Misquoting J.B Lightfoot TO ARGUE AGAINST Bishops, that is. by Richard A. Shaward (originally posted 2009) Okay, . Seriously. I was going to remain silent on this until talking to a certain individual I greatly love in the Lord and respect and am thankful to have known in my early Christian years. (We have never […]
Ecclesiology
On Ecclesiology (IV)
“Outside the Church there is no salvation.” (Saint Cyprian, 258) “Outside the catholic Church, one can have everything except salvation.” (Saint Augustine, 371) Hebrews 12:22-23 NKJV But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, (23) to the general assembly […]
On Church Division
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM “Nothing so provokes God’s anger as the division of the Church” from John Chrysostom’s Commentary on Ephesians, Homilies 10 and 11 Eph 4:4-16 NKJV There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; (5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and […]
On Ecclesiology (II)
“The Church Which Presides In Love” by Nicholas Afanassieff [source] I . Orthodox polemics against the primacy of Rome now depend, broadly speaking, on Roman Catholic theology. [1] This is not surprising, since the actual aim of Orthodox theology is to refute arguments put forth in favor of Roman primacy. Now the Catholic doctrine of […]