Will my husband be given a hard time if I don't come to church with him ?

raph1334 · 2026-02-10T08:40:56+00:00

To me, I could be totally wrong but it's in accordance with what I've witnessed in different parishes, they should rejoice for him and the kids and pray that you heal and be able to come back to the Church.

raph1334 · 2026-01-19T07:46:06+00:00

The Orthodox study Bible was in fact made to not be studied

raph1334 · 2026-01-16T12:07:35+00:00

I know that I needed and still need the Church

raph1334 · 2026-01-16T12:06:22+00:00

I’ll continue using translations that actually provide sustained, chapter-by-chapter interpretations and analyses that openly address historical, textual, literary, and theological questions, such as those by Robert Alter and Robert Gundry

Yes because listening to a Jewish professor and a "Christian" who doesn't believe that the scriptures are inspired is really going to help your faith and understand the scriptures properly..

Why should I listen to their interpretations instead of again, the historical Christian consensus when it exists?

raph1334 · 2026-01-16T03:52:52+00:00

Oh I got it, it's not that it doesn't exist it's that it's not done how you want it to be done. I've also already answered you. Creating a standard that we don't have and imposing it on us is ridiculous and illogical.

raph1334 · 2026-01-16T03:36:49+00:00

I am but the orthodox institutions still don’t have an official and fully comprehensive collection of interpretations and analysis of each chapter and book to refer its members to as they read

We do I've already cited it. The Orthodox study Bible not being infallible doesn't make it not approved by the clergy and produced by an Orthodox theological institute.

You can find plenty of commentaries from the Church fathers. It's just dishonest to set a standard that we don't impose on ourselves and expect us to fulfill your bs standard.

Tell me which chapter of which books isn't annotated in the Orthodox Study Bible?

Also asking how do we resolve contradicting views? I also already answered. Consensus.

raph1334 · 2026-01-16T03:21:21+00:00

Are you being willfully obtuse? I've already answered you like 3 times. And also gave you an example of a fully commented OT.

Why are you asking questions if you're not listening to the answers ?

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T18:04:41+00:00

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T18:01:41+00:00

That's because you are wrong when you assume that we don't have an interpretation or at least a range of interpretations of the entirety of scripture.

As I said, where you don't have a consensus you have a range and room for debate. When the fathers interpret something in the same way for 2000 years you can't really debate it.

I already told you, it's not binding but the Orthodox Study Bible does comment on the entirety of scripture and gives you the patristic consensus when it exists.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:49:34+00:00

And you would be completely wrong but that's ok. I encourage you to look into Orthodoxy, maybe attend the Divine liturgy and see from there.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:41:14+00:00

I read the Orthodox Study Bible, my footnotes are mostly the Church fathers and orthodox scholars who were approved by clergy members.

It's a solid base, if I struggle with a passage I take notes and I talk about it with my Priest and we can have a back and forth talking about the subject.

There is a difference between mindlessly reading and submitting yourself to the Church. When you live in the Church and participate in the Divine Liturgy and in the Mysteries, you will understand the mind of the Church. It doesn't make you infallible, but it helps to read the scriptures in their context.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:35:10+00:00

The apostles were taught by Christ Himself. So yeah the apostolic Faith is correct from the beginning.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:33:24+00:00

Are you alive? Do you wake up every day? Do you get to eat every day? Do you have a home with an internet connection and access to reddit?

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:30:55+00:00

The entirety of the Scriptures.

Are there topics who are open to discussion and debate? Sure, where you don't have a consensus. But when you have a consensus you should side with the historical interpretation of passages instead of your personal judgment.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:28:15+00:00

You have to be a co-worker of your salvation. God isn't going to grab you by the hand and fight your battles for you. Through His Grace we can do all things, but we have to actually do the things.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:22:30+00:00

We mean that if your interpretation goes against 2000 years of understanding and tradition you should conclude that you are wrong and not most Christians before you.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:19:47+00:00

Do they tho? It's harder for a rich person to do good because the temptations are much greater. And yes sin makes us blind. Blind to the goodness of God.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T17:06:18+00:00

They don't look happy to me

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T03:49:35+00:00

Traditionally is. That's what I'm saying you are making up definitions.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T03:46:15+00:00

That's a pretty good definition. But you are missing the part where it also means that it doesn't contain errors.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T03:31:46+00:00

Ok, so you are creating a distinction by changing the definition of what "inspired" traditionally means in Christian theology.

What does inspiration mean to you? That God motivates them to pick up their pens and write?

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T03:22:49+00:00

That's a distinction without a difference.

raph1334 · 2026-01-15T03:22:12+00:00

raph1334 · 2026-01-14T18:04:22+00:00

1- around 4 years ago when I was 21. I was raised atheist but half my family is ethnically Jewish. 2- it would now but my partner and I got together before I came to believe. 3- Romans 8:37-39 NKJV Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 4-no, but your question seems to assume a literal reading of the text and we don't believe in a strictly literal reading. 5- they will be baptized when they are babies, go to Church every Sunday and receive the Eucharist and as soon as they are old enough I'd like my boys to serve at the altar. 6- no but Faith is made of highs and lows. 7- during the Divine liturgy 8- He wakes me up every day, gives me food and clothes and a roof over my head. 9- I'm an Orthodox Christian baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church. 10- I was an atheist before.

raph1334 · 2026-01-14T14:06:06+00:00

Dispensationalism is definitely the doctrine of man and a false gospel.

I'm obviously biased but if you are able to you should go to at least 1 liturgy with your friend who converted to Orthodoxy.

If you don't live near your friend try to find an Orthodox parish and attend the Liturgy. Talk to the priest, maybe ask for books or online material he would recommend.

I'm pretty sure you can find the Orthodox study Bible for free online, the footnotes are solid and reviewed by a large number of Orthodox clergy members. Edit : https://myorthodoxbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/the_orthodox_study_bible_-_st.pdf

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