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The Church
of Christ
and the "church" of the evildoers
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Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether
they are of God (John.4:1-3)
And so, the teaching about the salvation
is not just “yet another ideology” like any of
the numerous philosophies, which are human
compositions, inventions, and speaking, that if
you find it appealing, you may also save
yourself. No. The only teaching about the
salvation of the human race, about the salvation
of man, preaches for the return of man to
unity with God - as St. Ignatius
Bryianchaninov teaches (and other Saints as
well).
- As the man Adam (the man of fall and death) after his
fall bore posterity - the mankind (Vine) of death and
perishment - and this IS NOT just an ideology, but A
BODY, A TREE, FLESH, A UNITY OF THE PEOPLE OF
destruction.
- As well God-man - Lord Jesus Christ (the Man of
Resurrection and Salvation - the Victor over Death - the
Saviour), also brought forth posterity - the Mankind of
the Resurrection and Salvation - - and this IS NOT just
an ideology, but it is the Orthodox Church of Christ -
the GENUINE Orthodox Church of Christ, and not at all
something similar to the many false imitations of His
Church!
- As the humanity, born in Adam - the humanity of
destruction - is not merely an ideology, but is a A
BODY, TREE, FLESH, UNITY of people,
- As well the Genuine Church of Christ - the Humanity of
the Resurrection and Salvation - is not merely “an
ideology of salvation”, but is A BODY, TREE, FLESH - the
Flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ - the Flesh of the
Saviour! (Eph.1:23), (Col.1:18)
The Humanity in Christ
=
The Humanity of the Resurrection and Salvation -
is a Mankind entirely different from the mankind in Adam
- this is The Unity of People Mystically (through the
Mysteries of the Church) incarnated in Lord Jesus Christ
- in the New Adam - in the Saviour - this is THE
UNITY OF PEOPLE, united with God! - this is
THE restoration of the lost unity of men with
God!
The Apostle says,
«Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether
they are of God»
(1Jn.4:1-3) The spirit which confesses the exceptional
necessity of unity of the man with the Body, the Church -
this One and Only and Indivisible UNITY OF PEOPLE,
united with God, for the man’s salvation - is a spirit of
God. The spirit which does not confess the exceptional
necessity of unity of the man with the BODY, the Church for
the man’s salvation, but rather speaks of “ideologies” and
“economies” (indulgence) in favour of those people who are
outside this THEOANTHROPICAL UNITY, i.e. that they can
also be saved “by economy” (by indulgence), - then this spirit IS NOT OF GOD,
this is the spirit of the antichrist, and
even if it speaks through the mouth of a Bishop or
Patriarch -let him be anathema! (Gal.1:8-9) “EVERYONE,
who should speak against what is established, even if he
were worthy of faith, even if he were fasting, even if
he were working signs, even if he were prophesying,
consider him a WOLF in a sheep’s clothing who DOES HARM
to the sheep!”
The Apostle also speaks about the
apostles, “we can do nothing against the Truth but FOR
the Truth!” (2Cor.13:8) How much more strongly this
applies to the Bishops (Patriarchs and others), -the
Successors of the Apostles, - especially to their
today’s successors!
Here we must remind again, that not
only through heresy is a man cut from the Church, but
also through schism.
What we have related here are not simply “various
human opinions, suggestions, or theories”...NO!
- This world, having fallen away from God, and
consequently lost the knowledge of the Truth, has it in
its fallen nature to make different opinions or theories
about God (the human’s mind draws up its own fictions
about the Supramental) - in which way ALL the
heresies and false religions in the world have emerged -
up to the most fearful heresy of ecumenism!
- But, for us the Orthodox Christians, is not
inherent such delusion because, as we have already emphasized,
we have the Divine Revelation - the Knowledge of the
Absolute Truth, and woe to us if we say we do not have
it, because this would be the same as RENOUNCING CHRIST!
NO!!! We HAVE this Absolute Revelation from God,
although we are unworthy, God has deigned (6) us with
it! And we are OBLIGED to hold this revelation AND WE
DO HOLD it, again due to GOD’S POWER, and not due to our
infirmities! The Divine Revelation - the Absolute,
Exceptional, Only, given to man by God, - can be learned in
the DOGMATICS of the Holy Orthodox Church. And Dogmatics
is an exact science! Like Mathematics, like Physics!...
Dogmatics is the Science of Truth!
And the Truth DOES NOT HAVE OPINIONS, THEORIES! ...
