"CREEDS must
disagree: it is the whole fun of the thing. If I think the
universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot
be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we may argue
humanely, we may argue with great mutual benefit; but, obviously,
we must argue. Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a
tyranny because it is a silence. To say that I must not deny my
opponent's faith is to say I must not discuss it.
It is absurd to
have a discussion on Comparative Religions if you don't compare
them."
~G.K.
Chesterton: "Illustrated London News," 10/10/08.
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“What kind of
participation can a believer have with a disbeliever, and Christ
with Belial?” What kind of association can Christ’s Church have
with the heresies that warp the Christian faith and thus lead
souls into perdition? Christ made it
clear: “Whosoever is not WITH me, is AGAINST me. And
whosoever does not gather together with me, SCATTERS.” It is therefore
imperative that we have the correct outlook and attitude towards
those who exploit the name of Christ. This section aspires to uncover and expose every
attempted anti-Christian merging of the “Orthodox” with all
sorts of heretic or schismatic congregations.
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"Indeed, Ecumenism
- in the manner that the meaning of this term has
prevailed - is certainly a heresy, because it denotes a
renunciation of basic characteristics of the Orthodox
faith; for example, the acceptance of the "branch
theory" - i.e., that each Church has a portion of the
Truth and therefore all "churches" should unite, by
placing on a table all the segments of the Truth in
order to complete the whole. We believe that
Orthodoxy is the One, Holy, Catholic (=overall)
and Apostolic Church. Full stop. There can be no
argument about this, and subsequently, whosoever
believes the opposite can be called an ecumenist, and as
such be a heretic."
Archbishop of Athens, Christodoulos (†)
From an
interview at the Radio Station of the Church of Greece,
on the 24/5/1998.
«Accept no illegitimate dogma on
the pretext of love»
( PG 62,191 )
St. John Chrysostom (c. 349–407)
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