http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/orthodoxy/ en-us Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:03:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2133799/posts This is the same Diocese which voted to secede from the Episcopal Church on Saturday. Under the leadership of Bishop Jack Iker, the one who approved the delegation of priests to dialogue with Catholic Bishop Vann about full communion, the entire diocese of Fort Worth realigned itself with the “Southern Cone”, an Argentina-based province of Anglican Christians which rejects the departure from orthodoxy and orthopraxy which has characterized some segments of the Anglican communion. The Diocese of Fort Worth has 19,000 members and spans 24 Texas counties. Bishop Iker proclaimed to a group of the faithful gathered at St. Vincent’s... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2133799/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:03:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2130247/posts Obama and the Bishops By Richard John Neuhaus Friday, November 7, 2008, 8:16 AM (As) the American bishops of the Catholic Church hold their annual fall meeting in Baltimore. High on the agenda is how Catholic bishops can better communicate Catholic teaching on social justice both in the Church and in the public square. It is understood that the priority issue of social justice is the protection of innocent human life—from the entrance gates of life to the exit gates, and at every step along life’s way. The most massive and brutal violation of justice is the killing of millions... First Things http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2130247/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:57:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114517/posts 24.10.2008, 10.41 CARACAS, October 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill on Thursday evening. The Russian church hierarch was leading an authoritative Russian delegation at Russia’s Days in Venezuela that are already over. The interlocutors discussed a wide range of international problems, further development of Venezuelan-Russian relations, broader spiritual and cultural ties between the peoples of the countries. The meeting highlighted the importance of further shaping of a multi-polar world order, the preservation of spiritual and cultural values of the peoples, a role of religion in international relations, Metropolitan Kirill told Itar-Tass... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114517/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:50:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088557/posts The theory of Darwinian evolution is one of the least rigorous scientific theories in modern memory. It cannot address the mathematical probability problems associated with the development of favorable new structures by means of successive mutations. The fossil record looks nothing like it should look if Darwinian evolution were actually the mechanism for the creation of new species. Scientists have never been able to reproduce the development of a new species in a laboratory, even with the simplest life forms. There are no indications, in the laboratory or the fossil record, of anything other than micro-evolution (change within a... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088557/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:09:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049260/posts Dr. James Innell Packer, a noted Canadian theologian, author and a Board of Governors Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, as well as an executive editor of Christianity Today, recently addressed the contentious problem of homosexuality and same-sex unions in the Anglican church. The Anglican Church has come to a cross-roads because of the issue of same-sex "marriage," with a massive split in the Global Communion looking increasingly inevitable. Dr. Packer opened his remarks with a statement explaining why this issue is of such great importance in the Anglican Church today. "In brief," he said, "because it involves... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049260/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034240/posts A new book is out which may interest some Freepers: The Patristic Understanding of Creation, An Anthology of Writings from the Church Fathers on Creation and Designby Dembski, Downs, and Frederick. From Erasmus Press: The Patristic Understanding of Creation encapsulates what the Church Fathers had to say, in their own words, on the topic of creation. Going back to Roman and Byzantine times, the writings of the Church Fathers are basic to Christian theology and provide a benchmark for how Christians have traditionally understood creation. This understanding of creation, however, faces tremendous challenges in our day, especially in discussions at... Erasmus Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034240/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:54:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971446/posts The Battle for Belmont Abbey College and the Soul of Catholic Higher Education has been engaged.Let us support them in their battle and pray for the continued success of their vital mission. Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971446/posts#comment Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:39:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1934987/posts Friends and all people with kind hearts. My mother Snežana is undergoing tomorrow morning an Dudenum surgery. Four days ago her ulcer perforated and she was hospitalised monday morning. So far, she is allright, not any pains, feeling good. But, being diabetician and fairly weak, it is not such simple surgery as it would be for the rest of us. So, please, pray for my mother Snežana to get trough surgery well and to, in God willing recover fast. My father, my sister and I pray for her evry day. If you would like to know, her name, Snežana means... