Proposed Moscow Patriarchate Catechism: Opponents of Ecumenism Should be Subject to “Canonical Rebuke”
The draft of the new Catechism was unanimously approved by the MP Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission (under the guidance of the well-known MP ecumenist and head of the Department of External Church Affairs, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev). In February of 2016, the MP Bishops’ Council decided to send the draft Catechism to ROCOR-MP, various MP schools and institutions, and other autonomous bodies under the MP. November 2017 is when any changes to the document will no longer be accepted.
This would even more formally and firmly enshrine ecumenism in the official views of the MP , as well as penalizing those within it that condemn such participation. Even the milquetoast criticism of the ‘fighting from within’ figures would become subject to ‘canonical rebuke’. If this document passes fully in the MP, it will provide a final tool to stamp out any smoldering embers against ecumenism that chose to remain within the MP.
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Any milquetoast criticism -- i.e., those who stay onboard the MP plugging holes in a desperate attempt to save the sinking ship while condemning ecumenical activities -- will be faced with censure.
Those of us who were previously in the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestant Churches, and/or one of the World Orthodox churches in communion with the EP or MP, and who boldly "fought from within" know the futile schizophrenia of trying to be faithful to bold-faced heretical clergy and hierarchs, yet trying to be faithful and obedient to Christ God.
I was part of the "fight from within" movement or many years first within Roman Catholicism and then within World Orthodoxy. If any of us complained to the Bishops about the blatant ecumenism or all the modernistic changes taking place within the church, we were told to stop judging them of heresy, to read the New Testament, to be silent, and to pray. By silencing us into obedience, the bishops effectively prevented us from "fighting from within." Ultimately, we were faced with a decision: was the Eucharist valid in such compromising situations? Was it even possible to continue to commune with these heretical bishops without defiling our own souls? Was Christ even present on the Altar of those heretics or had His Grace departed?
During any acts of war, we are told that if the commander issues an unethical order commanding his troops to murder innocent civilians, that we may resist. Of course, we may be executed on the spot or subjected to a court-martial, but our consciences will be clear when at our death we face our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ who will judge each and every one of us.
Those of us who resist the Pan-heresy of Ecumenism must be prepared to be censured, to be made to stand trial, and to be accused of being a "fundamentalist." These are dire times, times when we must take up our cross and follow Christ who was also censured, made to stand trial, and condemned to death.
Lord have mercy on us and save us.