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by Sdcn.Ephrem
Wed 18 March 2015 3:12 pm
Forum: Inquiring into Orthodoxy
Topic: The Filioque Done Right
Replies: 51
Views: 94753

Re: The Filioque Done Right

Consider reading Lossky's Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church . He explains very well where the Latin error originated and why it is basically sour at the root. The Fathers preserved the phrase "proceedeth from the Father," and not the Latin error. They did not make an attempt to synth...
by Sdcn.Ephrem
Fri 29 November 2013 1:00 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: SHOCKING NEWS! Former ROCOR bishop forsakes...
Replies: 36
Views: 646

Re: SHOCKING NEWS! Former ROCOR bishop forsakes...

Why does Metropolitan Raphael dress in Patriarchal vestments, though? Nobody has been able to explain this to me.

by Sdcn.Ephrem
Fri 31 May 2013 1:00 am
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Position of RTOC (Tykhon) concerning Name Worshipping
Replies: 8
Views: 3950

Re: Position of RTOC (Tykhon) concerning Name Worshipping

But certainly the RTOC is against the heresy, since the Russian Church condemned it almost a century ago?

by Sdcn.Ephrem
Mon 29 April 2013 3:26 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 13358

Re: Which heretics ?

An example of a manuscript written by St. Paisius (the picture is actually from his cell, which has been preserved, and that is his Abbot's staff leaning against the analagion): http://stpaisiusmonastery.org/wp-conten ... /08/m7.png

by Sdcn.Ephrem
Sun 28 April 2013 9:41 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 13358

Re: Which heretics ?

If you've ever seen an old prayer book written in Church Slavonic, that's exactly the kind of script I'm referring to: occasionally embellished, red and black capital letters written in basically even size across the page. The Paisian manuscripts were all Slavonic. Optina translated some of it into ...
by Sdcn.Ephrem
Sun 28 April 2013 6:41 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 13358

Re: Which heretics ?

Starets Paissy Velichkovsky wrote in the script, and his disciples were often given the obedience of copying patristic works in Uncial. This was before the printing press was widely available. Several of the Optina Elders also learned the script (I have in mind the brother-Elders Moses and Anthony),...
by Sdcn.Ephrem
Tue 23 April 2013 2:44 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: On Kyprianism, Sergianism, Met. Agafangel, etc
Replies: 20
Views: 464

Re: On Kyprianism, Sergianism, Met. Agafangel, etc

I never thought I'd be the old guy saying "no youngin, you don't get it" but here I am. It wasn't that simple. Period. :D Very true, Father Joseph! If all the individuals involved were both fully informed and fully forthcoming, the issues would have been different. But as it was, there wa...