Mormonism is not Christianity
by Bethany Blankley Ultimately, it is Christians, after all, who determine what beliefs are considered Christian and what beliefs aren’t. In other words, if you want to know if what you believe is Christian – ask one, especially one who can speak with some authority about Christian teaching (like, say, an Orthodox Christian priest?). Mormonism isn’t a Christian faith, nor an Abrahamic faith. It is polytheistic and its rituals are clearly and verifiably based on Freemasonry. Again, if you want to know if [Read more...]
Muslims Baptized In Georgia
Georgia the country, not the US state whose capital is Atlanta! A week after Fr Zacharias Kerstyuk baptized a Muslim in Spain, three other Muslims who had survived the crippling of the ship decided to become Christians. Fr Zacharias now tells Pravmir how and why this came about. The last moments before the sacrament The men who have become Christians are all members of the crew on board the same ship which had been crippled. They are of Georgian nationality. There were six [Read more...]
Jesus Good – Church Necessary: Churches Fail Because People Fail
Without a Church There Would Be Very Little Christianity Those who praise Jesus but attack his organization are missing out on so much, says Charles Moore. Jesus good/Church bad. It is an old and simple message. It helps to explain the Reformation. The very word “Protestantism” is a reminder of this. The protest was made against the Church, by people who sincerely believed that they were acting on behalf of Jesus. The modern version of the same message – current since the 19th [Read more...]
The Perils of ‘Wannabe Cool’ Christianity
I can say with confidence that when it comes to church, we don’t want cool as much as we want real.
The End Of All Religion
by Fr. Alexander Schmemann Christianity…is in a profound sense the end of all religion. In the Gospel story of the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus made this clear. “‘Sir,’ the woman said to him, ‘I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.’ Jesus saith unto her, ‘Woman, believe me, the our cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, [Read more...]
Orthodox Leader Predicts Christian Springtime
Urges Knowledge of Church Fathers BARCELONA, Spain, OCT. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk is expressing the conviction that the 21st century will see a flowering of Christianity, without divisions between the followers of Jesus. The chairman of the Department of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate made these comments today in a ceremony in which he was given an honorary doctorate by the faculty of theology of Catalonia, which is under the patronage of the Gregorian University of Rome. [Read more...]
