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@388Caroline

Жыл бұрын

Dear Father, I didn’t know that the Roman Catholic Church made up the immaculate conception?

@lukelucas9264

Жыл бұрын

@@joanna439 Oh Joanna, that is the funniest comment yet. Explain to us all how the Vatican changed the words of the Creed to include the filioque. Then explain how this was not a departure from the ancient faith of the Church. Explain how your "vicars of Christ" have had sexual relationships with men, women and boys through the ages, and even today actively protects pedos around the world while condemning and bullying their victims. Do explain, Joanna, how you think, in your wildest dreams, that this could be the Church of Christ.

@FatherSpyridonROCOR

Жыл бұрын

@@joanna439 When you claim that Roman Catholics do not revise anything, can you account for the change in the Creed that the Vatican introduced? The insertion of the filioque is but one example of Rome's separation from the historic and living faith of the Church.

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

@@388Caroline Yes, in the 19th century.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me,a sinner. 🙏🏻

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Thank you for your words Father.

0:07 Instant Gratification. An expectancy of immediate answers. 1:04 Prayer is about conforming Will to God 1:55 Saint Anna, Daughter of a Levite Priest, Grandmother of Christ 3:43 Angel Gabriel, Trust in God’s Hands 5:34 Offer Everything We Are And Have

@cyriljorge986

Жыл бұрын

God bless you Time Stamp Guy!

Thank you father, another lesson learned today.

Thank you, Fr Spyridon! Very timely; very edifying! God is so good to us, beyond all thought and comprehension; Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think (cf. Eph. 3:20). ~Amen.

I pray every day that God will bless me with a godly wife. I'm 33 and still have no children or have ever been married.

@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253

Жыл бұрын

Good luck brother

@iamchristian5735

Жыл бұрын

You will get married when you are ready and when it is the will of God Brother Don’t give up you must pray and let God bless you all the time, he will help you trust in him and keep he Faith.

@Yunghank59

Жыл бұрын

What have you given to God?

@Yunghank59

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Funk thank you

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

You'll get married in God's time when He sees your 3 ready for a devout Orthodox wife.

Thank you father for a true word. You don't often hear that God's will is worked out over generations though it must be true. God bless you and make your ministry fruitful.

All Glory to God for His glorious providence upon our lives. May we conform to the will of God. God help us! O Most Holy Theotokos save us! ☦️💕

Thank you Father. I am new to Orthodoxy from Protestantism and find your teaching deeply spiritual - and wish I had first learned these things in the 'early years'...but praise God for His will and His timing!

@glendamcgee1779

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I am old and my whole life would have been different with these teachings. But Thank God I am learning now.

@dj393

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I am 68 and will be Chrismated next week.

@orthodox1717

Жыл бұрын

Glory to God you are home! ☦️

@glendamcgee1779

Жыл бұрын

@@dj393 Isn't that just wonderful.

@mariaivascu3972

Жыл бұрын

this century will be of Christianity or it will not be at all. thank you father!

Thank you father. I want to commit to the will of the Lord but I'm very weak in faith and impatient to wait for His will.May your prayers strengthen me to wait for His will. Amen

Thank you father. Needed this today! ☦️

The greatest blessing I experienced was a near death accident where Jesus came to me. Although since then, 7 years ago, I have daily struggles I am so blessed with gratitude for the second chance at life that has lead me to the path that I should have always been on. The path of our Lord Christ Jesus. Each morning I wake with the greatest depth of love and gratitude for our Heavenly Father. Thank you father🙏🏻

@KvltKommando

Жыл бұрын

If you are willing to share any more, I'd love to know more. Thanks

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

Glory to God! ☦

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. God bless you, Father Spyridon. ☦✝️

God bless you father I’m catholic living in California and your video helped me. Thank you! Praise God!

@agiasf7330

Жыл бұрын

This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

I offer up ⬆️ everything I am and have to God

Father are you spying on me or something? All your videos these past 2 weeks have been exactly what I needed. 🙂 Which corresponds with the title of this video nicely.

@lukelucas9264

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you said that, it reminds me how universal our issues are, and when someone preaches like this it speaks to what is needed in all of us. In other words, same here!

Thank you! The longer I’m Orthodox, 8 years at age 64, the more deeply I understand how Gods providence has kept me over the course of my entire life! I’m More patient now…

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

May God bless you cherished Facebook friend. ☦ 💜 to you.

Thank you for this beautiful and meaningful teaching. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Fr. Spyridon for yet another great homily.

Thank you, father I'm blessed to learn from your videos and books. May God bless you.

Very nice speach

May God bless you richly! You are a beacon of light in this arid world.

Amen and thank you Father Spyridon.

Thank you Father Spyridon

I’m sorry for letting myself become stagnant in my development of love for Christ, from here on I apologize for my failures and hope to move forward with him

Conform your mind to the Will of God. Amen! Jesus Christ have Mercy on me.

God remove all evil

To my fellow Catholics here on this thread.....if you were born in the 1960's then you are a product of Vatican II,, There is so much poor theology that came out of that. The Catechism that we have is NOT the catechism of the early church. You must go back to the early church fathers and saints to see the glaring issues. So, I would invite you to investigate more what really came out of Vat II and compare it to Nicea, Trent, Ephesus. To get caught up in these details serves to distract us from proper worship of Christ and the Holy Trinity. One day we will know all the answers. God Bless.

