I'm an atheist just trying to get a better understanding of faith by talking openly with people of faith in my home life and a little online. May I just say that this channel, and you yourself Stephan, are very insightful and delightful. Thank you for the great video.
Not saying this is you, but it is so sad often times, often with catholics, that people born in religious families who once had faith say the people in that family are the reason they have no faith, or the church is the reason they have no faith. Hazing, rumors, favoritism, judgment etc seem to be the causes of those people forsaking their faith because of the PEOPLE. Not everyone in church is a Christian. Not every Christian is going to heaven. EVERY Christian is a sinner. Now it is a entirely different situation if your household or church has legitimate grievances toward you behavior and 1st tries to help and change you but if you don't then you are cast out. That is entirely different then what I am talking about. (Ex. Homosexuality, criminality, or you straight up practice a different religion ex. Paganism etc.)
@@777SFINN777most Atheists left Christianity because they actually read the Bible. Once you read the Bible fully you’ll see clearly that it has man’s finger prints all over it and it’s not anywhere close to the “word of God”
@@angelostrifonos9507i wasn't planning to answer you because i didn't have a concise answer to give you and i couldn't take the time to type much.. I had wanted to say something like "how could it not be?"..The evidence, the teachings, the history, the saints, the martyrs all point to it.. But a younger than i friend just started texting me about how he felt about 20 years ago when he walked into our church after being invited to come and he knew before long that it was what he had been searching (note the word 'searching') for all his life.. I told him i knew what he meant and we must talk more fully at sometime.. There are many stories such as that at our church alone. Over and over we see those who comment on sites such as this one saying similar things.. They don't say it lightly or haphazardly.. Every one of them has been searching for a while. They know the territory out there The full range of 'options' , and then they realize to their surprise that it has narrowed to one choice...only one option...and they rejoice to have finally found it. CHRIST IS RISEN! ☦💝📿💝☦
You took my words out of my mouth. I have ner heard of Montanism (or maybe I did when I was a student?), but it sounds like the grandfather of Pentecostalism to me.
I like how Dr Constantinou say how there’s an element of logic in all heresies, otherwise people wouldn’t follow them. That’s one of the reasons for the importance of apostolic teaching expounded upon by the church fathers, people much better placed to reveal divine truth than most.
The difference between Heresy and Heterodoxy was helpful. Also, I'd never heard of Montanism before. I'm looking forward to the episode on the Theotokos as you mentioned. That tea does indeed sound strange. God Bless you all. ☦
This channel is going places, great quality! Just stumbled on it on my recommendation, had me watching even as a non-believer. The history element to it is great, keep it up!
Amazing videos.. I recommend your Chanel to all the catechumens and the parishioners in my Church. Please keep the videos coming .. such a blessing for all of us 🙏🏼🕊☦️
Beautiful work thank you all for making these videos! Quick question, would you mind putting all of these videos in a playlist on your channel id like to be able to send the whole series to people. Thanks again for all of the amazing work, I cant wait to see many many more of these! ❤
Thanks so much! We license most of our music for film work from ArtList. artlist.io/Stephan-21928 Glad you're enjoying the channel! We've been working on it for quite a while!
Really appreciate the work you guys are doing. I recommend your content to people inquiring all the time (that and for them to check out a Parish, haha).
I appreciate the insight on your tea. It sounded nice at first, but I'm glad to have your review that it's strange. Looking forward to the next tea review.
A heretic is someone instructed in Orthodoxy but chose to teach heterodoxy. A heterodox person is someone who believes, lives or teachea heterodoxy and is ignorant of Orthodoxy.
Lol Christ is fully God well this is where Bible study comes into play. You have answered my question about the subject matter thank you. Keep teaching my friend we are put here to learn from one another not to put each other down blessings to all. The tea mix sounds good.
I first knew the word Heresy from the word "Herehe(heh-reh-heh)" which I knew from José Rizal's books (because my country, the Philippines, is a Spanish Colony). Its really funny to see this word be used in humour nowadays, especially in Warhammer 40,000...where theocratic satire is the target.
Does that mean it is only heresy if you don't actually believe in it, or don't believe it is actually christian or God's will, but want to do it anyway?