In this humble work we merely present
the simplest truths of the Dogmatics.
That is, what is known even to the little children, -
what is being studied by youths for their entrance
examinations to the seminary(9) without knowledge of
which elementary truths they cannot be admitted there.
These simplest childish truths of the Dogmatics of
the Church =
The science of Absolute Truth
–
are contained in this little and modest work.
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And so, the
Church is ONE!
The
Church is ONE, ONLY and INDIVISIBLE! |
And it is
impossible that there existed two, three and so on,
“churches” - God Himself DOES NOT ALLOW IT!
God is not of two beliefs: “One Lord, one faith, one
Baptism” (Eph.4:4-5).
Here is the Way, the Truth and the
Life!
Christ is the Head of the Church, and the Church is His
Body (Eph.1:22-23, Eph.5:23-30, Col.1:12-24). And it is
not possible that there is One Head with several bodies
or with one divided into parts Body - this is
blasphemous even to think!
The Absolute Truth is
this:
- There is One Head
Christ of the One
and Indivisible Body
of His =
the Orthodox Church!
If a group of people
separates from the One Indivisible Church of Her One
Head Christ - then this group just falls away from the
One Church from the One Christ - there have not "become
two churches".
And men fall
away from the Unity with
the One Christ with the One Church if
they do not stay firm in the One Unalterable Orthodox
Faith (Col.1:23)
which He revealed to us through the Holy Apostles
(Gal.1:8-9).
Christ is The Vine, and the Apostles are branches of The
Vine Christ (John.15:5).
Today’s Bishops are successors of the Apostles UNDER THE
CONDITION THAT THEY SHALL RIGHTLY RULE THE WORD OF GOD’S
TRUTH(!) (see the RITE of the holy Liturgy) - and the
priests in their turn are also branches under the same
condition! The faithful are united in the Vine with the
priests and with Christ on the same condition - that is
why they are named FAITHFUL!
If some priest or Bishop does not keep the word of
Lord’s Truth right, he cuts himself off the Vine and
falls in schism or heresy. (Gal.1:8-9)
The very word "heresy" means separation (gr. Αιρώ = I
separate).
Lord Jesus Christ Himself says to his Apostles: “I am
the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
without Me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in Me,
he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men
gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned.” (Jn.15:1-6)
This means: In schism or heresy a branch is separated
from the Vine, Jesus Christ. As a result, with him and
remove all branches and all tiny branches that are
united with him. If the branch that departs is a
Bishop or a priest, then all his flock, all the laymen,
who stay in unity with him depart too. They fall away
from the Church Mysteries, necessary for the salvation!
This is a simple Truth, but not all understand it
clearly. Therefore an explanation is necessary: A
Bishop, who is cut (or has cut himself) from the Tree
of Life, as well as the priests who remain with him,
LOSE the power to bind and loose - LOSE the power to
perform Sacraments because they have separated from
Christ Himself, Who had given them this power!
- In their rituals is
performed only the outward side - the one visible to the
human eye.
- the Invisible,
Mystical one IS NOT performed!
- a Sacrament is not
performed, only a human dry ritual!
In fact, they never
bind and loose!
Therefore they lose the
possibility of Salvation!
Why? Because - here is
an example: you came to confess in front of such a
"priest". He has a beard (if he has!), he is dressed in
cassock, wears a stole and other vestments of a priest,
you tell him your sins and he reads you a prayer to
absolve (loose, remit) the sins, which you confessed.
But here, he CAN NOT absolve them!
Why? Because, by
reason of his heresy=separation from
Christ, he has lost
the power to bind and loose -
and here is why he can not loose (free) you as well of
your sins! And you - just as you have come, so you have
gone - carrying your sins with you! ...
For this reason not only the shepherd but also the sheep
that are with him, will be sentenced!
Because they follow him themselves in perdition! They
are responsible for themselves, because they disobey God
and do not leave such shepherds! Lord commands to leave
them - this is a God’s commandment: “Let them alone:
they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind
lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
(Mt.15:14). In many cases, demanding obedience from the
flock, these false shepherds mislead people to disobey
God! But the Apostles say clearly: we must obey God
more than men (Acts.4:19). “Wherefore come out from
among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you
(2Cor.6:16-18). So, it is clear and evident: not only
the shepherd that has departed from the Vine falls into
perdition, but also the sheep that follow him
(Mt.15:14)!
This happens in all heresies.
