The Orthodox Ethos
The Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University...
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Jul 25 2020 19m
Chapter 1 1 min
Question 1: The use of many lavides ("spoons"), is it blessed and in accordance with Holy Tradition? Chapter 2 1 min
The "good uneasiness" of the Faithful is a god sign. Chapter 3 2 mins
The Church is led by the Holy Spirit; those faithful who are spiritually "deactivated" are in dangerChapter 4 1 min
The Canons of the Church define what may be doneChapter 5 3 mins
The Church is always caring pastorally for the exactitude of safeguarding [Holy Communion]Chapter 6 1 min
We commune of the very Body and Blood that defeated death itself, defeated the evil one, defeated sin, and is thereafter a carrier of life.Chapter 7 2 mins
If during this trial, this temptation, we fall into the temptation, we are essentially falling away from the ChurchChapter 8 1 min
There are no testimonies for 2,000 years that any harm has come to priests through Holy Communion. Chapter 9 13 sec
Question 2: So it isn’t correct to say that we separate the spoon from Holy Communion, that the spoon does not participate, and so that it could be a carrier of sicknes?Chapter 10 1 min
This rationale leads us into rationalism and considering all the Holy Vessels as conduits for illness. Chapter 11 1 min
the critical and all-important question is not so much what is done as why it is done.