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Orthodox Christians see it as a divine calling to protect the treasure of Orthodox faith, beliefs which are rooted in the Holy Bible and are believed to have been passed down from the Apostles through the centuries; beliefs that continue to guide Orthodox Christians in their faith today.
Mar 2, 2024 · For centuries, church pronouncements declared that Orthodox should ‘hear, believe, and confess, but not read Scripture’—even understanding Scripture was optional (p. 324). Such sentiments long delayed translation of the Bible into modern languages, especially Russian and demotic Greek.
May 19, 2022 · 19 May 2022. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity investigates the various ways in which Orthodox Christian, i.e., Eastern and Oriental communities have received, shaped, and interpreted the Christian Bible.
Orthodox Christians place heavy emphasis on the use of scripture, both in liturgical worship as well as private devotion. The calendar used by the Orthodox Church includes a variety of scripture readings for every day of the year, which are used in the liturgical services of the Church and, in many cases, read privately by individual Orthodox ...
The most common understanding of Orthodox Christianity and the attitude. of its members to the Bible is that they do not read it (if they do this at all) critically. This brief article attempts to address this issue and to show that the view expressed above is a misunderstanding. In doing so, it will touch on the.
Nov 23, 2013 · discovering orthodox christianity featured. View » Learn about Orthodox teachings on the New Testament. Discovering Orthodox Christianity is a series of talks, shows, and presentations designed to introduce and explain the basic teaching of Orthodox Christianity.
The People of God of the New Testament are the Christians—those who believe in Jesus as “the Christ, the Son of the Living God” and who belong to the Church which He has founded upon faith in Himself (See Mt 16.13–20).