This happens also in the “church”of the ALLheresy of
ecumenism.
This happens also in all schisms.
So, there is no salvation neither in the schisms, nor in
the church of the new-calendarists ecumenists, as it is
a heretical church and it stays in the most dangerous
heresy of the whole human history - the Alheresy of
ecumenism. There is Salvation only in the ONE Genuine
Church of Christ!
Only he, who, through the Church Mysteries was born in
the Vine Jesus Christ and stays in united in this Tree
of Life, has the hope of Eternal Life - because God
gave ONLY this path for Salvation!
Holy Apostle John the Teologian also speaks of this, as
we already cited, in his First Epistle General, ch.4,
ph.1-3:
«Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether
they are of God: because many false prophets are gone
out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come
in the Flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth
no that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of
God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye
have heard that it should come; and even now already is
it in the world.»
Maybe someone would ask: “But the heretics also believe
that Christ came in the flesh, don’t they? What is the
difference?” Answer: The heretics believe, if
they believe, but they do not confess the Flesh
of our Lord Jesus Christ. The false-orthodox ecumenists
also believe, but they do not confess the Flesh of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Even the demons believe that our Lord
Jesus Christ came in the Flesh, but they do not confess
at all - they just shake (Jacob 2:19). One thing is to
“BELIEVE” and another thing is to “CONFESS”. The meaning
of to “CONFESS” consists also DEED. The deed of uniting
with the Vine Jesus Christ. To CONFESS the Body of Lord
Jesus Christ means to unite with this Body - as AN
EXCEPTIONAL NECESSITY FOR SALVATION!
If the heretics, heretics-ecumenists, schismatics,
non-Christian wish to confess that Lord Jesus Christ
came in the Flesh - they have to cut themselves from
the Vine Adam, where they are, because where they are
there is no salvation, and to join the Vine Jesus Christ
- the Body of Christ!
THIS is the way to confess the exceptional need man has
of salvation - through uniting with the
Body, i.e. the Church: renewal of the union
with God!
And those who does not wish to confess in this manner
the Lord Jesus Christ Who came to the Flesh
(1Ioan.1:1-3) and remains in the Vine Adam
– either through one’s schism, or through one’s heresy –
has no hope of salvation, as no one in Adam was saved,
even John the Baptist, the greatest of all who were born
in Adam, but all went to Hell.
That is why Lord Jesus Christ testifies: «Verily
I say unto you, Among them that are born of women (that
is - in the tree Adam!) there hath not risen a greater
than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least
in the kingdom of heaven (that is among the ones born in
the Tree Jesus Christ!) is greater than he»
(Mt.11:11, Lk.7:28)
In order to obtain hope of salvation, the one who
wants to save himself must confess and cut
himself from the vine Adam, and join the Body of our
Lord Jesus Christ = His Holy Orthodox Church.
How actually is this accomplished?
This is clearly stipulated in the Holy Pedalion
(The Canons of The Holy Orthodox Church).
This is the answer of the Holy Fathers, the
answer of the Church of Christ: this is indeed
the only teaching that leads to
Salvation - the teaching of the Holy Orthodox
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Every clergyman - no matter if he is a priest or High
Priest - who preaches otherwise, who speaks of
“economies” and gives the Holy Sacraments - The Body
of Lord Jesus Christ to a man not yet joined to The Body
of Lord Jesus Christ = to the Holy Orthodox Church,
- such a clergyman IS NOT MAKING economy,
but an extreme lawlessness: HE IS GUILTY of the Body
and the Blood of the Lord!!! (1Cor.11:27) - by NOT
DISCERNING the Body of the Lord! (1Cor.11:29):
- the one who acknowledges the false “sacraments” of the
heretics as Sacraments (see Apost. Canon N46)tc
"- the one who acknowledges Sacraments the
“sacraments” of the heretics (see Apost. Canon N46)"
- the one who acknowledges the false “baptism” of the
heretics as Baptism (see Apost. Canon N47), or even
worse - the pouring over of the heretics acknowledges as
Baptism (see Apost. Canon N49 and N50 along with the
commentaries of st. Nicodemos about the limits of the economies) is a wolf in sheep’s clothing,
who does harm to the sheep towards destruction!
The one who speaks differently - is a wolf in sheep’s
clothing doing harm to the sheep towards destruction!
(Mt.7:15, Jer.23:16-17, Jn.10:12)
Thus saith God Holy Spirit Himself through St. Mark of
Ephesus, repeating the words that has said through st.