@agiasf7330

Жыл бұрын

This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

Thank you this I really need to hear at this moment in time. God bless you.

Worship over worry ❤️💯🙏💯🙏💯🙏☘️❤️🌹💪🩸🇺🇸☝️🔥

I pray that I find someone who will love me and that God will take away my thoughts of anguish and despair. 🙏

@hendersonshuntinglodge1207

Жыл бұрын

Begin by trying to love others first

@servejesus4980

Жыл бұрын

Focus on Jesus, and develop a relationship with Him. No one offers greater love. Blessings

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

God will answer your prayers in due time. I can love you as a sister if that is what you mean. God bless. ☦

@dlandrews1

5 ай бұрын

Reach out to those in need through a soup kitchen or dog pound. This makes you happy!

Amen to this awesome video thank you!

Amen. God bless. Thank you,

This word came right on time for me... again

Lord have mercy. I’m so far off. So attached to this world.

Thank you Father Spyridon! Oh Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on your creatures and on me, the most grievous sinner.

Blessings!

Thank you, Father, God bless.

Dear Sir, I absolutely adore your wisdom and your messages are as authentic as it gets !!! You are such a good man...I share your videos to loved ones ...God bless your beautiful 💓 heart

Great talk Father.

Thank you for this message

Very clear message. Thank you.

Beautiful. Peace! \o/

Thank you, Father.

very well said father, thank you

Your voice makes my hearth callm itself

Thank you

Thank you father

Thankyou Father

All the Roman Catholics on here complaining about Father's explanation of immaculate conception. Surely you knew that the Orthodox do not hold to this belief.

@agiasf7330

Жыл бұрын

we reject that apparition to Bernadette as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the Orthodox belief is most coherent and humble, that she the Mother of God Himself was just like us in conception and birth, though filled with grace so she did not act on the inclination to sin. She could have chosen to but did not by the uncreated grace of God! How powerful is that! In the Roman Catholic belief, she made no choice and could not sin.

thank you father..

I ordered your book from Amazon, just got a notification that it will be here today🤭

@FatherSpyridonROCOR

Жыл бұрын

I hope it proves useful

@southernnurse

Жыл бұрын

@@joanna439 Your comment is not respectful. You have a right to your opinions and beliefs, but this type of post is very immature.

Father, how to recognize and accept God's providence ? Because every time I think some related events might be a coincidence, and therefore I remain passive and do nothing towards the providence...

Thank you for de bunking the Immaculate Conception logismoi

@agiasf7330

Жыл бұрын

but we reject that apparition to Bernadette as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

thank you, at the time I didn’t know it, but I needed to see this. The only tricky part is knowing the exact parts that apply

Please pray for me random strangers of the internet. I am a hated sheep, separated from the herd by a bad shepherd and I feel so hurt and alone. Ripe for being devoured

@noway165

Жыл бұрын

Love and Peace to you. You found a 'safe space', please look through more of the videos on this channel! "We are all like sheep that have gone astray" 💒

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

Prayed for you. May you find a loving and devout spiritual father in the Holy Orthodox Church. God bless. ☦️

@katyarn85

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyMaria I saw this post this morning and I realized I owe it to myself to check out the Eastern Orthodox Church. i’m sick and tired of being hurt by the Roman Catholic Church. Maybe the eastern orthodox won’t be so cruel. Or maybe I’m just a big whiny baby, but we won’t know till we try. What do I do? Do I find a Greek orthodox do I go with Coptic? What should I do?

@katyarn85

Жыл бұрын

I emailed a Coptic church asking them for information. is it more of a cultural thing than a religious thing? Coptic vs Greek? I don’t want to make a decision based on frustration and emotion but I can’t stop thinking of the verse, “you’ll know them by their fruits” fruits of the Roman catholic church seem a bit sketchy right now or “you will know they’re Christians by their love”

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

@@katyarn85 I recommend Greek, Russian, Antiochian, Romanian, OCA, Serbian, etc. but not Coptic as we are not in communion with them. They are of the Oriental Orthodox Church and we're the Orthodox Catholic Church (Eastern Orthodox).

So true Father

Wisdom...

@The city of the King, Paslms 122:6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they will prosper that love you. God bless!!!

The weaken of patience. It has created. Huh never really thought of it like that before. kinda makes me backtrack to Conversations and messages I’ve had with people who do store orders and deliver them. There’s been times they message in a panic state and that saddens me because how belittled and blamed those people are for matters they not control.

Oh if only I knew english too.. Благодаримо од срца, оче Помените Теодора

@saphael77

Жыл бұрын

Свештеник је рекао да када молимо Бога да нам помогне може потрајати. Рекао је да је Марија, мајка Исусова је рођена од њених родитеља након што су се 50 година молили за дете. Рекао је да када смо болесни то је благослов и приближава нас Богу. Жао ми је што ово звучи чудно, користио сам гоогле транслате. Све је то рекао много боље него што сам ја овде ставио.

Is there any information on the period of lLord Jesus Christ's life between his childhood and the beginning of his ministry

Amen 🙏

Good Panagia to all Orthodox Christians

Let o and Let God.

🙏☦️

I only talk to god to thank him..

@DirkB4

Жыл бұрын

I know.. I am..

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

We must pray for others and ourselves. This is humility.

