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To: kosta50; jo kus
FK: "Kosta, I thought you have said that in Orthodoxy, an unbaptized baby who dies is not free of the fallen nature and would be technically lost forever."

This is not what the Orthodox believe and I don't believe I would have said it that way. We simply do not speculate, knowing that God is not limited in any way to save by His grace whomever He wishes.

Yes, that's why I used the word "technically". I know you believe God can do whatever He wants, whenever He wants. I just thought that absent a special dispensation by God, you thought that an unbaptized baby does not go to heaven.

7,091 posted on 05/23/2006 11:17:58 PM PDT by Forest Keeper
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To: Forest Keeper; jo kus
I just thought that absent a special dispensation by God, you thought that an unbaptized baby does not go to heaven.

Baptism, in Orthodoxy, is a petition for adoption of one's soul into Christ by the Holy Spirit. We concentrate on adoption, and trust that the adopting Parent will protect. That's all. We do not go into details of God's mind, or plans.

Adoption, by definition, does not require "understanding" or "age of reason." God's grace is not held hostage by our intellect or our acceptance of Him.

7,099 posted on 05/24/2006 3:33:40 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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