrth,10(14)| Ibid., Vol. LXXVII, Col. 59.~
365 ChrAndOrth,9(12) | Ibid., Vol. LXXXII, Col. 1212.~
366 ChrAndOrth,8(10) | Ibid., Vol. LXXXV, Col. 1340.~
367 ChrAndOrth,6 | fame,” or “ill will.” (See M. Bailly, Dictionnaire Grec-Français,
368 ChrAndOrth,7 | The Arians, usurping the magnificent name of the Saviour, like
369 ChrAndOrth,16 | has rightly called this major treatise of his “tes orthodoxou
370 ChrAndOrth,14 | In like manner, the Fathers of the last,
371 ChrAndOrth,12(16)| Mansi, Amplissima Collectio Conciliorum (
372 | many
373 ChrAndOrth,19 | irrelevant. In fact, there may well have been some practical
374 ChrAndOrth,22 | Orthodox Church, the venerable Metropolitan Clement (Drumev) of Tirnovo—
375 ChrAndOrth,1(1) | Bishop Michael, Commentary on the Epistles,
376 ChrAndOrth,19 | Attempts to minimize the apostasies of the heretics
377 ChrAndOrth,13 | Constantinople in 680 against the Monothelite heresy, stated: “For a long
378 | more
379 ChrAndOrth,19 | dismissing them as deviations motivated by human ambition, or “mistakes
380 ChrAndOrth,19 | of power is the cause of multifarious heresies, observed: “...
381 | must
382 ChrAndOrth,19 | inspired Apostle of the Nations, “the pillar and ground
383 ChrAndOrth,15 | It is thus quite natural that the feast of the triumph
384 ChrAndOrth,11 | revived by Eutyches, it became necessary to declare this in order
385 ChrAndOrth,21 | dogmas of the Orthodox Faith need simply follow and humbly
386 | neither
387 ChrAndOrth,2 | by fire under the Emperor Nero, tells us that the Emperor
388 ChrAndOrth,10 | of Orthodoxy against the Nestorian heresy in the fifth century,
389 ChrAndOrth,17 | the eighth article of the Nicæan-Constantinopolitan Symbol of Faith (Creed)
390 ChrAndOrth,15 | faith” was composed in the ninth century by St. Methodios,
391 ChrAndOrth,20 | legitimate existence of other, non-Orthodox forms of Christianity; our
392 | nor
393 ChrAndOrth,22(24)| Spiritual Culture, Nos. 20-21 (1924), pp. 155,
394 ChrAndOrth,5 | apologist of the second century, notes in his Dialogue with Trypho
395 ChrAndOrth,6 | and the ending “sia.” The noun with the same root, “doch,”
396 ChrAndOrth,17 | later, on account of a number of innovations of more or
397 ChrAndOrth,21 | simply follow and humbly obey, without further examination
398 ChrAndOrth,19 | justify false teachings nor obfuscate the objective truth of Orthodoxy.
399 ChrAndOrth,19 | teachings nor obfuscate the objective truth of Orthodoxy. Despite
400 ChrAndOrth,5 | subsequent centuries, we observe the same clear-cut line
401 ChrAndOrth,19 | of multifarious heresies, observed: “...but if it were removed
402 ChrAndOrth,3(5) | Lives of the Saints, October 15 (Old Style).~
403 | often
404 ChrAndOrth,3(5) | the Saints, October 15 (Old Style).~
405 ChrAndOrth,7 | true doctrine of Christ, as opposed to heretical teachings.
406 ChrAndOrth,11 | necessary to declare this in order to preserve the people.” [15]~
407 ChrAndOrth,6 | view of the primacy and original meaning of the word “doxa,” “
408 ChrAndOrth,2 | on, he explains: “...the originator of that name, Christ [Christus],
409 ChrAndOrth,10 | preservation of right thinking (orthen...doxan), to serve the common
410 ChrAndOrth,10 | doctrine of the true faith (tes orthes pisteos) to those who were
411 ChrAndOrth,6 | call themselves orthodox (orthodoxastai) should do good deeds in
412 ChrAndOrth,12 | the way the Orthodox (hoi orthodoxoi) believe. Anathema to those
413 ChrAndOrth,7 | right doctrines (dogmaton orthon).” [9]~
414 ChrAndOrth,6 | consists of the adjective “orthos” (“right” or “true”), the
415 ChrAndOrth,13 | ten alitheian...ten hygie orthoteta tes orthodoxou pisteos”).~
416 ChrAndOrth,13 | that had somehow arisen was overcome by relying on the dogmas
417 | own
418 ChrAndOrth,18 | following still a different path. It denies, in principle,
419 ChrAndOrth,21 | Orthodoxy. That is why the Patriarchs of the East wrote in 1723,
420 ChrAndOrth,4 | an heretical fallacy. St. Paul refers to these people as “
421 ChrAndOrth,19 | Timothy 3:15). St. Isidore the Pelusian (fifth century), a man of
422 | per
423 ChrAndOrth,15 | Constantinople. During his time, a perfect peace settled over the Church
424 ChrAndOrth,13 | dissension regarding Orthodoxy (peri tes orthodoxias) that had
425 ChrAndOrth,13 | heresy, stated: “For a long period of time, this Synod has
426 ChrAndOrth,21 | Œcumenical Synods; we are not permitted to add or remove anything
427 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | characterizes Christianity as “a pernicious superstition (exitiabilis