Reminds me of what one of the witnesses would be like

Thessalonians 5:16-18

Father, I love you. I am moved by your teachings. Can you please speak more on the lessons to be learned from the story of Abraham and Sara and Hugar. Sara did not trust the same way as Anna, yet God still full fills his promise. What then is the result of Sara’s sin? Is Ishmael cursed as a “wild donkey” or is it a blessing because a wild donkey is different and set apart aka “holy”? .. also, I see your point about the immaculate conception. I had never heard in explained that way I am Catholic, but have always questions the validity immaculate conception. Thank you for your explanation. I pray Roman Catholics and orthodox will one day reunite. 💕🙏🏻

There is often complaint that 'right' is not trusting in our own righteousness, but in the righteousness of the Creator. Righteous beings want others to be righteous, but in seeking righteousness it might be important to begin with what we think is right, trusting in the Creator's discipline and guidance, and in this essential to hold on to no convictions of our own rightness.

So long, too bad you had to resort to attacking the RCC. I enjoyed many of your videos.

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

It should say "troublesome things" and not "evil". That's a problem of the Masoretic Text.

@fightthegoodfightoffaithmi8676

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyMaria Romans 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

@@fightthegoodfightoffaithmi8676 Commentary would be nice on what relevance that has. It is vain not to give commentary.

@fightthegoodfightoffaithmi8676

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyMaria Its just a revelation I got from God's Holy Spirit nothing else.

@fightthegoodfightoffaithmi8676

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyMaria Psalms 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 1 John 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

☦️👩🏻‍🦳Are you saying Jesus was not Immaculately conceived or Theotokos of her parents, Joachim and Anna? Thank you for your devotions.☦️👩🏻‍🦳🇺🇸🙏👈

@FatherSpyridonROCOR

Жыл бұрын

The miraculous conception of Christ and His birth from a virgin is the historic faith of the Church. The "immaculate conception" however, refers to the the conception of the Theotokos and was a doctrine created on 8th December in 1854 by Pius IX - this recent innovation is not believed by the Orthodox Church. It is surprising to see how many Roman Catholics here are not aware of the differences between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.

@nanidogmomstevens6386

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I’m a recovering Catholic of 50s ‼️Converted to the true Faith before Marriage 50 years ago. I think so many of Catholics’ beliefs are hung up on semantics, instead of really knowing the truth of the Faith. I’m so grateful to have been introduced to Orthodoxy by my husband. Be blest☦️👩🏻‍🦳‼️

@agiasf7330

Жыл бұрын

but we reject the apparition to Bernadette as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

Father, can you please make a video on LGBT matters? I think we need guidance on this.

@LadyMaria

Жыл бұрын

We must avoid these afflictions ourselves and be kind and loving to those afflicted with such desires and pray for them to seek God and for repentance as with all matters.

Jack Lukeman:(The Minstrel Boy)☘️KZread ☘️☦️

Fr Spyridon, thank you for your teachings. I find them very blessed! I am Roman Catholic and I'm afraid you have a wrong conception of our beliefs. If you consult our Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) 1262-1264 the church talks about Baptism and some temporal consequences of sin that remain (effects). It is important to remark that the doctrine of sin is a mystery (not fully understood by any Christian). We believe in two type of sins that are rooted in Scripture: a) Hamartia (Greek) = we have fallen short, transmissible sin, such as those of Original sin and effects (concupiscence), and intergenerational sin and effects (generational bondage). b) Parabasis = the violation of a specific command, or personal sin. In relation to the Immaculate Conception Dogma, it took 1850ish years to declare it as a Truth. I invite you to, rather than criticising, go to the documents and reasons. I did an exercise simpler that any basic maths as I am no theologian, but helped me understand the logic: Adam=born sinless; Eve=born sinless; New Adam (Jesus) = born sinless; New Eve (Mary Theotokos) = born ? (immaculate). It was part of God's plan before creation. She was destined for this special grace of purity to receive the God-man. Job 38-4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding". God bless you!!

@josephtravers777

Жыл бұрын

I am Roman Catholic as well. I have no issue w/ either interpretation of effect, only what the angel announced 'Mary, full of Grace'. Surely immaculate by this heavenly proclamation.

@edalvarez4723

Жыл бұрын

@@olgapedinski6115 Dear Sister, It took more that 350 years to put the Bible up with scrolls that were more than 1000 years old. Madness as well? For God a thousand years is 1 day. If you read Scripture then you'll get my point. Blessings!

@edalvarez4723

Жыл бұрын

@@josephtravers777 Brother, the proclamation was not "receive the fullness of grace". Some other Bible translations state "Rejoice, the full of grace" Have a look @ CCC 491-493.

@jeffbrewster7475

Жыл бұрын

The Theotokos herself, during her apparition in Lourdes France in 1858 identified herself to an ignorant peasant girl as the Immaculate Conception. Furthermore, if we are born without some stain of sin on our souls, what is the purpose of an exorcism at baptism? Perhaps much of this is semantics... the guilt of sin versus the effects of sin. I think the best practice is to simply respect theological traditions and nuances in the East and the West without poking each other.

@josephtravers777

Жыл бұрын

@Herman of Alaska Immaculate- perfectly clean. How she became 'immaculate' is speculation on our part. We are not God.