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1934987/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:01:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921383/posts During the week of October 22-26, David Horowitz and his Freedom Center held a series of events at 100 campuses for Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, intended to counter standard academic nitwitery about the war on terrorism ("America is evil," "We brought it on ourselves," "9/11 was a Republican conspiracy"). Admirable though this was, attention must be called to an even more imminent threat. By the authority vested in me (by myself), I hereby designate the week of November 5th Left-Fascism Awareness Week -- a time to consider the clear and present danger to free speech emanating from the left, from academic... Grasstops USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921383/posts#comment Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911092/posts The history of Christianity has been replete with examples of various theological disagreements and contrary schools of thought, even within the pale of orthodoxy. Modern times have provided us no relieve from this syndrome, which speaks to the inherent imperfections of human discourse and understanding. There is one concept, more than any other, which can account for the great religious polarization within the Christian community, as well as the blue/red divide so evident in the political realm. As a teenage youth and a fresh convert to Christianity from a nominal belief in God, I never perceived distinctions such as "liberal... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911092/posts#comment Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1908484/posts Youtube link to the Orthodox Liturgy in Spanish from the Orthodox Church in Mexico . The music is chanted by the Choir of St. George's Cathedral in Mexico. Part OnePart Two youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1908484/posts#comment Tue, 9 Oct 2007 03:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894445/posts Russian Orthodox Church has called recent opening of a "church" for sexual minorities a farce and addressed to the gay community to repent and to take the road of correction. "The people who have broken off from Orthodoxy, have separated themselves from the Christ's Church, are disguising in Church's clothes and take the road of justifying the vice. Inspite of all lying their trick has nothing common with the Gospel and with the ethics of New Testament, because intentional resistance to an obvious truth is a sin of abuse on Holy Spirit", said the head of the Moscow Patriarchate's department... Newsru.com (Russian language) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894445/posts#comment Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1887556/posts Moscow, August 24, Interfax - 24 Orthodox priests and two monks have been murdered in Russia since 1990. According to the Moscow Patriarchate's website, the murder of Archpriest Alexander Men is the first of the list of those notorious crimes. Fr. Men was died at his home because of blood loss after he was hit with something heavy in the morning September 9, 1990 near the Semkhoz railways station. Tree monks of the Optina Pustyn monastery, Hieromonk Vasily Roslyakov, Monk Trofim Tatarnikov and Monk Ferapont Pushkaryov were murdered on the Easter Day, April 18, 1993. Their murderer Nikolay Averin said... Interfax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1887556/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:16:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1871568/posts "Everywhere there rises before our eyes the specter of a society where security, if it is attained at all, will be attained at the expense of freedom, where the security that is attained will be the security of fed beasts in a stable, and where all the high aspirations of humanity will have been crushed by an all-powerful state." One of the most articulate defenders of orthodox Christian theology against the liberalizing and rationalizing trends of the early twentieth century was J. Gresham Machen. Influenced by his Reformed Protestant background, Machen was trained as a pastor at Princeton Seminary (once... The Acton Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1871568/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:10:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1871388/posts In a dramatic illustration of the unhappiness among conservative Episcopalians in the United States, an Episcopal priest from the North Shore has decided to become a bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The Rev. William L. Murdoch, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in West Newbury, will fly to Nairobi next month for his consecration as a Kenyan bishop, then return to Massachusetts to minister to other disaffected conservatives who are leaving the Episcopal Church over its 2003 decision to ordain an openly gay priest as the bishop of New Hampshire. Murdoch's congregation, which averages about 300 worshipers each... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1871388/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:04:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1871293/posts ROME (Reuters) - A decree this month by Pope Benedict allowing wider use of the old Latin mass has spawned a veritable cottage industry in helping Roman Catholic priests learn how to celebrate the centuries-old rite. A Web site, helpline, DVDs and a training course at Oxford are among resources springing up for priests who want to celebrate the old-style mass but aren't sure which vestments to wear or where to get them, when to genuflect, how deep to bow, or how to clasp their hands in prayer. "There will be priests who will say: 'Oh my God, I want... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1871293/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1864123/posts Moscow, July 11, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church has called "honest" the position of the Vatican published in a document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith stating that the Catholic Church is the only Church approved by Christ. "It is an honest statement. It is much better than the so-called 'church diplomacy'." It shows how close or, on the contrary, how divided we are," Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, who heads the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, told journalists in Moscow. "For an honest theological dialogue to happen, one should have a clear... Interfax Religion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1864123/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1861095/posts The following draws from the book Is the Mormon My Brother by apologist James White. Earlier this year, Paul Kaiser reprinted a Worldview