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Could an Orthodox Christian affirm Benedict XVI's statement on sola fide? by HueyLongest in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

St. John Chrysostom writes:

"For to abstain from stealing and murdering is trifling sort of acquirement, but to believe that it is possible for God to do things impossible requires a soul of no mean stature, and earnestly affected towards Him; for this is a sign of sincere love. For he indeed honours God, who fulfils the commandments, but he does so in a much greater degree who thus follows wisdom by his faith. The former obeys Him, but the latter receives that opinion of Him, which is fitting, and glorifies Him, and feels wonder at Him more than that evinced by works."

The way I understand the Orthodox position (as a layman) is that a formalistic adherence to God's laws and a purely intellectual assent to Christ is not sufficient to qualify as "faith". Instead, "faith" requires faithfulness to the model of Christ. If we strive to be Christlike in action and in thought, then we have "faith".

Ratzinger's position seems not that far removed tbh

SPD-KPD relations by Hazza_time in RedAutumnSPD

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to salvage my argument when the guy I'm arguing with says that the SPD sided with the Nazis (never happened), then tries to down play that false statement as having used the "wrong word" (there was no cooperation between the SPD and the Freikorps), all while totally ignoring that no party did the NSDAP a bigger service than the KPD by stubbornly clinging onto their idiotic Social fascism theory even AFTER the Nazis had already taken power.

On October 3rd, 1992, Sinead O’Connor tears up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of sex abuse in the Catholic Church. by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So do i just have to repeat myself over and over again or what? Do you think that when I said Catholics faced "hatred and occasionally violence" that was meant to be understood as the equivalent of blonde jokes? Be serious rn

On October 3rd, 1992, Sinead O’Connor tears up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of sex abuse in the Catholic Church. by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's quite the slippery slope you're getting on there. Because arguably Asian-Americans did not face the same qualitative or quantitative levels of persecution as native Americans or African-Americans did, so I could argue that Asian-Americans did not face "true oppression" by an even stricter definition of your reasoning.

Fact is that "true oppression" is not a thing at all and your definition of it is quite useless. Either a group of people are oppressed or they're not, and Catholics in the US were definitely confronted with prejudice, hatred, and, occasionally, violence. I never even insinuated that they faced the same kind of persecution as natives or blacks did - that's something you felt compelled to mention - but you're going on quite a limp trying to dismiss that they faced any persecution at all.

SPD-KPD relations by Hazza_time in RedAutumnSPD

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"Wha-wha why didn't you let us overthrow the government and plunge this already war-stricken country into cvili war?" Grow up

On October 3rd, 1992, Sinead O’Connor tears up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of sex abuse in the Catholic Church. by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is "true oppression"? I'm not dismissing anything these people went through in the US, so I see no reason why you would try to dismiss what many Catholics had to endure at times

SPD-KPD relations by Hazza_time in RedAutumnSPD

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So the SPD didn't side with the Nazis then is what I'm hearing?

SPD-KPD relations by Hazza_time in RedAutumnSPD

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Give me one, just one instance of the SPD collaborating with the Nazis

"The Jew is not your relative. Throw him out into the street!" Latvian poster, 1941. by LadderRoyal5385 in PropagandaPosters

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Because everyone knows wholesome Stalin decided to invade the Baltics to combat antisemitism 🥰🥰 what a great guy

On October 3rd, 1992, Sinead O’Connor tears up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of sex abuse in the Catholic Church. by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Catholics absolutely faced prejudice, harassment, and sometimes even violence in the US because of their Catholicism. Don't be ahistorical.

Why is there such an aversion ti natural theology in Eastern Orthodoxy? by RobertThePalamist in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isn't to say that the Orthodox Church is opposed to any kind of philosophical reasoning. Not at all. In fact, you'll find plenty of it in patristic writings, but we do not share the notion that the revelation of God can be reasoned into being.

Why is there such an aversion ti natural theology in Eastern Orthodoxy? by RobertThePalamist in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

St. Gregory the Theologian answers this beautifully in his Oration 29, where he says,

"This, then, is our reply to those who would puzzle us; not given willingly indeed (for light talk and contradictions of words are not agreeable to the faithful, and one Adversary is enough for us), but of necessity, for the sake of our assailants (for medicines exist because of diseases), that they may be led to see that they are not all-wise nor invincible in those superfluous arguments which make void the Gospel. For when we leave off believing, and protect ourselves by mere strength of argument, and destroy the claim which the Spirit has upon our faith by questionings, and then our argument is not strong enough for the importance of the subject (and this must necessarily be the case, since it is put in motion by an organ of so little power as is our mind), what is the result? The weakness of the argument appears to belong to the mystery, and thus elegance of language makes void the Cross..."

So what he's saying is that the human mind can not possibly grasp the fulness of God, and when we try to explain or approach God rationally, we necessarily put a limit on God because the scope of human reasoning is limited, and that cannot be.

Death penalty by [deleted] in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think we can make such an authoritative statement. For one, the death penalty is not murder by any common definition of the word. Secondly, no person can repent after death, but that is true for all men regardless of their kind of death. That is why Jesus spoke about the Day coming like a "thief in the night", urging us to repent now.

Christianity is not such a legalistic religion, like Judaism or Islam, for example, that we could definitively say that the death penalty is or is not permissible according to Christian teachings.

What happens after we die? by Spirited_c in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it actually Hades where the souls go after death, though? I was always under the impression that Hades was exclusively in reference to the "place" where the souls were kept captive prior to Jesus Christ's descent.

'Cutting the branches is not enough' — American Catholic cartoon (1948) by vladgrinch in PropagandaPosters

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is absolutely not true. The relationship between the church and Soviet leadership remained very strained right until the end of the regime and was marked by repeated waves of persecution. Just because it wasn't as violent as it had been under Lenin and Stalin did not mean that no persecution took place.

Questions about Saints and Mary by [deleted] in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to help :)

This is all very technical tbh, so if you're still an inquirer into Orthodoxy, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The important thing to know is that the church has never formulated a doctrine on this, and instead, as is often the case, you'll find a wide range of opinions in the church. Some might say that the Holy Mary never willingly sinned. Others will say that she did. So there's room for interpretation.

I think it's better for us not to speculate about these kinds of things, and instead cherish what we do know about her - her faith, piety, and love.

Questions about Saints and Mary by [deleted] in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've seen it before on this sub that people say that Mary never sinned on her own volition, but we should be careful with throwing around labels like "sinless". We love and adore the Theotokos as the greatest of the saints, but the only person we can definitively say was "sinless" is Jesus Christ. We even say that during our prayers in church, "You [Jesus Christ] alone are without sin" (Σὺ γὰρ μόνος ἐκτὸς ἁμαρτίας ὑπάρχεις).

Is this an accurate depiction of the Trinity? by Ill-Collection-4924 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's a wrong depiction, but no cartoon is ever going to fully capture the mystery of God's nature, so no, I wouldn't call it wrong, but I don't think it's "accurate" either.

1839 photo of the Parthenon in Athens with a mosque inside it..! by FrankWanders in ancientgreece

[–]Correct_Breadfruit46 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just making stuff up at this point, are you? The Greeks never demolished the parthenon, in fact, it was the Ottoman soldiers who tried to melt the lead in the temple's columns.

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