428 ChrAndOrth,1 | the Holy Apostles were persecuted as those who “teach in the
429 ChrAndOrth,1 | when they suffered from persecution and violations “for His
430 ChrAndOrth,18 | ascendency of the human mind and personal interpretation. [21]~
431 ChrAndOrth,2(4) | of a hardened pagan and pessimist like Tacitus.~
432 ChrAndOrth,5 | example, St. Justin the Philosopher (†166), a Christian apologist
433 ChrAndOrth,22 | the jurisdiction of Bishop Photii of Triaditza, the sole Hierarch
434 ChrAndOrth,2 | sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the procurator, under the
435 ChrAndOrth,19 | Apostle of the Nations, “the pillar and ground of the truth” (
436 ChrAndOrth,21 | times, were correctly and piously set forth and confirmed
437 ChrAndOrth,15 | heresy from his flock as a plague and to implant a firm and
438 ChrAndOrth,6 | today. [Incidentally, let us point out that the Slavonic word
439 ChrAndOrth,17 | straight line connects two points—man and God—, all other
440 ChrAndOrth,2 | was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the procurator,
441 ChrAndOrth,22 | dismissed from his academic post when he refused to accept
442 ChrAndOrth,19 | may well have been some practical and tactical mistakes on
443 ChrAndOrth,6 | Slavonic word for “Orthodoxy,” “Pravoslaviye,” does not convey precisely
444 ChrAndOrth,6 | Pravoslaviye,” does not convey precisely the meaning of the Greek
445 ChrAndOrth,15 | celebrated annually, even to the present day, on the First Sunday
446 ChrAndOrth,16 | which he systematically presents the doctrine of the Church,
447 ChrAndOrth,10 | of God” and thus, by the “preservation of right thinking (orthen...
448 ChrAndOrth,11 | declare this in order to preserve the people.” [15]~
449 ChrAndOrth,14 | the decisions of the six previous Œcumenical Synods, stated,
450 ChrAndOrth,19 | both sides, caused by human pride and a craving for power.
451 ChrAndOrth,14(18)| Ibid., Vol. XII, Actio prima.~
452 ChrAndOrth,6 | Therefore, in view of the primacy and original meaning of
453 ChrAndOrth,6 | for this reason that the primary meaning of doxa is “thought”
454 ChrAndOrth,18 | different path. It denies, in principle, the authority of Holy Tradition,
455 ChrAndOrth,1 | them first at Antioch, and probably by the local Gentiles, which
456 ChrAndOrth,2 | death by Pontius Pilate, the procurator, under the reign of Tiberius.” [4]~
457 ChrAndOrth,3 | as Christians, which they professed themselves to be. The instance
458 ChrAndOrth,6 | doxa,” “orthodoxia” is properly translated as “right thinking”
459 ChrAndOrth,22 | Russian Convent of the Holy Protection in Sofia, which is under
460 ChrAndOrth,18 | By the same token, the Protestant confession, encompassing
461 ChrAndOrth,19 | unorthodox denominations will prove false; while Orthodoxy will
462 ChrAndOrth,19 | keen mind, after having proved that the love of power is
463 ChrAndOrth,2 | this name quickly acquired public recognition, since even
