00# 1: Dialogue/baptists

Part 1 of a fascinating Orthodox response to a Baptist Manifesto.

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[apdd08]

This is a wonderful video which was very well done. I am an Eastern Orthodox Christian from Toronto Canada and was wondering if you could answer in a video the history of Christmas and when and why it is still practiced today. For I do take part of a fellowship which reads the bible and we discuss many topics. And some people there believe that Christmas is evil and it is a tradition of man and misrepresents Christianity. They use the verses in Jeremiah chapter 10 vs. 2-4.

[allsaintsmonastery]

Will take up this subject shorly, in my next Q&A broadcast.

[KolyaKrasotkin]

I watched this video, liked it, and assumed that an honest question would be taken seriously. Instead, you have flippantly dismissed it. I'm not sure what kind of egregious Protestants you are used to arguing with, but some people are simply seekers, and do not recklessly bend the knee to every voice that says "thus sayeth the Lord."

[allsaintsmonastery]

Nikolai, I do not see how you could possibly consider my reply a "flippant dismissal." The ever-virginity of Mary is a foundational doctrine of the Orthodox Church. You could not be an Orthodox Christian without accepting the ever-virginity of Mary. There really is a problem with your reasoning about the subject and I tried to honestly answer it. If you cannot take my reply as a sincere answer, I am sorry, but you do need to rethink your reasoning.

[KolyaKrasotkin]

I suppose I should have said cup of wine.

[allsaintsmonastery]

Sex as you are thinking of it would not have been part of the culture of Paradise either. We cannot think in terms of the modern sexual revolution as having any roots in antiquity. It was only in early modern times that women enjoying sex was even a concept, except for whores and prostitutes (who were in it for the money, not the pleasure). For women, sex meant childbearing with great discomfort, illness and the danger of death. Yet to have a child (a boy) was obligation if it cd nt be avoided

[ReikonZ]

Thank God for people like you father,and may your efforts help convert the protestants to the true orthodox faith. Greetings from Romania. God help us all.

[shadowmane20]

I found this series a few weeks ago and listened to two right in the middle (or end it seems). Now I'm starting from the beginning. I'm a recovering Protestant that has read the Early Fathers and figured out that we need tradition. Everything you said in the videos I have listened to resounded with my spirit. I thank you for this series. It will help me in dealing with some troublesome relatives who are staunch protestants.

[XSC3]

@monique2buttons try turning on the CC (closed captions), transcribe audio. it's not perfect, but the subtitles can bring across the gist of what he's saying. yeah, wonder what happened to the sound. 

[XSC3]

the sound in this video comes out as loud static. can't make out any words. what gives? :(

[soncomputron]

@KolyaKrasotkin

Also even the first reformers like John Calvin and Martin Luther defended the ever-virginity of Mary

[mikejhm]

At some point this video must have had audio other than static given most of the comments. Now though... What happened? Can it be fixed?

[Puchicas9]

The soundtrack is all static now! Too bad.

[apdd08]

I would love your help on this topic.

With love in Christ. I thank you for what you are doing.

[Reazzurro90]

To the 'allsaintsmonastery'.

I am a Protestant but I think your analysis on Evangelical rejection of tradition is very important and totally accurate.

[IoanRomania09]

I like your movies. May God bless you. Please forgive me if I said anything bad.