tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post5828076772872090634..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Church of England continues... being the CofEByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-56053134943168450462013-05-06T13:25:36.897-05:002013-05-06T13:25:36.897-05:00I don't know much about the Seventh Day Advent...I don't know much about the Seventh Day Adventists, but as they would be considered rather marginal, if not actually heretical, by many conservative Protestants, if that applies within Protestantism, I wouldn't be surprised to find the Orthodox baptising any SDAs who converted. I've heard of some Orthodox jurisdictions requiring baptism of converts from what would be called 'non-denominational' churches ie.independent charismatic evangelicals who are ostensibly just as Trinitarian as any Orthodox - although often untutored and lacking in adequate catechesis. <br /><br />I think, though, that many - but not all - Orthodox are unware of how things 'work' in Protestant contexts and assume that because something is done in one place - such as the instance we're discussing here - it applies equally elsewhere. I suggest that the Orthodox treat individual Protestants on their own merits and individually because things vary enormously making it very difficult to come to any blanket conclusions on what Protestants do or don't do or do or don't believe ... and I say that as an Anglican!Phil Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164510700094919877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-62589365137112468142013-05-06T12:45:26.869-05:002013-05-06T12:45:26.869-05:00"Traditionally the Church has allowed the Rec..."Traditionally the Church has allowed the Reception of those baptized with water <br />"In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" through Profession of the Orthodox Faith and Chrismation." <br /><br />Seventh-Day Adventist converts to Orthodoxy must be baptized, even though SDA's are baptized by a single immersion in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883761718979175423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-13853109062269340432013-05-05T12:19:50.186-05:002013-05-05T12:19:50.186-05:00Did the Council of Constantinople of 1884 repeal t...Did the Council of Constantinople of 1884 repeal the Council of Florence? Was the Council of Florence valid for Orthodox for 400 years?Niby filozofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02057295997639854733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-26004481149299508402013-05-03T12:42:48.885-05:002013-05-03T12:42:48.885-05:00That is not exactly true. TStrictly speaking the O...That is not exactly true. TStrictly speaking the Orthodox Church does not recognize Episcopal baptisms. Chrismation completes and perfects that which is lacking. or defective in Episcopal baptisms. Traditionally the Church has allowed the Reception of those baptized with water <br />"In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" through Profession of the Orthodox Faith and Chrismation. Canon 95 of the Council in Trullo even allows Arians who denied the divinity of Christ to be received by Chrismation. The Council of Constantinople in 1884 which repudiated the Union of Florence followed the teaching of St. Mark of Ephesus and ruled that Roman Catholics should be received by Profession of Faith and Chrismation. The Council of Jerusalem Bethlehem in 1672 ruled that Protestants would also be received into the Church by Profession of Faith and Chrismation. Archpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-8701080589655606412013-05-03T11:20:03.850-05:002013-05-03T11:20:03.850-05:00The Episcopal Organization has long ceased to be C...The Episcopal Organization has long ceased to be Christian in any meaningful sense of the term. It appears that the CofE is in a mad rush to catch up with them.<br /><br />I am not sure which is crazier, the Anglicans or the fact that most Orthodox jurisdictions still treat them as distant cousins even to the point of recognizing their baptisms.John (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.com