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Understanding Orthodoxy 2017-06-10 11:35:17 Post No. 2933786
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Hello /his/ I am converting to Orthodoxy and I have a few questions.
A newfound Christian who is a non-denom and Pastor Anderson fan keeps making the assertion that to be saved in the Orthodox Church you need good works yet my local priest and the internet have no sources saying that.
He also claims that asking the saints to pray for me is the same as praying to them because it's "worded differently".
Furthermore he claims that the Orthodox Church states that non-Orthodox Christians will not be saved, however when I ask my priest and the internet I find nothing stating that. In fact my priest said that the Church accepts all baptisms in other churches as legitimate and reluctantly agrees that people do not have to join the Orthodox church but says they should. Basically saying "you don't have to but I personally wish you would keep coming here every sunday"
Am I being lied to? Is there so much lying in the church that they cover up everything they teach?
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>>2933786
Bump
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>>2933786
All that is irrelevant.
The crux of the matter is: how well do you know Turkish?
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>>2933879
Istanbul kill-armenians killassyrians istanbul
So yeah, pretty fluent in genoci- I mean Turkish
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Orthodox churches are essentially ethno-churches, if you're Protestant then don't bother because it's more or less same, except Orthodoxy is a bit more fringey, mysticist version of Protestantism.
t. Orthodox who is considering converting to Catholicism
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>>2933879
That image is hilariously butthurt over stuff that is ultimately irrelevant unless you were raised in one of those faiths or converted to it.
Also,
>serapeum, including potential evidence for christianity
what's this?
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>>2933937
Please don't my friend, the Pope is a cuck.
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>>2933952
He can't even get married, you dumb fucking shit.
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>>2933948
It's not butthurt at all.
It's a colliage of memes from cripple /christian/.
It's not antagonistic as it is tongue-in-cheek.
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so /his/ is no different from /pol/
orthodoxy is much more christian than "there is no god but the current pope and peter is his bouncer. also jesus something. also fucking filioque without ecumenical council"
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>>2933937
Enjoy licking nigger feet.
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>>2934018
Good for you, lad.
Wee bit strange, but whatever works for you.
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>>2933937
>if you're Protestant then don't bother because it's more or less same
>Orthodoxy is a bit more fringey, mysticist version of Protestantism
10/10
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>>2933786
Former Atheist convert to Orthodoxy here. Was Baptized this Easter.
We don't make the "faith/works" distinction because it's entirely a product of Martin Luther's autism.
Our understanding of salvation is theosis- that, guided by the Holy Spirit, man is to gradually become more Christlike, and ultimately to seek union with God'd creative energies. That doesn't mean he becomes God Himself, but that he is united with God'd energies.
To that end, Orthodox Christians are to pray and keep the faith, but we are also expected to *act* on that faith and do good. This is part of the process of salvation, and if you are truly experiencing it then you will be *fauthful* and doing *good works*
It's a chicken/egg thing
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>>2933879
Always forgetting the 4th pillar of the East
Typical
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