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Eastern Orthodox Christian ✝️ All have sinned, Jesus Christ was punished in our place, the Bible is the Word of God, and other basic stuff.
Joined December 2024
A thread demonstrating that Orthodoxy proclaims that Christ was truly and really punished in our place for our sins –🧵
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@fuiquodes_ @xRustInPeacex What's your background specifically, if I may ask, denomination-wise?
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St. Prosper comparing Pelagianism to the fall of Adam and Eve: Fallen human will is like the forbidden tree—grace is like the life-giving one. Seeking fruit of the former deprives us of the latter—but feeding upon the latter allows for proper use of the former.
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@manichaeanincel My friend Alexei found it —
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@frgregoryj @YariLogos @maksimologija @ARealWildCat @Methodios007 @redeemed_zoomer Father, Fr. Thomas Hopko believed Christ was a human person (source: , as you can see:
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I'm hearing the Eagles have really rallied today.... ...that is, those whose youth God has renewed like eagles (Psalm 102(103):5) have rallied to gather around the body of the Crucified Lord (Luke 17:37) and to drink His blood (Job 39:30) today at Liturgy.
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RT @CarolinaChristn: The #HeGetsUs campaign fundamentally misses the mark because it deviates from biblically inspired model of Law-Gospel…
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@BigMikeRobinso1 @orthodoxxin The original KJV had 1 and 2 Maccabees (and Wisdom and Tobit etc.) but eventually publishers stopped including the "Apocrypha" section
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@MarkCarol887 Nothing much off the top of my head. I know St. John Cassian linked Pelagianism and Nestorianism together his work on the Incarnation, but the specific road to Ephesus condemning it I don't know much about
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RT @TheOrthoEnsign: @Green_Bastardo "Why does Pelagius choose to be sunk in that sea [pelago] whence Peter was rescued by the Rock [petra]?…
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@Green_Bastardo "Why does Pelagius choose to be sunk in that sea [pelago] whence Peter was rescued by the Rock [petra]?" –St. Augustine, On the Grace of Christ and on Original Sin
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RT @TheOrthoEnsign: "[The Bible] uses the words 'wrath of God' to describe God's view of man. This is such a heavy burden.... Only God coul…
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RT @TheOrthoEnsign: "For what reason was His side pierced, if not so that those who believe in Him might hide in this wound, in the cleft o…
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@ScarPimpernel33 @PatrologyVotary I posted the quote because I wanted to point out that God wills to have mercy on those He has mercy on, and wills to harden those He hardens. There was no malicious omission of context.
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