UNTO AGES is an Orthodox Christian platform with one single aim: to bring the listener closer to Christ and to be a signpost for His Church. This show delves into topics including, but not limited to, apologetics, philosophy, theology, and personal reflections. These episodes are created by an Orthodox layman and the opinions expressed are his own; they are not dogmatic. As such, the intent of this project is merely to be supplemental material to the authentic spiritual development that takes place within the Orthodox Church, via Her sacraments, priests, holy texts, and prayer. If you find this content to be edifying, be sure to pass it along to someone who may need it. Glory to God for all things!
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What about : Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.
Glory to God for all things!
My wife and I are going to a liturgy this Sunday. As evangelical Baptists, I'm a little worried the worship, prayer, icons, and incense will be off-putting to her or myself. I get how all these things "work" in theory, and even see how they're historical (I get Gavin Ortlunds arguments, but I think he's just wrong). Still though, we're both used to worshiping God in a specific way and love the church we're currently at. Pray for us, that God opens our hearts and minds, and removes barriers.
The only problem I have with Orthodox which I would like to join, is the Second council of Nicaea where they anathema those who do not venerate icons. This seems absurd to me, my mother and grandmother have such an immense faith in Christ that I could never hope to achieve and yet they are Baptist I know them by their fruits as they have always given to those less fortunate even when we did not have enough for ourselves. How can women as good as this be anathema to hell. This seems a completely arbitrary rule. I could accept all other tenets of orthodoxy except this one.
Former Baptist to Orthodox. Loving Christ and His glory <3
Welcome to The Orthodox faith. Just guard the church from being co-opted by evil , self serving men with political aspirations. Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. Render unto God that which is God's.
Great video, this helped a lot.
You can give money to the poor too, it isn’t purely a monetary donation to the Church. Prayers and Masses are also indulgenced
Ortodox Church does worship Holy Mary Mother of God!❤O Holy Teotokos!#Unto Ages#
So many turned away from the faith, yet now, so many come to the faith too. Isn’t it like it was prophesied by Jesus?
I love how you said "you're not greek, why are you here?" With a russian accent 😂😂
This is how bad my Greek impression is 😅
@@untoages it was cute 😉
Welcome home, brother
Wow I am also protestant searching for truth I listen to a lot of Orthodox content
As I've looked into Roman Catholicism more, I've found a soft "fangirl" type of Christianity that is obsessed with never breaking Jesus's "Sacred Heart" and has many prayers about bringing Him comfort as if He's a melancholic husband home from a hard day at work instead of the King of kings. Even Padre Pio allegedly had revelation that Jesus is constantly ready to strike the earth with calamities, but the nice angels always soothe Him with songs and harps, like He's an unstable dictator that constantly needs calming, and only Catholics can do it properly. This seems to be the driving cause of the fanatic side of Catholicism, such as burning people at the stake, the Inquisitions, certain atrocities during the Crusades that you mentioned, and a general harsh coldness towards those who need guidance to Christ the King. Orthodoxy has avoided all of these while also never bending to the current culture, which is likely why it has stood strong for so long.
I appreciate you talking about this. Somebody just reminded me about this. Its subtle, but it makes a big difference, actually.
I believe the Orthodox church is right, but I am also trying to let it sink in .
I really appreciate how well you explain Orthodox and differences with the Heterodox in ways that are easy to grasp and understand.
Im preparing to join Orthodoxy. ☦️
These teachings and many others did trouble me as a Catholic. Now the Orthodox church frees me from these.
I greatly appreciate these videos as Im preparing hopefully for Orthodox Chrismation, especially since Im coming from the Catholic Church.
☦️ If all goes as planned, I plan to leave the Catholic church for the Orthodox Church. I've been moving in that direction for the last 7 years As a past Catholic, I'm very concerned where the Catholic church is going. I may make a video on it from.my own experience. Catholicism had serious scandals with clergy committing seriously moral wrong doing Then it seems to me, that the Catholic church is becoming angry and aggressive recently, and thats not Christian and its also scary, I think. I also think the Catholic church has tried to manipulate other faiths to submit to them as their "Boss" and I know the Orthodox don't participate in this (most don't), so I just find this all to be very disturbing and nothing I wish to participate in. The Catholic church is helping me leave it.
Yeah, I certainly don’t envy Catholics right now. But as you explained, it’s rather revealing when all of these things add up. And you’re right, Orthodoxy doesn’t function the way Catholicism does in terms of its episcopacy. God bless you on your journey! I hope you’re able to find an Orthodox parish that will bring your soul peace.