I am a Roman Catholic , I believe in the stain/effects of Original sin, but I do not believe that the baby is guilty, I believe in Baptism that restores strength and graces to the one baptised..although I do believe in the Immaculate Conception.. God bless you Fr Spyridon

@agiasf7330

Жыл бұрын

This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

09:30 catholic here. That's what we believe too about original sin. We inherit the effects of original sin; the Theotokos didn't, being immaculately concepted

@nuzzi6620

Жыл бұрын

No, we don’t believe the same thing. The basic fact that she died shows that she was also affected by ancestral sin the way all men are (for death is a consequence of sin). Yet she herself committed no sin. Her conception was passionless, but not “immaculate” in the sense that Roman Catholic dogma in the 19th century defined it.

@mariobaratti2985

Жыл бұрын

@@nuzzi6620 who said that she died? She was taken body and soul in Heaven - at best she went to sleep and was not affected to body decomposition. Because she had no original sin in Her

@nuzzi6620

Жыл бұрын

@@mariobaratti2985 Again, you aren’t Orthodox so don’t presume we share the same beliefs. The Dormition of the Theotokos is one of the oldest feasts of the church, and Orthodox Christians, as has been tradition for many centuries, are currently fasting in preparation for this feast. KZread won’t allow links to non-KZread sites, but the Wikipedia article on the “Dormition of the Mother of God” details it pretty succinctly, including how Roman Catholic teaching deviated from the universal tradition in the late Middle Ages on this concept.

@mariobaratti2985

Жыл бұрын

@@nuzzi6620 do you believe Her body was subject to decomposition then?

@lighthousephotographybandera

Жыл бұрын

Mario, Do you believe that Enoch and Elijah were immaculately conceived because they weren't buried in the ground? Not a very good point if it doesn't apply everywhere, so that makes it easy to dismiss. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, but surely you have a point more consistent than that to make.

according to Paul, we are all saints.

@lighthousephotographybandera

Жыл бұрын

Paul refers to himself as less than the least of all saints and as the chief of sinners. He also doesn't give a blanket statement that everyone is considered a dating, but specifies that those who are consecrated in Christ are saints. Consecrated is not a light word. If somebody goes to church on Sunday and spends the week in the world going to movies, watching TV, watching the Super bowl and random videos on the internet.... That is not someone consecrated in Christ. One obvious sign of a saint is that they don't think or refer to themselves as saints.

@saintgraham

Жыл бұрын

@@lighthousephotographybandera The word “saint” comes from the Greek word hagios, which means “consecrated to God, holy, sacred, pious." It is almost always used in the plural, “saints.” "…Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem" (Acts 9:13). "Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda" (Acts 9:32). "And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons …“ (Acts 26:10). There is only one instance of the singular use, and that is "Greet every saint in Christ Jesus…" (Philippians 4:21). In Scripture there are 67 uses of the plural “saints” compared to only one use of the singular word “saint.” Even in that one instance, a plurality of saints is in view: “…every saint…” (Philippians 4:21). The idea of the word “saints” is a group of people set apart for the Lord and His kingdom. There are three references referring to godly character of saints: "that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints …" (Romans 16:2). "For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12). "But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints" (Ephesians 5:3). Therefore, scripturally speaking, the “saints” are the body of Christ, Christians, the church. All Christians are considered saints. All Christians are saints-and at the same time are called to be saints. First Corinthians 1:2 states it clearly: “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” The words “sanctified” and “holy” come from the same Greek root as the word that is commonly translated “saints.” Christians are saints by virtue of their connection with Jesus Christ. Christians are called to be saints, to increasingly allow their daily life to more closely match their position in Christ. This is the biblical description and calling of the saints. How does the Roman Catholic understanding of “saints” compare with the biblical teaching? Not very well. In Roman Catholic theology, the saints are in heaven. In the Bible, the saints are on earth. In Roman Catholic teaching, a person does not become a saint unless he/she is “beatified” or “canonized” by the Pope or prominent bishop. In the Bible, everyone who has received Jesus Christ by faith is a saint. In Roman Catholic practice, the saints are revered, prayed to, and in some instances, worshiped. In the Bible, saints are called to revere, worship, and pray to God alone

@lighthousephotographybandera

Жыл бұрын

@@saintgraham Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure what exactly you think makes someone consecrated in Christ. Church goers today think very liberally about this term. For example, being someone who practices unceasing prayer would a be good start. How difficult is this? Yet so many who barely even pray at all every day like to say they are saints. But Paul didn't call people who give a portion of their lives to Jesus "saints." He said those who are consecrated in Christ are called to be saints. Big, big, big difference there. The Greek word Jesus used to say "Follow me." didn't mean to follow Him when you finish other pursuits, the term is a calling to drop everything and follow Jesus for the rest of your life. Jesus is the only pursuit of those who hope to be His disciples and of those who are called to be saints. And I'll remind you again my friend.... A sure sign of a saint is someone who doesn't think of themselves as saints, or call themselves saints. It is an endearing act for Paul or anyone who follows Christ to call other members saints, but never do you see a saint calling themselves a saint. That might be a hard, thin line for you to follow me on, but it's biblical. So if you know someone who calls THEMSELVES a saint, that's a sure sign they aren't one. Find me a Bible verse where a saint refers to himself as a saint and I will change my mind on that. Thank you for sharing my brother.

