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Fr. Florovsky on Intercommunion
Andrew Blane The issue on which Bulgakov and Florovsky diverged most widely at the Fellowship [of St. Alban and St. Sergius] meetings was introduced by Father Bulgakov in 1933. Noting with regret that...
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On Female Deacons in the Ancient Church
Hieromonk Matthew Blastares ca. 14th cent. [W]omen deacons…fulfilled a certain ministry in the clergy. At present, they are almost entirely unknown. Except there are some who say that they served in...
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On Baptism and the Holy Spirit
St. Athanasius the Great ca. 297-373 For as the faith in the Triad, which has been delivered to us, joins us to God; and as he who takes anything away from the Triad, and is baptized in the name of the...
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On Communion Participation
Elder Philotheos Zervakos 1884-1980 Some people don’t partake of Holy Communion at all due to impiety and an absence of faith. Others, out of ignorance, weakness of faith, carelessness, and an absence...
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The Belief of the Ancient Irish Church in the Bloodless Sacrifice and Real...
by Hieromonk Enoch Introduction There is a class of works from the 19th century and before that reveals much interesting work on the ancient Irish (and other Celtic) Churches in Britain. However, one...
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On the Ancient Method of Infant Baptism in the English Church
The Second Council of Calcuith, England AD 816 Let Presbyters also know that when they administer Baptism they ought not to pour the consecrated water upon the infants’ heads, but let them always be...
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On Church, Orthodoxy and the Eucharist
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St. Vlasios Of course, no one would want to deny the great value of the Divine Eucharist, at which we partake of the Body and Blood of Christ and to which all...
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On the Augustinian View of the Sacraments
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk The Augustinian understanding of the “efficacy” of the sacraments was never fully accepted in the Orthodox Church. Such an understanding of the sacraments is...
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On the Heads of the Church
The Great High Priest by Damascene Gallery The Eastern Patriarchs to the English Non-Jurors 1721 [O]ur Lord Jesus Christ is the only Head of the Church both in earth and heaven, militant and...
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On the Full Knowledge of God II
St. Symeon the New Theologian ca. 949-1022 Brothers, if full knowledge of the true wisdom and knowledge of God were going to be given us through letters and formal study, what need would there be then...
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St. Basil the Great on [re]Baptism
St. Basil the Great ca. 330-379 Encratitæ, Saccophors and Apotactitæ all come under the same rule as the Novatians. For a canon was promulgated concerning the latter, although it varies from place to...
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St. Mark of Ephesus on Eucharistic Consecration
St. Mark of Ephesus 1392-1444 We [Orthodox] have inherited the customary exposition of the sacramental liturgy from the Holy Apostles and their successors, the Doctors of the Church. With respect to...
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On the Pyramid of Being
Blessed Elder Sophrony of Essex 1896-1993 In the structure of the world we observe a hierarchical order, a division into upper and lower — a pyramid of being. Yet the idea of equality is deeply rooted...
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On Moths and Rust
St. Ambrose of Milan ca. 338-397 [T]he Gospel was written to Theophilos, i.e., to him whom God loves. If ye love God, it was written to you, discharge the duty of an Evangelist. Diligently preserve the...
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On How the Theotokos Taught the Church
St. Philaret of Moscow 1821-1867 [A]lthough she, by the height of grace, presides invisibly and in spirit over the assembly of the Apostles,— by lowliness of heart, in the body, she suffered not...
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On Initiation into the Church via Baptism and the Eucharist
Every Orthodox and Roman Catholic should read this outstanding book! Go and get it! Protopresbyter Peter Heers D. Th. “This is a fundamental identity: the Church in the Eucharist and the Eucharist in...
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On Leading in the Church
Blessed Jerome of Stridonium ca. 347-420 Let bishops hear this, let priests, hear, let every rank of learning get this clear: In the Church, leaders are servants. Let them imitate the Apostle [Paul]....
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On Why the Priest Invokes the Father at the Eucharistic Consecration
Christ the Great High-Priest 15th cent. icon from skete.com St. Nicholas Cabasilas 1323-1391 Why is it that for the consecration of the Offerings the Celebrant does not invoke the Son, Who is the...
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On Akribeia and Oikonomia
Ss. Cyprian and Augustine Protopresbyter George Dion Dragas [An] obvious question relates to the rejection…of the distinction between akribeia and oikonomia as a ‘Greek innovation’...
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On How Grace Operates in the Mysteries
http://damascenegallery.com/shop/icon/classic-icons/st-nicholas-cabasilas/ St. Nicholas Cabasilas 1323-1391 The Holy Spirit grants to those who partake of the sacred offerings the remission of sins of...
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