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6/19/2025, 4:52:13 AM
There are some issues with Eastern Orthodoxy.
>They are reluctant to establish doctrine especially in response to modern issues like contraception, and in regard to theology they don’t explain much of what God is, preferring to rely on mystery even when Jesus Christ is very open about who He is, “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). This is most alarmingly seen in their reluctant hesitancy to promulgate a Catechism which could accurately and authoritatively describe Eastern Orthodox Doctrine and the reason for this is because if one bishop or autocephalous Church makes an authoritative move on doctrine, he or they will be seen and accused of trying to be the Pope.
>The office of the Papacy is clearly defined in Holy Writ (Matthew 16:18) and provides a supreme unity for the Church. It allows the Church to move in one direction without having to consult every constituent part thereof which - even if they all agree - would be extremely tedious and this obedience thereto allows conformity of doctrine in a changing world in issues such as abortion which was permitted by the Russian Orthodox Church during the famines under Communism.
>Individual churches have the tendency to form ethnic enclaves exclusive to outsiders and even if they are tolerant of them, the Eastern Orthodox Church is extremely reluctant to form new autocephalous Churches in the West or elsewhere because they would rather consolidate power within the historic, established Churches. The Orthodox Church of America is not recognised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
>If you love the liturgy of Eastern Orthodox churches, go to an Eastern Catholic church. They share the same Byzantine Rite liturgy, and even the liturgies of the Alexandrian, West and East Syriac, and Armenian Rites as well, and they’re very often in English.
>They are reluctant to establish doctrine especially in response to modern issues like contraception, and in regard to theology they don’t explain much of what God is, preferring to rely on mystery even when Jesus Christ is very open about who He is, “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). This is most alarmingly seen in their reluctant hesitancy to promulgate a Catechism which could accurately and authoritatively describe Eastern Orthodox Doctrine and the reason for this is because if one bishop or autocephalous Church makes an authoritative move on doctrine, he or they will be seen and accused of trying to be the Pope.
>The office of the Papacy is clearly defined in Holy Writ (Matthew 16:18) and provides a supreme unity for the Church. It allows the Church to move in one direction without having to consult every constituent part thereof which - even if they all agree - would be extremely tedious and this obedience thereto allows conformity of doctrine in a changing world in issues such as abortion which was permitted by the Russian Orthodox Church during the famines under Communism.
>Individual churches have the tendency to form ethnic enclaves exclusive to outsiders and even if they are tolerant of them, the Eastern Orthodox Church is extremely reluctant to form new autocephalous Churches in the West or elsewhere because they would rather consolidate power within the historic, established Churches. The Orthodox Church of America is not recognised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
>If you love the liturgy of Eastern Orthodox churches, go to an Eastern Catholic church. They share the same Byzantine Rite liturgy, and even the liturgies of the Alexandrian, West and East Syriac, and Armenian Rites as well, and they’re very often in English.
6/15/2025, 8:40:12 AM
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