@lighthousephotographybandera

Жыл бұрын

@@saintgraham It may help you here too remember that we are called to be slaves of Christ. When will you ever find a slave doing anything freely in the world? There is only one thing you will find a slave doing and that is the bidding of his master. Because a slave is consecrated to his master. How many people do you know that refer to themselves as saints, but also do things freely of their own accord? Would Jesus ask His slave to watch an NFL game, or enjoy a Hollywood movie with friends??? Never. So those pursuits are for people NOT consecrated to Christ. Yet we both know there are many many church goers who enjoy those pursuits. And they should refer to themselves as saints?? A slave has only one choice at all times: to do only the bidding of his Master. That, my friend, is somebody who is consecrated. And like Paul, they will refer to themselves as the chief of sinners.

@saintgraham

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@@lighthousephotographybandera Sports and athletic competitions have been popular since ancient times. The Bible draws several analogies of the Christian life from the sports world: 1 Corinthians 9:26 contains a reference to shadowboxing; the author of Hebrews likens the Christian life to a race (Hebrews 12:1); and Paul admonishes us to “run in such a way to win the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24, CSB). Given the Bible’s positive use of sports-related analogies, there can be nothing inherently wrong with viewing or participating in athletic events. Following one’s favorite football team, playing a few rounds of golf, attending a volleyball match, or signing up for community softball is something Christians can and do enjoy. Christian athletes and coaches often have the opportunity to use their prominence in sports as a platform for advancing the gospel. Christians who play sports can attest to the many benefits that such involvement can provide, including stress reduction; weight control; camaraderie; and the development of accountability, leadership, and communication, goal-setting, and problem-solving skills. The endurance and perseverance required in athletic competition can be valuable in building and strengthening character. One of the greatest benefits of competing in sports is the development of self-control: “Every athlete exercises self-control in all things” (1 Corinthians 9:25). In the crucible of competitive action, the presence of self-control-or the lack of it-becomes obvious to all observers. Some athletes (and fans) handle game-related adversity with grace and poise; others melt down in an adult temper-tantrum. The problem is not the sport; it’s the inner character of the athlete or fan. In many ways, a sporting event provides an occasion to test the character of both winners and losers. Christian athletes, coaches, and fans should be filled with the Holy Spirit and display the Spirit’s fruit, no matter where they are, be it on the court, on the field, or in the locker room. As in all areas of life, we must have balance in regards to our involvement in sports. We must set priorities. It’s easy for a sports fan to overdo it, committing too much time, money, and other resources to what should be an entertaining diversion. It’s easy for an athlete wishing to succeed to devote an inordinate amount of time and energy to training, to the neglect of family, friends, or walk with God. The Bible helps us clarify our priorities: “Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come” (1 Timothy 4:8). Sports is good and beneficial when kept in perspective. Never should sports be allowed to crowd out time with God or become more important than seeking God’s kingdom and righteousness (Matthew 6:33). Idols are not to be a part of the Christian life (1 John 5:21). And in whatever we do, on or off the field, we are to do it all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

I love listening to Father Sprydon but what he said about Roman Catholics believing that babies are born with guilt is something I've never heard in my 65 years as a Roman Catholic. I was taught that babies are born with original sin until they are baptized. What he's saying about them being born with the effects of sin is basically the same as what the Roman Catholics teach. We never say guilty.

@one_step_sideways

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Babies are sinless until the age of 7

@banditnip0345

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@@one_step_sideways 7. That must be the magic number.

@agiasf7330

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This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

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I was taught it in RCIA (Roman Catholic Catechesis for adults joining the RCC). It's a belief held by the RCC for centuries after its schism though after Vatican II it was dialed back several notches. It can be found in the Baltimore Catechism, the predecessor to the Catechism written in 1992, I'm sure.

@one_step_sideways

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@@banditnip0345 By 7 years of age their individuality is formed and they consciously know what they are doing. And when you don't look for them, they choose to be evil, it's just our nature.

I as a Roman Catholic have always enjoyed your talks Father but as Mary told the children of Fatima when asked who she was it was her answer to them that should open our eyes to who this chosen woman was…. Planned in the mind of God even before the fall of Adam and Eve… she said I am the Immaculate Conception which means she was conceived with the help of the Holy Spirit….to become the mother of Christ…I don’t believe the Catholic embodiment of Christ being born of a virgin is hard to comprehend as is the birth of the virgin by an Immaculate conception through the will of God the Father….Mary was born without sin because though God used St Anne as the vessel in which Mary entered the world He used the power of the Holy Spirit to conceive Her .. just as He did in the conception of Jesus✝️💕

@LadyMaria

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We don't believe in Fatima or any of the Roman Catholic "apparitions", to be fair. Not trying to be mean, just pointing that out. The Immaculate Conception dogma (or even as doctrine) doesn't work with the ancient Orthodox belief in ancestral sin (that we are born with the inclination to sin, but not born with stain or guilt of the original sin as Roman Catholics believed for a very long time, that we are all born with guilt and stain of the original sin..the RCC is dialing back on that since Vatican II as with many things). The dogma of the IC is a post schism innovation as it was not even a doctrine before the Great Schism. It is not needed in all honesty and seems to be man trying to make sense of things by adding to the Faith, and also elevating the Theotokos above all others as sort of a human goddess. We believe that though the Panagia (Mother Mary) was born with ancestral sin, as with us all, she did not act on it as she is full of grace (that is, uncreated grace) as the Archangel St. Gabriel said to her in greeting at the Annunciation. Therefore she is just like us in her conception and birth, however she overcame our inclination to sin by being full of grace. This is powerful. We also must remember that Christ is God; true God and true man fully. He did/does not have a human father in which to pass on the ancestral sin and thus was born free from it even His Mother though full of grace was born with it.

