Father Peter Heers believes that a catechumen, if he is blessed by his “Spiritual Father”, can lead ministries.
First of all, as one would hope Father Peter knows, catechumens don’t have spiritual fathers. Secondly, a catechumen is never blessed to perform any ministry.
The whole point of the catechumenate is that they are learning the faith, not teaching it!
Why does an Old Calendarist have to explain this to him?
@AGimpsey The sons of God are indwelled with the Eternal Words of God when the Spirit of Christ births us from above.
The "as it is written" only confirms what's already in us.
@EthanWayne2001@desertcynic Literally my thought anytime one of your posts comes across my feed
At least I engage and critique the nonsense
And I’m not a seminarian
@EthanWayne2001@desertcynic Yes, we’re not Calvinists
Origen was a Christian at one point
Then he apostatized
His Christian works are memorialized through the saints
🚨 Pope Leo XIV has sent a WARNING to migrants, telling them how to behave when they arrive into new countries:
'Learn its language, to respect its laws, to get to know its customs, to participate in communal life and to offer your gifts with gratitude'
@EthanWayne2001@desertcynic Was Saint Paul wicked when he quoted pagan poets?
Christ can baptize the works of even wicked men for the edification of The Church, baptizing the works of an apostate from before they apostatized doesn’t seem like much of a logical leap
Amidst prots and orthobros fighting, I think the best quote I’ve heard in a long time came from an agnostic
“I don’t moral fag on the internet, other people are free to do that, but I’ve never seen it work. Besides what good does moral fagging on the internet do?”
-@Hard_Bastard
@EthanWayne2001@desertcynic He’s anathematized 4 times
You’re like the girl who ignores her dad to run off with guy her dad says is bad news
Hopefully whatever happens from your wicked disposition will bring back to the full truth before it wrecks you
I thought having Christ guide the church would allow Orthodox Christian’s the ability to practice in peace…..but evidently Jefferson is who we look to for peace
Wild take from a seminarian
Both hilarious and sad to me that there are a bunch of Orthodox Christian Americans who, despite benefitting immensely from the religious liberty secured by our nation, idolize garbage authoritarian regimes like Russia or Orban’s Hungary.
Simply puzzling to me. Only reason they are even able to practice their faith in peace is because of the freedoms our country protects.
But they are much more enamored with these despotic hell holes, because of their deluded reactionary fantasies and escapism (again, a luxury of American society).
I’ve just about had it with American converts ranting about “Holy Russia” and how it is the panacea to “western degeneracy” or whatever.
Message to all foreigners in Ireland.
The bad eggs of your kind ruined it even for yous good ones.
Your kind isn't welcome anymore.
We have kids and women to keep safe!!
Yours sincerely.
The Irish.
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