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Would simply confuse a new reader who can't distinguish the heresies and misreadings that calvin/luther/etc promote
Like the Eunuch said, how can he understand what he reads if no one teaches him? Christ started a Church particularly for this reason, so that scripture has living teachers who know how to interpret it, hence the need for an oral tradition and an actual continuous church throughout time.
As an ex-prot who recently became orthodox, I'll tell you to go the liturgy and ask the priest questions.
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Essence-energies distinction.
I know it seems a bit esoteric but you must understand Orthodoxy is not a cult of reason before you begin to "experience" it, which is very different from scholastic "understanding".
It basically means the Monk has better grasp of God than the Theologian.
The Bible is the core document of the Orthodox Church, so yes. Even a Protestant translation is fine, although it'll have missing books.
The scriptures interpret themselves.
Thanks for the resources.
A wishful thinking.
What is your authority?
The Bible? Well, apparently this authority doesn't work, as there are more than 1000 prot. heresies.
Then the pope? Well, we agree that this authority is bad, but at least it does what it is supposed to do – to keep the Catholics together.
Then what? The Holy Spirit.
One interesting thing about the Orthodox Church that amazes me is that its canons seem to encourage schisms. I am told that it is my obligation to separate from my bishop if I see that he is a heretic. And despite these self-destructive canons the Orthodox Church survives, visibly disunited but spiritualy united. How? I think this is because it actually has the guide of the Holy Spirit.
Regular Calvinism.
That's why protestants disagree on almost everything and have the most variance out of any denomination
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