Why would Mary's causin Elizabeth say Blessed is the fruit of your womb? Or, the angel Gabriel say Hail full of grace the Lord has found favor with you. I don't think God would choose an unholy or unclean vessel to give birth to his perfect son.

@FatherSpyridonROCOR

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The Theotokos is the Queen of Heaven, the greatest offering humanity could make to God. She was purified by God's grace in order to receive Christ into her womb. Were not in disagreement over this. However, the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is not the faith of the Church.

@banditnip0345

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@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I'm sorry but I have a belief that Mary did appear in an apparition to a French Peasant girl named Bernadette of Lourdes where Our Mediatrix Mary announced herself as "The Immaculate Conception". That's why I believe she was conceived with no stain of sin to two very pious parents.

@agiasf7330

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This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

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@@banditnip0345 We do not believe in that apparition. There is no stain of original sin for anyone.

Thank you Father for your words. I always find them edifying. As a Catholic Christian, I have to disagree with you concerning the Immaculate Conception. The Church Fathers, both East and West describe her as follows, “most pure,” (Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom) “formed without any stain,” (Proclus, Laudatio in S. Dei Gen. ort., I, 3) “all-Holy,”( Hippolytus, Against Beron and Helix, Frag VIII) “undefiled,” (Ibid) “spotless,”( Hippolytus, A Discourse on the End of the World) “immaculate of the immaculate,”( Origen, Homily 1) “inviolate and free from every stain of sin,”( Ambrose, Commentary on Psalm 118, 22-30)" It must also be mentioned that Sts. Gregory Palamas and St. Photius of Constantinople both affirmed the Immaculate Conception. An Eastern Orthodox theologian, by the name of Fr. Liv Gillet states the following, "The Academy of Kiev, with Peter Moghila, Stephen Gavorsky and many others, taught the Immaculate Conception in terms of Latin theology. A confraternity of the Immaculate Conception was established at Polotsk in 1651. The Orthodox members of the confraternity promised to honour the Immaculate Conception of Mary all the days of their life. The Council of Moscow of 1666 [which included the patriarchates of Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria] approved Simeon Polotsky’s book called The Rod of Direction, in which he said: ‘Mary was exempt from original sin from the moment of her conception.’" eirenikon.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/the-immaculate-conception-and-the-orthodox-church-3/ An Eastern Orthodox Priest Fr. Laurent Cleenewerck, in his book entitled, "His Broken Body," wrote the following, "The Eastern Tradition has always considered the Conception of the Theotokos to be a miraculous event. Joachim and Anna, elderly and barren were given the power of God’s blessings on account of their prayers. The Orthodox Churches celebrate Her Nativity on the 8th of September, but the Feast of Mary’s Conception was advanced to 9th December. If the principle of Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi is to be applied to this issue, it seems that Orthodox Hymnography presents Mary as Truly Panagia (All-Holy) entirely free from sin and stain (“Immaculate”) from the point of Her Conception." I also think that it is imperative that we also look at the concept of "pre-purification" of the Virgin Mary, that the East holds, in relation to the Immaculate Conception. God bless.

@cozzwozzle

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The immaculate conception is a heresy that was created to explain the heresy of original sin, and it caused great conflict in the Roman Protestant church for centuries before it was made dogma by Pius IX, who received such resistance from the clergy and laity that he also instigated the heretical dogma of papal infallibility. Read ‘Orthodox veneration of the Mother of God’ by St John of Shanghai. The Immaculate conception completely removes Mary’s free will and her human nature. It’s an abomination.

@LambsServant

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@@cozzwozzle it does not remove her free will. The dogma states that God, through His grace, preserved Mary from sin from the moment of her conception. Are we to discount the Eastern Fathers regarding this?

@sunyrodriguez

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With great love and esteem for fr Spyridon

@lighthousephotographybandera

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Sonny, thank you for your words but that is a bad example. Easily dismissed when you remember that Enoch and Elijah were also taken up and not buried in the earth. Should we claim they were also immaculately conceived based on that point? We must be careful not to take liberties with scripture. Have a blessed day.

@agiasf7330

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This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

But father, babys born with original sin

@LadyMaria

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No, they are born with ancestral sin. It is the inclination to sin because of the original sin. They cannot act on it.

@Mari-fe7wu

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@@LadyMaria Then why Christ die on the cross? Why the sacraments?

@LadyMaria

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@@Mari-fe7wu Huh?

How does this work out for the Ukrainians?

@one_step_sideways

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The same way as it worked out for the Russians that did not side with God and disliked saint John of Kronstadt (mentioned in this video). Some priests say that we might never have any priests that are as holy as him in the future. He performed so many miracles that his fellow priests across the country turned against him, because he is so blessed and they, even while being higher rank than him, are not doing nearly as much as he does and obviously don't perform miracles, not nearly as much as he does. There has been one particular priest in wolf's clothing that could have easily met with saint John of Kronstadt, but decided not to, because he was too proud. As such, he was the culprit behind the February 1917 revolution - he started it all. He brought people to the square, fully knowing that they would be murdered, as he welcomed the coming of the revolution of materialism. Same thing is going on today with those who knowingly bite into the brainwashing from the west. It's a spiritual plague. Those who still retain the faith in Christ, which is now hard to do, due to the schism that has happened in ukraine (the higher-ups and the government chose the wicked path), will be safe, however, with the prayers of the Holy Theotokos.

