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Essays in True Orthodox Christianity ESSAYS IN TRUE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY VOLUME TWO © Vladimir Moss, 2013. All Rights Reserved. 1 Contents FOREWORD .....................................................................................................................................4 1. WHAT DID METROPOLITAN PHILARET REALLY SAY?................................................5 2. ORTHODOXY AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION ...................................................................10 The Origin of the Idea...................................................................................................................10 The Idea in Early Byzantium........................................................................................................12 Roman Catholic Intolerance..........................................................................................................21 The Revival of Tolerance...............................................................................................................23 English Liberalism ........................................................................................................................26 The Russian Idea...........................................................................................................................34 Conclusions...................................................................................................................................38 3. THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF ROMANS 5.12 ......................................................41 4. HEAVEN, HELL AND THE CYPRIANITES............................................................................50 5. ORTHODOXY AND ROMANTICISM....................................................................................55 The Romantic Hero (1) Napoleon.................................................................................................55 The Romantic Hero (2) Byron ......................................................................................................61 6. PREDESTINATION, ST. AUGUSTINE AND FR. PANTELEIMON ....................................66 7. ON FAITH AND THE ROOTS OF UNBELIEF .......................................................................78 The Naturalness of Faith...............................................................................................................78 The Preconditions of Faith............................................................................................................83 Faith, Ignorance and the Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.......................................................87 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................91 8. ROMANIDES AND ORIGINAL SIN........................................................................................92 Can Sin be Inherited? ...................................................................................................................92 What is Sin? .................................................................................................................................96 Sin and Death ...............................................................................................................................97 Romans 5.12 ...............................................................................................................................103 Adam and Christ.........................................................................................................................106 9. ROMANIDES, HOLY SCRIPTURE AND SCIENCE............................................................108 10. ROMANIDES ON THE HOLY TRINITY.............................................................................120 11. PEDAGOGICAL AND RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE ................................................................124 12. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE QUESTION OF GRACE? .....................................................140 13. ST. PHILARET OF NEW YORK AND THE HERESY OF ECUMENISM......................144 The Sorrowful Epistles................................................................................................................145 The Fall of the Serbian Church ...................................................................................................149 The Third All-Diaspora Council.................................................................................................152 The Fall of the Dissidents............................................................................................................162 2 The Anathema against Ecumenism ............................................................................................167 14. TRUE ORTHODOXY AND THE VENERATION OF SAINTS.........................................174 15. WHAT IS A TRUE MARRIAGE?..........................................................................................178 The Permanence of Marriage ......................................................................................................179 Troitsky’s Thesis .........................................................................................................................180 The Role of the Church................................................................................................................183 Remarriage and Divorce .............................................................................................................190 Mixed Marriages ........................................................................................................................194 Polygamy, Fornication and Adultery .........................................................................................198 The Two Mysteries .........................................................................................................................203 The Purposes of Marriage...........................................................................................................211 16. ARE ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL?....................................................................................215 Equality and Human Rights.......................................................................................................215 Equality in Adam and Christ .....................................................................................................218 Equality and the Fall...................................................................................................................219 Equality and Divine Providence.................................................................................................221 Equality and Slavery...................................................................................................................223 Equality and Monarchism ..........................................................................................................226 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................228 17. ORTHODOXY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND MARXISM ........................................................229 The Philosophy of Human Rights...............................................................................................229 From Natural Law to Human Rights .........................................................................................231 Human Rights and the French Revolution.................................................................................232 Human Rights in the Twentieth Century ..................................................................................234 An Analysis of the Philosophy....................................................................................................237 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................244 18. THE DAY TRUE ORTHODOXY SAVED THE WORLD...................................................247 19. THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND THE CREATION OF MAN...............................................249 20. FAITH, SCIENCE AND DOUBTING THOMAS.................................................................254 21. GOD, SPACE-TIME, THE CHURCH, THE CROSS AND LIGHT ....................................259 22. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES..........................................................................................262 23. ORTHODOXY AND THE DEATH PENALTY ...................................................................270 24. ECUMENISM AND NATIONALISM ..................................................................................274 3 FOREWORD This book is a continuation of my earlier Essays in True Orthodox Christianity. Volume 1. It includes essays I have written on various subjects related to True Orthodoxy in recent years. August 12/25, 2013. St. Maximus the Confessor. Lisine, Serbia. 4 1. WHAT DID METROPOLITAN PHILARET REALLY SAY? In the now-famous article of Metropolitan Ephraim, “Sleepers, awake!” reference is made to an article by Archimandrite (Metropolitan) Philaret of blessed memory entitled “Will the Heterodox be Saved?” 1 “Essentially, what Saint Philaret (and the Church Fathers) say,” writes Metropolitan Ephraim, “is that, in order to judge mankind fairly, our Saviour will give every person who ever lived on earth the opportunity to espouse or reject His teaching. Whether this happens while the person is still living or in Hades ― whenever
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