The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

I just don't understand the agnostic view of this situation. We don't need a new council to condemn any of this, its been done. But for some reason we have problems with doing what the canons say, "let them be anathematized." Why can't we just "let them be;" just let them go and...

If you mean; "Has the Church decreed a condemnation or anathema against those who fail or refuse to believe that the antichrist will come first, before the return of our Lord Jesus Christ?" - I do not see that they have specifically stated this. But, if you mean; "Can someone refuse t...

If all the ants in the world put together could never comprehend our most insignificant deed or thought, as we are superior to them in every respect, how are we able to understand the works and mind of God, Who is infinitely superior to us, or to make accurate conjectures about the sequence of event...

THAT EVIL WHICH IS EVIL IN ITSELF, namely sin, originates from us. On the other hand, what our senses perceive as evil, because it is grievous and painful, can also be from God who, like a physician, uses it to restrain and heal what is truly evil. When those who have sinned can be cured, He tends t...

Hello François, Have you tried the An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by St. John of Damascus? He writes: Concerning what is in our own power, that is, concerning Free-will and Concerning the reason of our endowment with Free-will as well as: Concerning Prescience and Predestination This shou...

To me, it is better to be sceptical of 15th century Florentian documents and in general of any 'new revelations' coming from 'Roman Catholic" sources. As a matter of fact, this topic should be moved out of "Synaxarion Orthodoxia" and into "Miscellaneous Issues" - unless some...