Ignatius
Theophorus:
«EVERYONE
who should speak against what is established, even if he
were worthy of faith, if he were fasting, if he were
working signs, if he were prophesying, consider him a
wolf in sheep’s clothing, who does harm to the sheep
towards destruction!»
The one who belongs to the ONE Only and indivisible - to
the GENUINE Church of Christ, and does not appreciate
the Treasure he is endowed with,
but brings Her together with those schisms and heresies,
which only call themselves “also churches”, considering
them “one and the same” with the Church of Christ , he
commits a culpable DISREGARD OF THE INCARNATION OF
CHRIST AND HIS WHOLE WORK OF THE SALVATION, and sooner
or later he will be punished for this offence, and will
be cut from this ONLY Church of Christ - from His ONLY
Body, which he DID NOT APPRECIATE anyway, DID NOT
RESPECT, but equated It with all these human
organizations - schisms and heresies, and thus
blasphemed It!
No doubt, this one (moreover if he is of the clergy, who
bear greater responsibility) will have to prepare for
the fearful answer before Lord Jesus Christ on His
Dreadful Judgement and the eternity after it.
Now and onwards for us, the new “adams of the New
Testament, who have by God’s Grace found themselves in
the “Heaven on earth”, - in the Holy Orthodox Church,
the first commandment of God is renewed: It is
allowed we to taste ONLY of the Tree of Life, and in no
case of the tree of knowledge of good and evil –
because the Law of God is invariable unto ages of ages!
That is why the Law of God is renewed after the
restoration of Adam to the Paradise on earth - in the
Church of Christ. She is the Vine of Salvation and
Eternal Life - the Tree of Salvation.
The tree of knowledge of good and evil - is the tree
Adam with all the heresies and with the “church” of the
new-calendarism and ecumenism, with all the schisms, and
with all the religions, which were invented-composed by
the fallen man after he fell away from God, and lost the
knowledge of the Truth.
To us, the new “adams” of the New Testament, who by the
Grace of God have found themselves in the “Heaven on
earth” - in the Holy Orthodox Church the first God’s
commandment is renewed: It is allowed to taste ONLY
of the Tree of Life and in no case of the tree of
knowledge of the good and evil.
This means – it is forbidden to have religious
communion, sacramental communion with these religions of
the fallen nature, so as not to lose the Paradise:
«Be
ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?»
(2Cor.6:14-16)
This is the confession of our faith:
«EVERYONE
who should speak against what is established, even if he
were worthy of faith, if he were fasting, if he were
working signs, if he were prophesying, consider him a
wolf in sheep’s clothing, who does harm to the sheep
towards destruction!»
Every heretic (not excluding the heretics of the new
calendar - the panheresy of ecumenism), schismatic or
infidel, who does not accept our Lord Jesus Christ, does
not confess His Body and cut himself from the tree Adam
- the body of corruption and death, and does not join
(in the LAWFUL way) the Body of Salvation - he remains
on the tree of the fallen human nature, on the tree of
destruction where there has never been salvation since
the fall of Adam - which is why the world needs the
Saviour, the Redeemer!
And now, after this sent by God Saviour Redeemer, has
arrived in the world - now this heretic or schismatic,
or infidel or - is rejecting the Saviour, the Redeemer,
Who did come to the world!
To all these, who have not accepted Him, after He,
long-awaited, did come, what is left? The Apostle
answers:
«there
remaineth no more sacrifice of sins, but a certain
fearful looking for of judgement and fiery indignation,
which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised
Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three
witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye,
shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot
the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the
covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing,
and thus hath
blasphemed the
Spirit of Grace? It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God!»
(Heb.10:26-31)
So
everyone who likewise did not accepted the Lord Jesus
Christ - the Apostle above clearly indicates that they
have blasphemed the Spirit of the grace (the Holy
Spirit) - and for the there is no those forgiveness
neither in this world nor in the future (Mat.12:31-32)
(except, of course, if they repent while alive)! - All
of them
by their works and life have
daringly declared to God: «God,
the Christ Whom You sent us, we do not accept. We shall
exalt ourselves our “christ” - from the earth. Him we
shall receive, him we shall worship!»
Thus, the logical development of this whole world of
adversaries (Heb.10:27) is - the antichrist!
(Jn.5:4)
Follows:
How the coming of the Antichrist
will be carried out
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part 3
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