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Antiochian Orthodox Christian, Computer Programmer and all around geek.

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May 1	comment	How is original sin transmitted? The orthodox do hold to original sin, but do not hold that it means man's nature changed. That would indicate that man is essentially different, which itself would make the Mother of God or Christ not human as we are human.
May 1	comment	Which prophecies are fulfilled outside of Scripture? Matt. 24:24 ? There are several pretty clear references to 'deceiving even the elect', which a mass apostasy such as what killed 100 million Christians can only be. The soviets were nothing if not makers of false wonders.
May 1	answered	How is original sin transmitted?
May 1	comment	Which prophecies are fulfilled outside of Scripture? How about the great apostasy of Russia in the Bolshevik revolution?
May 1	answered	Has there been any explanation given on the murder of Joan of Arc?
May 1	answered	Which prophecies are fulfilled outside of Scripture?
Apr 30	comment	Catholic view of Biblical saints Wikis: generally RCC reserves those revealed to the Church as sanctified to be officially dubbed saints. In our tradition, it is held without question that the greatest saints are unknown (except perhaps, the Mother of God) but when we say someone is a saint it has connotations for imitation of their life and acceptance of their words which should make us cautious of throwing the term on any person we admire.
Apr 30	comment	What were the circumstances behind the loss of the “True Cross?” We still have fragments of it... thought it seems, not quite all of it. I would imagine the Crusaders did not have the cross.. there was a tradition of dubious relics in some places, particular suspect are 'whole' relics, as many relics were divided up and spread around for liturgical use.
Apr 30	answered	Vacillating passion for Christ
Apr 30	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Apr 30	answered	Explanation of slaying demand in Luke
Apr 30	answered	Who was Luke in the bible?
Apr 30	answered	The “eye of the needle gate” today
Apr 30	comment	How is love greater than faith? The scripture is our witness on this point. God is faithful, but not faith. God is the source and reason for our hope, but he isn't hope. God is holy, but not holiness; God is just, but he is not justice. All of these, only with love do we get God is loving and God is love. And it is John the Divine who said it.
Apr 28	comment	Does proclaiming that all non-believers won't be saved count as passing judgement? Thanks, DT. I prefer the harder questions, myself, since they are usually the questions we come up with at difficult points. Maximus the Confessor has a treatise called 'Ambiguium' which is devoted to this concept, answers to hard questions about scripture.
Apr 28	comment	How is love greater than faith? True, but we're talking about the reason why, of the three divine virtues: faith, hope and love, why love is greatest. The attribution of holiness, justness and other attributes to God is not as entire as the attribution of love, which we are told, most closely of anything speaks of his nature.
Apr 27	comment	Christian Position on the meaning of Faith Testing the spirits is done like you test anything. You don't believe its true until you understand it. John gives a test (whether or not they accept that Jesus came in the flesh) On Pisteis Christou :There is a question of the meaning of Paul's use of 'Faith of/in Christ' - and this relates to whether a person's faith is 'in' Christ, believing in him, or if it is that their faith is like his either because of ascription or imitation.
Apr 27	answered	Does proclaiming that all non-believers won't be saved count as passing judgement?
Apr 27	answered	How is love greater than faith?
Apr 27	comment	How is love greater than faith? I dunno, I think Love is just straight up better. If God is Love, as John says, and not God is Faith, then what is higher than God?