caught up in ego and arrogance

Sunday of the Samaritan woman. Rapturites were sure the world would end yesterday. Ego, arrogance and cruelty of Rapturite theosophy.

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[finlarg]

@4hischurch I pretty much agree with your comment, even though I don't have religious faith...

We humans spend far too much time and effort fighting and arguing with each other. It's so silly and so sad... so much wasted potential.

[ironjohnlad]

thank you for your talks, which are an ocean of sanity, amongst so much 'Christian' dross !

[brightwhitelight1]

Hello Your Grace, How would non Christians be remembered in Orthodox litergies? Thank you for your time and reply.

[brightwhitelight1]

Thank you your Grace.

[ioannismiami]

@allsaintsmonastery No, the Church was not in error for 1500 years. Oddly, it was not only a radical or non-discretionary strand of ecumenicists who have favored adding an entry of Augustine to the Orthodox calendar, but also followers of Fr. Seraphim [Rose] of blessed memory. Fr. Seraphim's late 70's text, 'The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church' [rev. 1997], includes numerous errors of fact and advances exaggerated conclusions the require scrutiny and disavowal.

[ioannismiami]

@allsaintsmonastery May God continue to protect His Holy Church from all errors. Origen introduced numerous errors certainly. In addition to his errors, what would say about Origen's exegesis of Holy Scripture concerning the Incarnation of Christ, Vladyka? I make reference to Origen's commentaries and homilies on the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke. Therein I read Origen's emphasis on the Incarnation of Christ our God as the axis of our healing and salvation.

[emplives]

Thank you for your words!

[gambleor]

@allsaintsmonastery I've no wish to incorporate foreign dogma into Christianity. Thank you for the response Your Eminence.

[allsaintsmonastery]

@gambleor idea of the transmigration of souls, reincarnation and the pre-existence of souls, plus the main heresy that Origen was condemned for (apokatastasis), then you may want to consider him a Church father --- depends on just how much Buddhism you wish to incorporate into Christianity.

[allsaintsmonastery]

@gambleor I am aware of it because Fr. George and I are close friends. The fact remains that for 1500 years, the Orthodox Church did not list Augustine as a Saint, and certainly not as a father of the Church. Origen taught reincarnation, metempsychosis, the preexistence of souls and and various other Buddhist treachings (Buddhist influence was quite strong in Alexandria from the time of Alexander the Great and impacted on early Christian Monasticism.) If you are prepared to accept the