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- Sat 17 July 2004 8:57 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: The Other Unforgivable Sin
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6335
The Other Unforgivable Sin
Has anyone ever noticed that besides blaspheming the Holy Spirit there is another unforgivable sin: divorce? We know of saints who became priests and even bishops after having once been murderers, adulterers, homosexuals, fornicators, robbers - you name it - yet divorced persons are not supposed to ...
- Sat 17 July 2004 8:48 am
- Forum: Praxis
- Topic: Discernment: A Discourse by Saint Moses the Black
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2061
How does one know when he is humble enough? How does one know that what he takes for discernment is not likewise the product of prelest? How does one know whether or not he has chosen a spiritual father who is not leading him astray? If one has a vision or a visit from what appears to be an angel, o...
- Sat 17 July 2004 8:33 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Birth Control
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8470
Deacon Nikolai: Otherwise, from what I have read, I do not know of a case where I would support it. As often has been said, since married couples must fast from relations when they fast, and with the natural cycle, there is no need for birth control in Orthodoxy as there is less than 1/3 of the yea...
- Sat 17 July 2004 8:20 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Birth Control
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8470
Sues57 - Who cares what people on this board think? Don't let someone else's judgement of you affect you. People here don't know any better that you how you should live the Faith - because it is different for each of us. The only opinion you should care about is what is in your heart and what your ...
- Thu 15 July 2004 7:21 pm
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Authority
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13331
- Mon 12 July 2004 12:00 am
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: Authority
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13331
Lucian: The Bible, the Fathers, the Councils, the Liturgy, etc., are not authorities. They are documentary sources to which different persons assign different weights of importance. Joasia: They ARE the complete authority of the Church that Christ established through the Apostles. These are not men...
- Sun 11 July 2004 11:05 pm
- Forum: Theology and Tradition
- Topic: War Is Not Peace: the "fruit" of war
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4429