This is quite good. Im glad I found it.
I feel EERIE and UNCOMFORTABLE when you show the SCULL 😮 Why a SKULL as your avatar ❓😮 We are Christians and celebrate LIFE❗ NOT death❗
The reason I used the skull is because Christ conquered death. We’re not meant to be afraid of death or bones. There’s a very good recent video on a channel called Patristix called “The Story of Relics.” It goes into the history of relics in Christianity and how they were never really considered “eerie” early on. The early Christians celebrated their liturgy on the bones of martyrs, and to this day, Orthodox Christians have relics in our altars.
This is very well written - excellent work.
The ecumenical councils were authoritative for the church, and rejecting them could result in a split in the church. Such is what happened in church history between the Assyrian Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy. So how do we know which councils are truly ecumenical or universally binding for the church? We may consult Holy Scripture, the writings of the Church Fathers and the use of reason or logic. That is the Anglican answer to the issue of ecumenical councils. I would not accept the idea that the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches lost the true faith once delivered to the saints. I would say that it was preserved by both churches to varying degrees, and that not one church has a monopoly on the whole faith. Finally, there is one body of Christ. But there are schisms within the body, and they need to be repaired. The three apostolic churches are Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Anglicanism based on the apostolic succession.
Anglicanism is not of the Apostolic Tradition. Even disregarding the modern issues in Anglicanism, there is open denial of the 3rd Ecumenical Council which bans the Church from holding Secular Powers, and if the Royal Head is the Temporal Archbishop of England then it has already lost the plot.
@@acekoala457 I read about the third council, and I did not see any mention of bishops being unable to hold secular office. That being said, we accept tradition as being important to our faith. I would say the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion are adequate to articulate the faith of Christ.
Sola scriptura means that scripture alone is the only infallible rule of faith and practice. Tradition has its place in Protestant churches like Anglicanism. The canon is established by God himself. For he limited his act of inspiration and authenticaion of the scriptures to seventy six books. Those books were recognised by the church around 550 AD under the decree of Pope Gelasius. Orthodoxy must establish not simply that tradition or canonisation is essential for the recognition of the canon of scripture. But it must also establish that it is infallible.
The objection to sola fide presupposes that it means faith without works justifies a person. I would say faith alone justifies because the faith that St Paul talks about is an active or obedient faith. Faith is always the instrument by which righteousness comes. Even St James when he discusses works, is talking about the works of faith.
Returned home in 2021
Former Baptist, now Anglican and heavily influenced by Eastern Orthodox theology. I look forward to listening to this.
Thank you so much, I forwarded this to my sister and Brother who are protestants and prideful. And I can'ttalk to them because they really intimidate me.. thank you
Of course! I hope this will foster better discussions between you guys. God bless!
"Unlike other Christians, we are the bestestest Christians"
Thank you so much for this explanation, I can’t wait to go deeper learning about these things.
Glory to God!
You mentioned around the 30 minute mark that what you believe affects how you live. I think that that is actually backwards and part if the problem that protestants have. I truly think action comes first then belief. The Protestant that believes they can do what they want and not lose their salvation believes so because they already do what they want.
I just finished „Arise, O God“ - what a wonferfull book! I seem to be on a similar journey as yourself and I want to thank you for this video and especially your recommendations at the end. Half of the books I read already so I just knew I would love the ones I did not yet! Thank you!
Glory to God!
Are you the same guy from What I Have Learned?
Is that a channel or episode title?
Baptism while certainly symbolic is more if only in the sense that it is a step of faith driven obedience . . . To say that it is salvific is denigrating to the finished work of Christ
The Eucharist is certainly more than symbolism but there’s nothing in the scriptures that affirm transubstantiation . . .
Always impressed by how much orthodox / Catholics sound like the Jews talking about their religious system. “We are the ones” “We are the original” “The home of the patriarchs” Seems to me you’ve forgotten that all of Israel was not Israel. It also seems to me that much of your religious system became tradition to protect the religion from the very things the Lord said not to . . .
If the Bible clearly defines what makes a Christian a Christian and how we are to call one another to accountability, how in the world can we not define who is in the church and who is not? Lol
Protestants don’t believe “all they need is the Bible”. Where do you even gather this?
Never intended for division amongst the body? Have you read your NT!? There’s division between the apostles themselves recorded right there in the canon!
There’s always room for contradiction in practice when your interpretation is crooked
The lack of critical thinking here regarding sola scripture is unbelievable