You can DM me for reading recommendations, I retweet prayer requests (esp. for the deceased). Make fat-shaming great again. Likes history, Latin, and pizza.
Please add OC inquirer Derek to your list of departed. His girlfriend cheated on him but he recently took her back, she then continued to manipulate him and it broke him. A few days ago, he went to the tree where they had their first kiss and killed himself.
@ErickYbarra3
If you were looking for an OC to debate, you could have easily just messaged me as (1) I've offered you dozens of opportunities to debate and (2) I have an open debate challenge, just contact me and we can hash out the details.
I just received word that Fr. James Bernstein (Antiochian Archdiocese, author of "Surprised by Christ" and convert from Judaism) is quickly approaching death and not make it more than a few days. Keep him and his family in your prayers.
In the mind of RCs, the words Peter, Rock, Pope, Rome, Keys, Chief, First, Head, Infallible, Vatican I, & Primacy are all one word - when they hear one, they hear all of the others. This is worsened by the fact that they understand Primacy, First, Head, & Chief to mean "autocrat"
My GOARCH parish is now about 50% converts with 300-ish attending each week. The parish across town is standing room only, another the parish has 46 catechumens (with a 1 year catechism). Even the Antiochian parish has gone to a largely English liturgy to accommodate converts.
Around 7 of my IRL friends are now regularly going to Orthodox Churches and inquiring in the past four months. Don’t let them lie to you that it’s just internet. America will be holy.
"Heos" is translated as "until," as well as "to," "while," "how long," "up to," "even to," etc. and appears 146 times in the NT. All of those occurrences can easily be seen here:
Even those verses translated as "until" often don't mean "stops then."
Byzantine Catholics are to Orthodox what Dylan Mulvaney is to women.
No matter how much Byzantine liturgics they ape - they can't be an authentically conciliar church when ruled by an autocrat who can manually override their conciliar model on a whim.
Regardless of the parishes I visit, when I ask the younger male converts - many of whom are highly educated & accomplished - what introduced them to the OC, it's one name that comes up again & again: Jay Dyer. Never AFR or other online OC personalities, it's just Jay
@Jay_D007
Which of these was not in the Jewish Temple liturgy?
I realized long ago Lofton is historically illiterate and jumps onto any train he can to defend his infallible autocrat, even when it necessitates undermining Christianity and reducing it to re-packaged paganism.
The names of the 17 innocent Christians killed by the Zionist airstrike on a church are listed below.
Saracens and Talmudists fight and the Christians pay the price. To think they are or can be our friends is to think that scorpions and snakes can be tamed and made docile.
The most detailed and thorough work on the early history of Christian art. It proves, IMHO, conclusively, that iconography is of a far earlier origin than had previously been thought.
This is why the modern conservative moment has been will continue to fail: it's completely divorced from Christ and therefore now seeks to court sexual deviants, perverts, and atheists.
"It is futile, in fact it is precisely absurd, to speak of reforming society, of changing the path of history, of emerging into an age beyond absurdity, if we have not Christ in our hearts; and if we do have Christ in our hearts, nothing else matters."
Fr. Seraphim Rose
Like the documents out of Ravenna, Chieti, and Alexandria, though not ex cathedra (and no one is claiming these are), this again shows the Supreme Pontiff and his hand-chosen scholars simply don't see Vatican I as reflecting the historical reality of the first millennium Church.
The new document explicitly contradicts the claim of Vatican 1 (left). The section below the blue admits the CDF says you can "read" Vatican 1 in a way that contradicts Vatican 1. The "status" of this new document is irrelevant, as it means the pope is (once again) affirming a
If you want to create Orthodox content and be as effective as
@Jay_D007
do what Jay does: *actually read* the primary sources and scholarship and in large volumes. RC and most OC content is so underwhelming primarily b/c they read neither primary sources nor scholarship.
It was pointed out to me, years ago, that poor reading comprehension was almost a requirement to do RC apologetics. Agree or disagree? Post your screenshots below.
@Jay_D007
@superxtianmario
@langluigi_
SOON ON R&T: 'The sodomite patrimony has ancient roots in the Church and was recently recognized by Pope Francis. Many a ya'll know I had the blessin' of seein' my neighbors, Bubba Red and Billy Bob, get their relationship blessed by our local priest (who's also probably gay).'
Michael Lofton defends the pope night and day and the pope thanks him with a glass ceiling like this? We have our "fools for Christ" but Michael Lofton is a "clown for Francis."
