Let’s begin with a story. Sarah has been married to Jake for 55 years. As she observes her children and grandchildren, she wishes they could have the same type of loving marriage she has had. She decides to write a letter addressed to her loved ones in which she lists actions, concepts, and attitudes that she believes are needed for a successful, happy, and…
Below are six reasons we do not allow women to be ordained as priests in the Orthodox Church. God came as a man. When man (i.e., Adam and Eve) sinned and fell, the Almighty, Omnipresent, Omnipotent God took flesh and became man to restore humans to their original incorruptible state, i.e., to redeem them. Some Church Fathers write and say that God has no…
Sola Fide is the second of the five Solas. The doctrine of Sola Fide teaches that justification comes by faith alone. In classical Protestant doctrine, justification means being declared righteous by God and receiving imputed righteousness. To have righteousness imputed is to be regarded or seen as righteous by God because He has “put on” (rather than “put into”) or clothed the believer with…
The Sola Scriptura doctrine means "Scripture alone." It means relying on the Bible as the only source for the Christian faith. For the early Protestant Reformers, Sola Scriptura led to an implicit divorce from the tradition, which was abused by the Roman Catholic Church, who had practices and teachings such as the papal infallibility and the selling of indulgences. Sola Scriptura had served the…