article titled 10 Mormonism Facts which generated a myriad of responses from visitors who stated that Mormons were being misrepresented and are simply our brothers & sisters in the Body of Christ. Let’s look at what Dr. White presents using LDS resources: The First VisionWithout question the key revelation in Mormon Scripture regarding the nature of God is to be found in what is known as the First Vision of Joseph Smith. The vision itself is fundamental... Reformed Evangelist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1861095/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1856964/posts 27 June 2007, 15:10 Russian Exarchate in Western Europe aims at ‘freezing’ relations with the Moscow Patriarchate, the exarchate’s former secretary says Paris, June 27, Interfax - The leaders of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe (Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarch) gets increasingly less committed to becoming closer to Moscow, the exarchate’s former secretary Basile de Tiesenhausen opines. ‘Today’s reality is freezing of relations (with the Moscow Patriarchate - IF) and escalating of modernization policy, obviously with Constantinople’s silent consent,’ de Tiesenhausen said in his interview to Russkaya Mysl (La Pensee Russe), a Russian-language periodical printed in... interfax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1856964/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1850768/posts Episcopal Panel 'Dodges' Response to Moratorium http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070615/27991_Episcopal_Panel_'Dodges'_Response_to_Moratorium.htm http://tinyurl.com/35qes6 By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter Fri, Jun. 15 2007 07:13 AM ET An Episcopal panel of clergy and lay people indicated on Thursday they will not give a response to the moratorium Anglican leaders requested for by September, arguing that only the General Convention has the authority to respond. The next General Convention – The Episcopal Church's primary governing and legislative body – however, meets in the summer of 2009. After a four-day meeting that ended Thursday, the Executive Council said that no governing body other than General Convention can agree... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1850768/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:34:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841579/posts After US Stratfor analytical agency announced the analysis in which is stated that Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska Prime Minister, has turned his back to the West and will be dismissed because of it, Bosnia-Herzegovinian politicians reacted. ... HDZ 1990: Dodik is not an individual, RS is behind him Martin Raguz, HDZ 1990 (Croatian Democratic Union) vice-president, does not believe that western forces will dismiss Dodik, but will surely increase pressure on him -Dodik is not an individual – the RS government is behind him and all political parties in RS. This is why things are not... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841579/posts#comment Tue, 29 May 2007 21:32:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1818194/posts George Weigel  Other Articles by George WeigelPrinter Friendly Version   Mount Athos Objects April 15, 2007 Last December's visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople revived speculation that the millennium-long division between Rome and the Christian East might soon end. That was certainly the dream of Benedict's predecessor, the Servant of God John Paul II, who really did seem to believe that Rome and Constantinople could achieve ecclesial reconciliation by the end of the twentieth century, so that a millennium of division — the formal split having taken place in 1054 -- would be succeeded by... CatholicExchange.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1818194/posts#comment Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:59:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1817603/posts Pope Benedict at 80: Blowing on the coals of faith By John ThavisCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope John Paul II turned 80 in 2000, it fueled yet another round of speculation about whether the ailing pontiff might break with tradition and resign. In contrast, Pope Benedict XVI's 80th birthday April 16 finds him with the wind in his sails. The pope's new book on Jesus was being released in several languages, an event that will no doubt launch the Christological themes of his pontificate into wider circulation. In March the pope published a major document on... CatholicNewsService http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1817603/posts#comment Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:19:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1816739/posts Two years into his reign, Pope Benedict XVI is finally poised to make a major mark on American Catholicism with a string of key bishop appointments and important decisions about the future of U.S. seminaries and bishops' involvement in politics. Benedict's election on April 19, 2005, shook liberals and comforted conservatives who expected a doctrinal hard-liner. So far, they have found an easier hand - and someone who has not made the United States much of a priority. When Benedict has gained attention, it has mostly been on the world stage, focusing on the re-Christianization of Europe, Islam and mending... Guardian Unlimited http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1816739/posts#comment Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:54:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1815948/posts 11 April 2007, 14:58 Patriarch Alexy speaks again about Orthodoxy in China Moscow, April 11, Interfax - Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia has recently spoken twice on the hard condition of the Orthodox Church in the People’s Republic of China. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Moscow Patriarchate granting autonomy to the Chinese Orthodox Church, Patriarch noted as he spoke at a reception given by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Tuesday evening. ‘This Church marks her anniversary by having neither a priest nor a bishop, thought there are still many thousands believers who wait for... inerfax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1815948/posts#comment Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:24:05 GMT