Remember this picture? St. Tikhon's Hieromonk Herman Majkrzak and translator apostated and went to the UGCC but I'm happy to say he only lasted a few months in Rome and is now back in the OC (I've personally confirmed with a private source). My bet is he'll be laicized.
🚨🇻🇦 Pope Francis softened the Vatican’s ban on blessing same-sex couples, saying that priests may use their discretion in giving such blessings, so long as they don’t imply a same-sex union is equivalent to a heterosexual marriage.
Francis has taken a conciliatory approach
I've experienced this:
>Woman talks down to man about X
<Man responds w/ his credentials on X.
>Woman responds by mentioning her husband's credentials to show she is not to be talked down to about X.
Conclusion: in the female mind, semen transmits expertise.
@DianeKamer
Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men become autistic incels who eventually become trans.
The Pope states gay unions cannot be blessed as a "marriage" but the definition of "marriage" the Pope uses effectively places gay unions on the same plane as heterosexual remarried divorcees. See Section 2.a-g. He's leaving the "back door" open.
Erick Ybarra thinks that Protestantism is more "plausible" (i.e. reasonable, credible, worthy of approval) than Orthodox Christianity.
If that is the case, why did Pope Benedict XVI continue to propose the "Ratzinger Formula" which would allow reunion without OCy changing?
Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Georgia, & the EP all fell to the Muslims while in communion with Rome while Serbia & Bulgaria fell while out of communion with Rome.
Ch. 20 is a rejection of the role of the Episcopate in exchange for the opinions of Romanides & 'Geronda Whose-it from Monastery What's-it.'
But who are these "illumined bishops and gerondas"?
'The ones who agree with my sacramental rigorism.'
Ah, ok.
@OrthodoxEthos
He claims my argument isn't good & then immediately has to ask what my argument is. This is a prime example of what I meant what I said in the first video on Ybarra's book that he just says things he thinks will make him look erudite but w/o thought to what is actually meant.
Please pray for the repose of Jeff. He was someone dear to me who had struggled with mental illness and addiction throughout his life. He was also rabidly anti-religious and toxically bitter in the end having lived a wicked life ensuring he died estranged from nearly everyone.
Having met Elpi twice, I'm convinced he's not competent enough to use Twitter effectively. The page is likely run by some 37-year-old single lady blocking everyone to the background music of her three cats meowing and/or her ovaries drying up.
I’ve literally never interacted with his eminence. Furthermore, I’ve hardly ever engaged in any negative discussion surrounding his name. I’ve even gone so far as to remind people to pray for his repentance and not wish I’ll upon him.
Is this acceptable behavior of an archbishop?
Notice how
@ErickYbarra3
avoids mentioning RCism faces the same standard in regard to icon veneration (and is therefore less "plausible" than Protestantism) thereby 'cutting off the branch he's sitting on.'
@Jay_D007
@MedWhiteAcolyte
@superxtianmario
I've now looked into this specific case of the Deaconess Angelic Molen and it is completely unacceptable for the following reasons:
(1) She's not of the canonical age (40).
(2) Her FB states she "married" (there is no evidence of a husband on the FB, though, so she... [cont.]
Do you have extensive examples of actual mistakes in Jay's recounting of historical events or is this just a smug remark that you're assuming no one will press you on?
Why wouldn't I mansplain to you when, after relatively innocuous critique of your position, you appear to possess no substantive knowledge on the topic, but merely slogans & threats?
Rad Trad: 'But Francis didn't fire him *ex cathedra*, see? It was just his ordinary magisterial firing so we aren't bound by it.'
Michael Lofton: 'If ya'll don't accept the Holy Father was right in firing sede-Strickland, ya'll need to go to confession cuz ya'll in mortal sin.'
If you were looking for an OC to debate, you could have easily just messaged me as (1) I've offered you dozens of opportunities to debate and (2) I have an open debate challenge, just contact me and we can hash out the details.
