Not even Lutherans follow everything Luther proposed. In fact, they reject some of his teachings outright. What does that prove? You keep harping on this because that's all you have. The major catechism as you call it was a mistake as far as Philaret's stupid claim that only scriptures that exist in Hebrew are valid. That was the position of the Orthodx Church as a whole, and numbers are not important. Concensus is. The Church is not a democracy, but how would you know? You are outside the Church.
Yes, the real church will, that is the church built on the Rock of the Lord Jesus Christ (Mat.16,1Pe.2), not phony man-made ones.(Mk.7:7)
Yes, the Church God gave to his Apostles in 33 AD and not some man-made church by a hysterical rebellious priest in the 16th century.
Nevertheless, the Catechism was a major one, being used in a major branch of the Orthodox faith.
If you knew anything even elementary about Orthodoxy you will find that 'catechism' was and still is an alien concept to the Orthodox. No one uses them! Read up on Orthodox so-called catechisms (they are a very recent phenomenon) and you'll find that they are not binding. What is binding are conciliar decisions, 7 ecumenical councils and all pan-Orthodox councils held since 1054.
Yes, you are correct, but Satan and his angels know better!
I agree. They, too, believe and tremble.
No one is harping on anything.
The reality is that catechism was a major one.
If Lutherans reject what Luther wrote, they have to at least acknowledge that is part of their own religious heritage, not attempt to cover it up with attacks on those who hold those views as being 'Roman Catholic propaganda'.
As for being outside the Church, anyone who is saved is part of Christ's body, which is the one true church (Eph.3) and one is made part of that church by the Holy Spirit (1Cor.12)
And you become part of that church by faith alone in Christ alone.
Yes, the real church will, that is the church built on the Rock of the Lord Jesus Christ (Mat.16,1Pe.2), not phony man-made ones.(Mk.7:7) Yes, the Church God gave to his Apostles in 33 AD and not some man-made church by a hysterical rebellious priest in the 16th century.
The 16th century was merely a return to that pure doctrine of justification by faith alone, following what the scriptures teach, not what man added to them.
Nevertheless, the Catechism was a major one, being used in a major branch of the Orthodox faith. If you knew anything even elementary about Orthodoxy you will find that 'catechism' was and still is an alien concept to the Orthodox. No one uses them! Read up on Orthodox so-called catechisms (they are a very recent phenomenon) and you'll find that they are not binding. What is binding are conciliar decisions, 7 ecumenical councils and all pan-Orthodox councils held since 1054.
What you mean is that no one uses them today.
Nevertheless, the fact is that a branch of the Orthodox church did in fact embrace a catechism that was Protestant in nature, written by a high Orthodox church offical.
As for something being 'binding' I am sure that nothing is truely binding for you, and that you can find justification in believing anything but the truth in those councils.
Yes, you are correct, but Satan and his angels know better! I agree. They, too, believe and tremble.
They believe in God and tremble, but that believe in God cannot save them.
The fallen angels have been deceived and are following Satan to eternal damnation.
And many religious people are doing likewise.