[BibChr]

Thank God those Orthodox fathers sat down and TOLD Christians what [sic; add "to"?] read (through the divine guidence of the Holy Spirit I am sure) or you wuld [sic] have been reading the apocrypha and thinking it was authentic too

Well, now we're guessing, aren't we? And why, with such realities to occupy us?

I'm grateful that they were Biblical in so many things. I enjoy Chrysostom, in Greek as well as English. I think that Chalcedon contains a marvelous confession of what the Bible teaches about Jesus.

But neither is the Word of God! God put that Word in the hands of each of His children, as I've shown you; it is our birthright. Nobody will take it from us.

But to carry on your thought: do you think "the Orthodox fathers" gave us Jesus, too? Because they made a splendid statement of Biblical Christology, in your mind does that mean that, in spite of the clear teaching of the Word of God (John 1:1; 20:28; Titus 2:13, etc. etc.) we'd all be saying He was a mere creature, if not for them? In your mind, when I say "Look! A beautiful sunrise!", am I creating the sunrise, and do I now own it, so that others have to report to me to enjoy it secondhand?

Dan

[Destro]

Nope! I am saying people would have gotten what Jesus IS wrong if not for the Orthodox Fathers. That is the whole point of organized Orthodoxy - to stop strays-false messages.