@ErickYbarra3
I have not found an Eastern Orthodox to debate (Papacy/Filioque/?). I'm opening doors to Protestant and Catholics. I know many Catholics have expressed disagreements with me on a variety of matters (Honorius, Death Penalty, Amoris Laetitia, etc., etc.). I'm opening the table for
If Jay's issues with anger are a reason to disregard his content, why are
@ErickYbarra3
's issues with gluttony and sloth and Lofton's arrogance not reasons to disregard their content? "Anger," "Gluttony," "Sloth," and "Pride" are listed under the Seven Deadly Sins. Answers?
it’s funny - as others have noted - lofton and ybarra have pretended theyre too pious to laugh at fat jokes and dismiss my work bc “im mean,” but they give ybarra a free pass for the deadly sin of gluttony lmao
We should all have a written list of the dead and pray for them at least once a week. It should include all of our ancestors and relatives whom we know by name, deceased co-parishioners, friends, and enemies. [Cont. in comments]
Pray every morning and pray every evening. Once you have that down, begin praying at midday, even if it is just a Pslam and 50 repetitions of the Jesus Prayer, you are reminding yourself of God.
Could your children watch what you are watching and listen to the music your are listening to without harm to their morals and souls? If the answer is no, you need to completely stop consuming that content b/c it's damaging your soul and stunting your spiritual growth.
The subtle chuckle on the part of the very British Fr. Price is easily missed for what it is by most non-Brits: without stating so, he's implying that the question was idiotically naive.
It would be great if someone would make full-length documentaries on each of these topics, we really need it. At that point, you could just post the link to them when RCs bring these up.
Can you imagine being a believing man and putting your "junk" where you know God had been? I can't. We treat even the Chalice with reverence and don't drink regular drinks from it as it has held the Body and Blood of Christ. How much more so would Joseph have treated Mary.
@real_lord_miles
@jennyzhangzt
Conincidentally, last night, a PhD candidate in AI at MIT repeated the "females earn 77 cents" mantra to me and when pressed on the methodology, insisted it was apples to apples and referred me to a TED talk that simply aserted the same claim with no details. It's pathetic.
This is essentially a single shot taken down of Islam and should really be broken into a syllogism or series of syllogism for easier memorization. Take a shot at making it a syllogism in the comments.
Thanks,
@Jay_D007
Lofton levels accusations of slander/libel/misrepresenting (i.e. that someone knowingly ignored the truth and lied) instead of the more charitable "they're wrong" (i.e. they sincerely believe what they're saying but are incorrect". A Thread.
Notice how Lofton tacitly ignores St. Maximus's response when told that Rome is in communion with the Monothelites (which was historically accurate). PDF p. 82
Lofton has, most likely, ended his career at Catholic Answers due to his puerile behavior in his exchange with
@FeserEdward
of Catholic Answers. That leaves Lofton with Pints With Aquinas as the only ally (I can think of) with whom he hasn't burned his bridge.
Guy makes defamatory comments, and when called on it, instead of simply issuing a retraction, tries to portray himself as a victim. I think the psychologists have a label for this kind of thing, but I’m not a YouTube influencer, so what do I know?
Reading Lofton's new book "Answering Orthodoxy" & there are some real gems in it such as this one from p. 39 of the PDF.
B/c the debate hinges on which type(s) of Filioque was/were being taught by Church Fathers, his "shortcut" fails as it indulges in the word-concept fallacy.
a monastic, much less an abbess.
I would suggest we all contact the Met. of Zimbabwe (found here: ) and inform him that your donations to the African missions have now stopped.
IMHO, for every hour you're online, you should have, *at a bare minimum,* five hours of reading the Church Fathers and spiritual works in addition to your morning and evening prayers.
The books are real, the ladder isn't. Microphone is pretty good and the chair is comfortable.
Tune in this Saturday morning January 7th for our first episode.
Average Filioque Debate
Catholic: "Here are hundreds of explicit quotes from the Fathers teaching the Filioque, along with implicit statements."
Orthodox: "Nah bro, those are Latins."
C: "Okay, well, here are a few dozen of Greek Fathers explicitly teaching the Filioque."
O:
Please pray for the soul of Ahmad who passed away today after a long battle with congestive heart failure. He was a fairly secular but ethical Muslim man in his mid-80s whom we've known for many years.
If these numbers are valid for church attendance, how much more for fasting, morning & evening prayers, Christian morality, & reading the Scriptures? The largest sign, in my mind, that we are witnessing the fall of the Roman Empire is the scarcity of even minimally decent men.
I posted this in the past on FB and preached about it. The importance of fathers in the faith. I had one parishioner tell me how it made her feel like she was nothing if her husband did not participate. Not at all! A Mothers faith is vital - it is milk for children but a fathers
I'm on a roll: first Gideon Lasar & Erick Ybarra in October & now Militant Thomist (aka Christian Wagner). All three have set their tweets to private after being offered a debate.
