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To: wmfights; Kolokotronis
Clearly you feel intimidated by evangelists

No, I am annoyed by them! Just as I am annoyed by LDS and WT people peddling their heresy to Christians.

Your assertion that Orthodox theology is "deeply flawed" is laughable. The part that is serious is that they dare to evangelize Christians. I ask you by whose authority? Whose theology are the Protestants peddling in Christian Russia?

As old as the EOC is I would think there would be a lengthy history of sending evangelists through out the world

As far as I know, before Orthodxy was enslaved by the Ottomans, they Christianized all the lands to the east and North of Constantinople, including Russia.

During the 500 years of Ottoman empire they couldn't. During communism they couldn't. Today, the Orthodox have very active missions in Africa and other parts of the world where there are few, if any Christians, which is where all evangelists ought to be.

The Orthodox, no matter how much they disagree with Protestant theology, are not so un-Christian as to evenagelize Protestant countries, such as Norway!

Yet most people know very little about the EOC

I can't help the ignorant. A cursory interest in Christianity would soon lead one to discover that Eastern Orthodoxy is the second largest Christian group in the world.

2,032 posted on 02/13/2008 9:50:38 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50

You said: “The part that is serious is that they dare to evangelize Christians. I ask you by whose authority? Whose theology are the Protestants peddling in Christian Russia?”

Every saint who “peddles” the Gospel of Jesus Christ does so on His authority. It is not given to man to know who are saved; it is commanded to us to proclaim His Gospel. “Christian Russia” is as bizarre a term as “Christian Texas” - no country is Christian. Each has a cup full o’ pagans in every region.


2,048 posted on 02/14/2008 5:44:32 AM PST by Manfred the Wonder Dawg (Test ALL things, hold to that which is True.)
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