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To: P-Marlowe; xzins; kosta50
Somehow these guys seem to be unable to say that Christ died for their sins.

As you know, but for the benefit of lurkers, they cannot say that honestly, for in the Apostolic theology Christ did NOT die for anyone's sins. For them, Christ's suffering and death, and resurrection, was only good to give man the possibility to decide for himself if he wanted to be saved. So in their theology, Christ finished nothing, He just handed the ball off to man and waited to see who gained enough yards to be saved.

6,902 posted on 09/21/2007 9:14:24 AM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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To: Forest Keeper; P-Marlowe; xzins; Kolokotronis
As you know, but for the benefit of lurkers, they cannot say that honestly, for in the Apostolic theology Christ did NOT die for anyone's sins. For them, Christ's suffering and death, and resurrection, was only good to give man the possibility to decide for himself if he wanted to be saved. So in their theology, Christ finished nothing, He just handed the ball off to man and waited to see who gained enough yards to be saved

If that is your opinion, FK, the you have been deceived. You have not read anything regarding Orthodox doctrine as you claimed you did, because you could not say something so completely off base if you did. What you wrote is a cheap caricature of what Orthodoxy teaches.

I would ask you to substantiate your characterization with Orthodox sources (and please leave out any hetretics! We don't go by them).

6,906 posted on 09/21/2007 9:23:29 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: Forest Keeper

We believe that Christ died for our sins.

We believe that God gives everyone saving grace.

We believe that nobody can be saved if they don’t want to be. We are told that man is to engage in the Via towards eternal life. We must persevere until the end in the manner which Jesus commanded us.


6,921 posted on 09/21/2007 10:16:54 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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