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To: stripes1776; Agrarian; HarleyD; jo kus; Forest Keeper; kosta50

"Orthodoxy is a Biblical form of Christianity with a rich theological tradition. It pays to be patient and read, read, read."

Every single covert to Orthodoxy from Protestantism I have ever met, save perhaps those who converted on account of getting married, have said almost exactly this to me. In our parish we have one fellow in the seminary and another entering this coming August (not bad for a tiny little parish!) who are both former evangelicals, Baptists I think. Both of them are walking encyclopedias of the Fathers (as well as walking concordances, a facility they picked up during their faith journey to Orthodoxy. They seem especially taken by +Irenaeous, +Gregory Nazianzus +Symeon the New Theologian and +Gregory Palamas.


7,449 posted on 05/31/2006 2:47:16 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis; stripes1776; Agrarian; HarleyD; jo kus; Forest Keeper; kosta50
In our parish we have one fellow in the seminary and another entering this coming August (not bad for a tiny little parish!) who are both former evangelicals, Baptists I think.

That explains why the Baptists are becoming more Calvinistic. ;O)

7,463 posted on 05/31/2006 4:11:52 PM PDT by HarleyD ("Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" Luke 24:45)
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