464 ChrAndOrth,2 | It seems that this name quickly acquired public recognition,
465 ChrAndOrth,15 | every soul.” [19] It is thus quite natural that the feast of
466 | rather
467 ChrAndOrth,12 | of the Monophysites was read, the honorable Bishops exclaimed: “
468 ChrAndOrth,4 | from us, but they did not really belong to us: for if they
469 ChrAndOrth,6 | look upon”). It is for this reason that the primary meaning
470 ChrAndOrth,15 | liturgical service for the recanting of their heresies by those “
471 ChrAndOrth,4 | not to greet them or to receive them in their houses (II
472 ChrAndOrth,2 | quickly acquired public recognition, since even in the last
473 ChrAndOrth,1 | Christianity was no longer recognized as a Judaic sect, but as
474 ChrAndOrth,8 | dogma ton orthodoxon) was reconfirmed with even greater power.” [11]~
475 ChrAndOrth,3 | against Christianity as such. Referring to this fact, St. Peter
476 ChrAndOrth,4 | heretical fallacy. St. Paul refers to these people as “having
477 ChrAndOrth,22 | his academic post when he refused to accept the on the occasion
478 ChrAndOrth,13 | faith..., and the dissension regarding Orthodoxy (peri tes orthodoxias)
479 ChrAndOrth,1 | Acts 4:18; cf. 5:28). They rejoiced when they suffered from
480 ChrAndOrth,13 | somehow arisen was overcome by relying on the dogmas of truth” [17] (“
481 ChrAndOrth,21 | not permitted to add or remove anything from them. Thus,
482 ChrAndOrth,19 | observed: “...but if it were removed from men, then there would
483 ChrAndOrth,4 | Christians and surreptitiously replaced the Truth of Christ with
484 ChrAndOrth,3 | Apostle writes: “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,
485 ChrAndOrth,20 | to Orthodoxy, all of the rest of the so-called Christian
486 ChrAndOrth,15 | contemporary, cites the restless labors of the latter, by
487 ChrAndOrth,22 | believers.” [24]~ ~THE VERY REVEREND SERGIUS, former Assistant
488 ChrAndOrth,20 | our foregoing historical review, it logically follows that
489 ChrAndOrth,11 | Apollinaris and Valentinus were revived by Eutyches, it became necessary
490 ChrAndOrth,22 | Stambolov’s dictatorship, said, in a famous sermon delivered
491 ChrAndOrth,22 | That great Saint of our Bulgarian Orthodox
492 ChrAndOrth,3(5) | Lives of the Saints, October 15 (Old Style).~
493 ChrAndOrth,1 | violations “for His Name’s sake” (Acts 5:41). In consequence
494 ChrAndOrth,10 | Christ our Lord and “...to save the souls of those who confess
495 ChrAndOrth,7 | magnificent name of the Saviour, like pagans desecrated
496 ChrAndOrth,21 | Seven Œcumenical Synods and sealed by the celebration of the
497 ChrAndOrth,16 | Orthodoxy is like a stamp that seals and confirms the dogmatic
498 ChrAndOrth,6 | or “opinion”; hence, the secondary meaning: “to hold a good
499 ChrAndOrth,1 | longer recognized as a Judaic sect, but as a distinct religious
500 | seems
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