Faith/Doctrine

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: While our topic is “Confession and t

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: The modern controversy regarding Scri

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ The Intercessions of the Saints Clarifications: We do not

John Calvin: For everyone to be admitted to the Lord’s Supper, without distinction or selection, is a sign of contempt that the Lord cannot endure. The Lord himself distributed the supper to his disci

A compelling and extraordinary article examining whether "Christianity" exists as a generic set of religious beliefs or whether indeed the Christian life is a way of life and grace found within the ap

https://youtu.be/XmEjSv-iMtg The following talk was given by Jodi Haley of the Orthodox Reading Room in Beaverton, Oregon during Great Lent 2015.  Using the story of the life of St. Mary of Egypt, Jod

Father John Whiteford is a former Nazarene Associate Pastor who converted to the Orthodox Faith soon after completing his B.A. in Religion at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He firs

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: In our age, more than in any other, t

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: The Protestant Reformation largely hin

Part 2, Faith and Worship:   http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_2.htm

Does the relatively recent idea of "Scripture Only" hold up under the light of Church history, reason, and the scriptures themselves? Solo Scripture is examined according to the criteria of its own p

A basic explanation of the Orthodox Faith originally published in four volumes: Doctrine, Worship, Bible and History, Spirituality. http://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith

“Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too” John Lennon John Lennon’s lyrics strike a chord in us. We all remember a time when we yearned for a u

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: In our day the word “icon” has come b

For more on this topic see "Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers" - https://store.ancientfaith.com/know-the-faith/ Introductory Note: The Church’s teaching regarding the Ho

Although many Protestant traditions baptize babies, Baptists—and “Bible churches” in the Baptist tradition—insist that baptism is only for those who have come to faith. Nowhere in the New Testament, t

A compelling and convincing examination of whether Jesus Christ founded the Christian Faith on the writings of the Holy Scriptures or on the reality of His Body, the Church. CATECHISM – HOLY_SCRIPTURE

The Holy Apostle Paul made it abundantly clear that the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith when he wrote to the Corinthians: “And if Christ is not risen, th

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