THERE CAN BE NO BAPTISM OUTSIDE THE CHURCH WE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER BAPTISM

THERE CAN BE NO BAPTISM OUTSIDE THE CHURCH 

WE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER BAPTISM

     In the Holy Bible it is clearly shown that St. Paul would not accept St. John’s non-triune immersion, single immersion baptism, for when he asked John’s disciples if they were baptized, they answered into John’s baptism. Then St. Paul rebaptized them by triune immersion baptism. There is no other baptism than that performed by the Orthodox Church. Hence all those outside the Church  are unbaptized and have not put away their sins. Triune immersion was established by the Lord. 

   This is the text. Finding certain disciples Paul said to them: “Have you received the Holy Spirit? And they said unto him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Spirit. And he said unto them, Unto what then were you baptized? And they said unto John’s baptism. Then said Paul, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him who would come after him, that is, Christ Jesus. When they heard this they were baptized by three immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they spoke in languages” Acts 18:2-8).

      After His Resurrection the Lord gave this firm command to the Apostles: “Go forth into all the world,  and preach this Gospel to every creature.  He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned” 16:15).

     Also, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore, and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you to the close of the age”     (Matthew 28: 19-20).

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ARE TODAY OFTEN ASLEEP ABSENT FROM CHURCH

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ARE TODAY OFTEN ASLEEP

 ABSENT FROM CHURCH

Sundays and Feasts day before modern times, perhaps prior to the seventies, both in the USA and in mother Orthodox countries, those attending church  On Feast Days if you did not arrive early, you remained standing due to the huge crowds in the Orthodox churches on Sundays and Feast days. The Feast Day vespers were also very crowded  Today, instead of huge crowds a scarcity of people is common.  It is a widespread problem, because the amount of people who support and go to church has gradually diminished. This is not promising an increase in the next generation.    

     Bishops are called upon to represent Christ, who would not tolerate such conditions, but would act. How? Preach the Gospel and forget foolish ecumenism which does not bring people into the Church. The Apostles as any one who reads the Bible knows were continually active. 

   Our holy Orthodox Faith is not just another Christian group, but  is the Church.  It is the Body of Christ, the  entire divine house of truth that came directly from Christ (“upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it”) and from His Apostles who He sent, (“Go forth and preach this Gospel to all nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit”) All other Christian sects are outside of the Church by their own choice.  

    Sadly, those in the Church who have been born into Orthodoxy, do not realize the treasure by which they are surrounded, and while some just ignore it, others attend church sometimes  and some more frequently. But there is so much more that is missed by most everyone. The church is much more than attending and singing and socializing.  Our Orthodox Faith is meant for each one of us to live the actual  life that Christ, by His example and teaching taught us to live. Faith is only a beginning, and is followed by hope and love. But faith must be enlivened and increase, and needs nourishment. 

PROTESTANTS ARE ALL PAPISTS INDULGING IN AUTHORITY AND INFALLIBILITY

PROTESTANTS ARE ALL PAPISTS

INDULGING IN AUTHORITY AND INFALLIBILITY

    The Protestants in many various sects  have one thing in common.  Each individual is free to divide from the other believing whatever he sees fit, and even worse,  using the Bible as his guide, interpreting it as he will,  thinking that their interpretation is infallible, disregarding tradition, the Holy Apostolic and Church Fathers and the Seven Ecumenical Synods.

    Protestants,  also known as the reformers were organized upon a great falsehood. The falsehood?  That the  Church founded by Christ, which they believed the Papacy to be, became corrupted and needed to be reformed. They believed a lie for Christ promised that the gates of Hades would not prevail over His church, which remains true. They took the Papacy to be the church but it was the Papacy which was corrupted. 

      The Papal Church in England, broke from the Papacy, becoming the Anglican Church, which the King Henry VIII formed when he abandoned the Papacy, because he couldn’t have his way.  He was an adulterer and murderer, and founder and head of the Anglican church! The  Episcopal Church is derived from the Anglican Church.

     The Roman Catholics or western church after apostasy from the mother Church evolved from  being a former church of Christ and became the extreme and worldly powerful Papacy, which enthusiastically utilized the powers of this world with her own organized  armies, killer crusades and terrible inquisitions.