@UbiPetrus2019
Our fasting isn’t to be used to score points on social media. You aren’t being an asshole, you’re being a Pharisee. You are not better than Erick Ybarra. Go to confession
Fr. James Bernstein passed away this morning, please add him to your departed (Orthodox) list.
Please also send me the names of those who have fallen asleep in the Lord and I will repost them. If you can include some personal information about that as well, that is helpful.
I just received word that Fr. James Bernstein (Antiochian Archdiocese, author of "Surprised by Christ" and convert from Judaism) is quickly approaching death and not make it more than a few days. Keep him and his family in your prayers.
I remember Ybarra calling it a "distortion" to demand examples of Vatican I in the first millennium before going on to try and prove Vatican I in the first millennium.
@UbiPetrus2019
After ybara was asked to defend vat1 in the first thousand years, which his reply was i don't have to. All I have to do is find a point in time where rome was appealed to and that proves papacy. That's when I realised these dudes are all retarded.
Which over-the-top and flamboyant Catholic YouTuber writes just like this? First one to answer correctly gets the satisfaction of knowing they read my mind.
Getting tired of Vatican I, Brian?
@ 13:43 "The canonical process that is in place is one that Pope Francis actually placed there and did not follow in the case of removing this bishop, he just unilaterally acted with the full weight of his authority, which to me, seems...[cont]
I've been forced to offer up to 300% of my time in an attempt get RC apologists to do what they claim is their job: defending Catholicism. Hardly any of them take the offer despite saying I'm a joke, have bad arguments, and would be easy to defeat.
All the well known Muslims and atheists have easily set up public formal debates with me. None of them whine and cry in effeminate meltdowns.
But Roman Catholics and evangelicals will literally debate for hours about why they won’t debate “because mean jerk man.”. So weak.
could be widowed).
(3) She distributed the Eucharist to the *entire* congregation (per the description linked below) and not just to women & their small children present.
(4) She's reading litanies and acting as a deacon would.
(5) She's not, as far as can be told... [cont.]
Apparently our first video on contraception was so egregiously offensive that it got Ubi Petrus banned/blocked - w/o warning - from at least 7 FB groups (2 Uniate
- 1 of which announced it below - 3 trad Catholic, 1 Prot/OC/RC group, and Ybarra's shrinking 'papacy group').
Female leadership is socially corrosive due to women's intrisic desire to be inclusive. Functional society can only exist w/ relatively strict moral boundaries creating in & out groups & women, like a mother, cannot stand the idea of the supposedly oppressed being left out.
You say: "St. Peter was the first pope of Rome, was given the keys first by Christ as he was the chief of the Apostles & Head of the Church."
How would an RC hear this? Comment below.
Pope Vigilius is suspended from office by the 5th eEcumenical Council. Acts of Constantinople II Vol 2:
Council's decree removing Vigilius from the diptycha: p. 100-1.
Commentary on it: p. 72-4
This cannot be said enough: fasting & more fasting. If you do not fast, you're not a Christian & you lack the foundation for self-control meaning you lack humility & suffer from pride. Pride feeds narcissism & that fuels addictions. Stop treating fat people like they're victims.
Along with prayer, diet is important. Our liturgical calendar is interwoven with our meals and food habits. If you are having trouble with prayer, you should also consider what you are eating and how much you are eating.
<<the internal theological and ecclesiological divisions of the EO are irreconcilable>>
We're going to need official statements from Orthodox Churches showing they possess theological divisions.
Here is one immediate objection I have to Eastern Orthodoxy:
How can the Orthodox Church prevent itself from having the same problems with theological pluralism that Protestants have?
It seems fairly clear that the internal theological and ecclesiological divisions of the EO
We have an open debate challenge to *anyone* so long as it touches on topics of Church history and the OC-RC debate. Protestantism is outside my wheelhouse, but the topic of the reception of Nicaea II is an immediate matter of Church history and is therefore I'll debate it.
"When you feel scandalised, you should ask yourself, how many do I scandalise? In God’s name, shouldn’t I tolerate my brother or sister? How does God tolerate me with all the things I do?" ~ St. Paisios of Mount Athos
@Jay_D007
It's running at about 50% at this point so my question is, if he is bringing such a massive number of people into contact with the Church, exactly what is your problem?