Viva Christo Rey

Catholicism is pure idolatry And associates partners with Almighty God! Almighty God has NO partners!!!! You WILL worship God alone☝🏽 Isaiah 43:10-11 "You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me. "I, even I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me. لا إله إلا الله. الحمد لله رب العالمين

The Blessed Virgin Mary herself said to Saint Bernadette, “I am the Immaculate Conception.”

@agiasf7330

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but we reject that apparition as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

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We do not believe in RC apparitions.

The west (RC) reverted to Aristotelian paganism and the feminine/masculine principle in divinity, "god and godess", by making Mary a godess through the immaculate conception, but she was human and conceived like the rest of all humanity, she was one of us, and therein lies her true greatness. The masculine principle becomes the pope. It's new god/godess paganism.

@orthodox1717

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Exactly!

@agiasf7330

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but we reject that apparition as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

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That is one thing that made me start questioning the RCC back in RCIA years ago, how their post schism dogmas and doctrines feel like man trying to explain things by "filling in the gaps" and trying to explain things of those dogmas and doctrines that were also man trying to explain things he doesn't know, or were misconceptions of the theology of the Saints. Then when I read about ancestral sin and the Theotokos, it all made sense!

not an invented idea by the roman church ,she revealed to us that she's immaculate conception

@agiasf7330

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but we reject that apparition as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

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We do not believe that she did.

@nelsonmenezes7474

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@@LadyMaria that's abit sad surely she would need to be free of sin to be the mother of God

Great sermon but something I do have to mention is that having been raised in a very Catholic home and being baptized and Chrismated into the Orthodox church is that the Catholic concept of Original Sin is not an inherited guilt but functionally no different than ancestral sin except for it using slightly different wording to say the exact same thing. The Immaculate Conception dogma in the Catholic Dogma simply enumerates that in order to bear Christ, the Theotokos was preserved from sin so it would not be a heresy but simply redundant to what Apostolic Tradition already enumerates.

@siegeheavenly3601

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@Daniel Podmoshensky I really can't see how there is hardly any difference at all besides using different wording to say the exact same thing in a more verbose manner. But this idea that Catholics only have Augustine to look to is very wrong and far from the truth having the same church fathers which inform their doctrine.

@lukelucas9264

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@@siegeheavenly3601 Very different. If a baby dies, Roman Catholics believe terrible things if it isn't baptised.

@siegeheavenly3601

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@@lukelucas9264 That's actually not true, and I would know because I was actually taught by trained Catholic theologians in the University. It's not ideal if a baby is not baptized but to believe that a baby is damned to hell because they were not baptized which can be by no fault of their own that they cannot be condemned for that. And having not been able to have basically any knowledge or developed rational reason are incapable of willfully committing any personal sins.

@hendersonshuntinglodge1207

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@@siegeheavenly3601 And of course, purgatory, papal infallibility, the filioque, indulgences, celibate priests, it just keeps going

@lighthousephotographybandera

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Thank you for sharing your words, but your claim is simply not true. Mary was chosen by God and therefore was given all the grace and purity needed to bear our Savior by God and Mary accepted. Jesus was fully man and fully God. To claim that Mary was immaculately conceived would mean that Jesus had no connection to humanity and was all divine, which is the heresy.

Roman catholics didn't invent the Immaculate Conception Blessed Virgin Mary told St Bernette that She is the Immaculate Conception. Was told to her not invented by any man. In all due respect Fr.

@one_step_sideways

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But it was invented. As were the indulgencies and all the things that Vatican II came up with. Orthodox Christianity is the original church and everyone who wants to know the Truth needs to study it and reject the heresies.

@agiasf7330

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but we reject that apparition as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

@LadyMaria

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We do not believe in the apparition. The IC dogma was not even doctrine before the Papal schism.

Thats not the Catholic belief of the Immaculate Conception. Catholic Original Sin is Orthodox Ancestral Sin. We are deprived of Grace (original justice) and are incapable of avoiding sin (being separated from God). This is detailed at the Councils of Carthage; the alternative being denounced as Pelagianism. Since Mary is Sinless, and the best saint, she must have been filled with Grace from the beginning. This is the immaculate conception. The east believes this too until the Catholics declared it. Just see their calendar for the feast of the conception of Mary… To deny the IC is to be Pelagian.

@FatherSpyridonROCOR

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The Church does not teach that we are entirely deprived of grace. This is certainly a difference between Roman Catholicism and the Church. God bless you.

@MrTzarBomb

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@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I didn’t say entirely.

@MrTzarBomb

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@Herman of Alaska the EO go to great lengths to create distinction where there is no difference. You only create division for those that know better.

@MrTzarBomb

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@@joanna439 I have no problem with the EO or married clergy. I do have a problem with them defining themselves by being “not Catholic”, even to the point of redefining the faith of the Fathers.

@agiasf7330

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This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

There closing our church, I feel Gods brokenness , his rejection by His priests.

Why are the members of your church not interested in doing missionary work on the streets of your home towns - like Mormons and Jehova's Witnesses ? Is not that what the New Testament asks disciples of Jesus to do ?

