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by jdigrande
Sun 25 November 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

The problem is that the GOC cannot supply written statements, essays or books condemning the acceptance of Anglican sacraments. Perhaps there is something in the collected works of St. Matthew but that has not been published yet either. I also cannot find anything on how long the Jerusalem Patriarch...
by jdigrande
Sat 24 November 2018 9:33 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

I am not one to come to conclusions about grace. I am not one who subscribes to the light-switch theory. It takes bishops in council to declare heresy and the anathemas that protect the Church from heresies. But I am saying no one local OC church in the 20th century was infallible or impeccable. All...
by jdigrande
Thu 22 November 2018 4:00 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

Stalin did not allow the election of a patriarch in 1943. He elected the Patriarch. He destroyed thousands of churches and opened less than 100 after 1943. All of them were controlled by the KGB. The Greek Orthodox Church knew full well what Stalin had done from 1927-53.

by jdigrande
Thu 22 November 2018 3:54 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

correction: "and no one enforced them in the first quarter of the 20th century."

by jdigrande
Thu 22 November 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

it is also good to remember that the GOC said nothing when the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Jerusalem Patriarchate accepted Anglican sacraments as valid in 1922 and 23. The Church of Cyprus followed suit. Also the Ecumenical Patriarchate accepted the Soviet Renovationists as the true Church of Russia...
by jdigrande
Wed 17 October 2018 6:43 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

I did not correct my error in humility:) I just corrected my error without any virtue attached to it whatsoever.

by jdigrande
Mon 15 October 2018 6:50 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?
Replies: 44
Views: 1643

Re: Who is the true ROCOR or ROCA now?

I was wrong about Bishop Petros. He was put forward as a candidate for bishop in 1956 by a group of Greek priests and layman. He then joined the American NC church for a while and was made bishop by ROCOR and Auxentios in 1962. My source ( GOC (Kirykos's) website) was a little unclear. Mea culpa, me...