the true church is the evangelical
who can stand in front of this truth
Orthodox "vs." catholic
Isaac Cox
Nicholas Cruz
Orthodoxy is correct.
Michael Russell
It's more than the filioque. Our differences seem minute but they make a world of difference, hence why we are still in schism 1000 years later.
Gavin Lopez
Orthodoxy is the straight and righteous way of true worship.
Christian Jones
I love you my Orthodox brothers.
Thomas Murphy
I've been to services of both, and honestly, I don't find them to be that different insofar as traditional Catholic Latin Mass goes. Novus Ordo Catholicism seems almost like a different religion entirely.
My beliefs tend towards Catholicism because I believe it best fits the characterization of God in my readings of the Bible. God tended to be very specific about what he wanted his followers to do and would judge them on the smallest of deviances. Catholic legalism and reason would be the best mirror of that. I don't necessarily believe in every single ordinance the church puts out, but I believe they are the closest to getting at the truth behind God.
This series here is an excellent summation
bonald.wordpress.com
The Orthodox church, I definitely do appreciate the beauty of, but I'm not as familiar with them. I did not spend too much time with them, but I will say that from what I could tell, they still took a more disciplined approach to theology than Protestants do. But still, it didn't seem as if they were as methodical about clearing up ambiguities as Catholics are, so I don't think I would have stayed with them anyway
Luke Martin
And Papal Supremacy
And Purgatory
And Scholasticism
And Views on Heaven and Hell
And Excessive Dogmaticism
And Legalism
And List Goes On
Carter Sullivan
Following that train of thought, wouldn't Phariseeism be even more in-line with that interpretation of God in the Bible? I know "Pharisee" is a loaded term now because Jesus condemned them and all, but it's not like they were irrational in their understandings. Hypocritical in their ways of running things maybe, but if you ignore Jesus' scoldings for a moment, you can probably make a decent argument for how Phariseeism was a perfectly reasonable response from Jews given everything they'd lived through.
It's also worth noting that a lot of the Jewish objections to Christian teachings revolve around Western understandings of theology. The teachings of Eastern Orthodoxy however, are often interpreted as being closer to the original Jewish understandings of scripture, which to Jews, makes it appear more like the continuation of the Israelite religion that Christianity claims to be. The 'Jews for Jesus' movement was founded by a Jewish convert to EO for example, after studying the theological differences between Protestantism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy.
Because that would defeat the purpose of things intentionally being left out of the revelations we've received from God. It's not like the Orthodox are sloppy or lazy about it, it's a conscious precautionary measure to make sure we don't accidentally fall into heresy by hastily affirming interpretations of less-than-straightforward matters. Orthodox theology is primarily centered around ruling out incorrect teachings, not positively affirming "correct" ones. If something can't be adequately deduced to be incorrect, no corollary "correct" interpretation will be derived from it, and it will remain a mystery.
Justin Lewis
Are you sure about this?
Asher Williams
Denominations represents idolatry. One God, one people. You are shirking the responsibilities to your deity by splitting up endlessly.