@hh8222

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Do you claim to know each member of the Church and the 2 organizations which you have mentioned? How do you know what all of these individuals are doing???

@perttisuorsa4678

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@@hh8222 Of course I know what they are doing. If members of your church used to proselytize on street corners I would certainly have noticed. Or maybe your members do it very seldom, like once in every 20 years or so. I have met mormons and Jehova's Witnesses several times on the town. They stop people on the streets and start discussions on religion. I have NEVER been stopped by an orthodox Christian on the town. You know as well as I do that members of your church do not stop people on the street to talk to them about orthodoxy or invite them to your Sunday services.

@perttisuorsa4678

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@Herman of Alaska Did you proselytize on city streets before the internet existed ? No, you did not. And why can you not proselytize both on city streets and the internet ? And you would not have to SHOUT from street corners. I was talking about stopping people on the town for a discussion on religion. This has never been a practice in your church. Why not ?

@FatherSpyridonROCOR

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@@perttisuorsa4678 Why are you comparing the activities of Christ's Church to those of cults? This in itself is a sign of something wrong in your thinking. Evangelism is not about making people think the same thoughts as yourself, it is enabling others to find the living God. God bless you.

@perttisuorsa4678

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@@hh8222 Let me rephrase my question. Why has street proselytizing never been a practice in your church ? I can of course not know what every individual of your church is doing. I am talking about the common practices of your church.

True Life in God March 20th 1996. Immaculate from the beginning…. She was conceived immaculate.

@agiasf7330

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we reject that apparition to Bernadette as demonic. we know from Holy Scripture that satan can appear as an angel of light. the demons can also appear as the Lord Himself/His most pure mother/a saint, to deceive those who r not vigilant/have not discernment (discernment is the rarest gift of the Holy Spirit). This may be helpful to u in understanding the deep difference between Orthodox Christianity & the papal religion. Profound Alteration - Only in the West (under 14 minutes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWWp1rRvitC8nZs.html

Your words appear to be wise. However I see no need here for you to attack the Immaculate conception. You belittle it I saying it is an invention of the Catholic Church. Look to Lourdes The veracity of which has been proven by so many miracles. The words of our lady to Saint Bernadette when questioned who she was are “ I am the Immaculate conception”

@taviavermaak2610

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By saying the Mother of God was born without the ability to sin, yet remaining pure, is to take away her immense virtue that has set her higher than the angels. By saying she could not sin, is to leave her devoid of free choice, which even the angels have.

@Mr39knuck

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@@taviavermaak2610 Obviously Mary had free will. Read her exchange with the angel Gabriel. The whole point of this feverino is God will do as he pleases and it has been revealed to the Catholic Church that Mary is conceived without sin. It is a beautiful revelation.

@VRaguz-jw5if

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How dare you..

@lukelucas9264

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The heresies of the Latins are many, but their false ideas about the Theotokos are central

@hh8222

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Father is not attacking, he is simply stating the truth of the Church.

Fr. you are mistaken and teaching in error about the Mother of God. She is the immaculate conception. An analogy: St. Luke's Gospel that the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and she conceived a child: Jesus. It is a reality that Mary was the spouse of the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit is truly the eternal Immaculate Conception. By becoming the spouse of the Holy Spirit, Mary takes His name in the same way a bride takes the name of her husband in a human marriage (particularly in those times). Mary then is the created Immaculate Conception while the Holy Spirit is the eternal Immaculate Conception. In a very real way, this is Mary's true identity (spouse of the Holy Spirit) and is the most correct and most descriptive name she can give herself. The answer is very simple, it would be wrong if Blessed Virgin Mary would answer the question of St. Bernadette asking "Who are you?" with a description "I am immaculately conceived". There's no way St. Bernadette can identify the Blessed Virgin Mary with that answer. Next, if the Blessed Virgin Mary answered St. Bernadette with "I am the Mother of God" it would negate the purpose of the apparition which is very much related to previous apparition of Mary to St. Catherine of Laboure with a prayer invocation; "O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee." - Catherine Laboure (Wikipedia) The Blessed Virgin Mary answered St.Bernadette question with the words "I am the Immaculate Conception" is the truthful answer because Mary was not the one speaking but a Divine Person. Mary was possessed by the Holy Spirit and St.Maximillian Kolbe has a good explanation on this mystery.

@hendersonshuntinglodge1207

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When did Roman Catholics first create this doctrine? Was it the 1800s?

@LambsServant

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@@hendersonshuntinglodge1207 it was not created but defined. Christians, both East and West, believe that, by the grace of God, she was without sin.

@cyriljorge986

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Immaculate conception is a heresy and an innovation. It's a disgusting heresy.

@LambsServant

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@@cyriljorge986 how is God preserving the Theotokos “disgusting”? Should we not be rejoicing to the Most High for preserving Mary so that she can rightfully claim the title of Theotokos?

@cyriljorge986

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@@LambsServant It's a nasty heresy that even Aquinas had the clarity of mind to reject. Completely destroys Marian anthropology, but worth it in order to stroke the Scholastic ego. The version dogmatized by Rome is found nowhere in history. Even I knew this as a Roman Catholic, I just put my trust in the wrong place, not knowing the alternative. The alternative is right-belief, Orthodoxy, Christ's Church.