Fr Michael Azkoul
Responds to the BCBSR web page
on Orthodox Christianity
Criticism of the Orthodox: With your provincial Western mentality, you
may not understand my reply: You have confidently assumed that the holy
Scriptures are yours to interpret according to whatever sectarian tradition
you hold. Without evidence you argue that the Scriptures are the only source
of Christian doctrine. You ignore the Apostolic Tradition which are
the context of the Scriptures. You are unaware that your religion
is the product of Western culture ---- post Orthodox Western culture ---
and you have no idea what this implies for your version of Christianity.
The Orthodox Church ---- wrongly labeled "the Eastern Church" ---
is in fact the only Church established by Jesus Christ. Her memory
is two thousand years old ---- yours, at best, five hundred years
and, I dare say, it has developed theologically over the years. Your
"God" was conceived in the Latin Middle Ages. It is not the "God"
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but the "God" of Augustine
and Aquinas, that is, Plato and Aristotle. And all this
time you thought the Divinity you worshipped was Biblical. A false God,
a false Christ, a false religion. Think about it.
Fr Michael Azkoul
St Catherine Greek Orthodox Ch
St Louis, Mo
The Berean Christian Bible Study
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Jul 29,2015