Well, as a convert from Evangelical Protestantism myself, I welcome him with open arms. And frankly I think that we converts are bringing a lot into the church. Perhaps I will leave it there.
“Well, as a convert from Evangelical Protestantism myself, I welcome him with open arms. And frankly I think that we converts are bringing a lot into the church. Perhaps I will leave it there.”
Orthodox churches in the U.S. are seeing an astonishing influx of evangelical converts...but they are generally very well catechized before they are chrismated. People who hang on to heretical views, like the fellow who is the subject of this article, simply aren’t chrismated until they come to understand and accept the theology of The Church. Apparently in at least some dioceses of the Latin Church, not only are they chrismated, they are ordained and sent out to preach. To make matters worse, apparently the author of the article, from a blog for deacons, doesn’t understand the Faith any better than Jones does. One more reason for Orthodoxy to proceed very carefully in reunion talks.