Doubts are good things if we bring them to Christ. Check out our video on "Thomas Sunday" for a bit about doubt. We have lots of videos on the channel that might help you. Also if you check in the descriptions you will find links to more resources that can help answer questions. Of course keep praying, and if you can, chat with a helpful priest about where you are at and the kinds of doubts you're having. Ask questions. May God be with you!
@@Patristix thank you for your quick reply, I do have a spiritual father but, I doubt about Christianity also because there are many different types of orthodox Christians And what's the deal with obeying
@@cozzwozzle Not my intention. My intention was to reiterate something many in the mainstream shy away from saying or even believing. In the video it is said at 8:46 that he is grateful for those in the early Church who fought heresies. The fight against heresies never ends, and the Orthodox Church should continue denouncing heresies in all their forms.
You forgot the Arch-heresy of arch-heresies, Antiananascomosusepizzaism. Thou shalt not deny the pizza--with pineapple--delivered once and for all to the Apostles.
@@angelostrifonos9507lol So are you catholic? Wait till you find out where most of their saints came from or why didn’t want the common man to read the Bible. 😂 Funny enough the Jewish community says the same thing about your faith.
I'm an atheist just trying to get a better understanding of faith by talking openly with people of faith in my home life and a little online. May I just say that this channel, and you yourself Stephan, are very insightful and delightful. Thank you for the great video.
Any changes now?
Not saying this is you, but it is so sad often times, often with catholics, that people born in religious families who once had faith say the people in that family are the reason they have no faith, or the church is the reason they have no faith. Hazing, rumors, favoritism, judgment etc seem to be the causes of those people forsaking their faith because of the PEOPLE. Not everyone in church is a Christian. Not every Christian is going to heaven. EVERY Christian is a sinner. Now it is a entirely different situation if your household or church has legitimate grievances toward you behavior and 1st tries to help and change you but if you don't then you are cast out. That is entirely different then what I am talking about. (Ex. Homosexuality, criminality, or you straight up practice a different religion ex. Paganism etc.)
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Any changes now, after watching those videos?
@@777SFINN777most Atheists left Christianity because they actually read the Bible. Once you read the Bible fully you’ll see clearly that it has man’s finger prints all over it and it’s not anywhere close to the “word of God”
I am not an Orthodox Christian, but I am loving this series! Very informative, and beautifully shot. I will keep watching and learning.
Keep learning hopefully u will become orthodox
The Orthodox Faith is rich beyond imagining...welcome to learning about it. The well never runs dry..
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But how do we know that orthodox faith is the real faith?
@@angelostrifonos9507i wasn't planning to answer you because i didn't have a concise answer to give you and i couldn't take the time to type much..
I had wanted to say something like "how could it not be?"..The evidence, the teachings, the history, the saints, the martyrs all point to it..
But a younger than i friend just started texting me about how he felt about 20 years ago when he walked into our church after being invited to come and he knew before long that it was what he had been searching (note the word 'searching') for all his life..
I told him i knew what he meant and we must talk more fully at sometime..
There are many stories such as that at our church alone.
Over and over we see those who comment on sites such as this one saying similar things..
They don't say it lightly or haphazardly.. Every one of them has been searching for a while. They know the territory out there The full range of 'options' , and then they realize to their surprise that it has narrowed to one choice...only one option...and they rejoice to have finally found it.
CHRIST IS RISEN!
☦💝📿💝☦
@@angelostrifonos9507 Trough knowledge.
I was struck by how much Montanism has in common with Oneness Pentecostalism.
That's exactly what I was thinking too.
You took my words out of my mouth. I have ner heard of Montanism (or maybe I did when I was a student?), but it sounds like the grandfather of Pentecostalism to me.
That’s exactly what I thought!!!! Nothing new under the sun.
I like how Dr Constantinou say how there’s an element of logic in all heresies, otherwise people wouldn’t follow them. That’s one of the reasons for the importance of apostolic teaching expounded upon by the church fathers, people much better placed to reveal divine truth than most.
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The difference between Heresy and Heterodoxy was helpful. Also, I'd never heard of Montanism before.
I'm looking forward to the episode on the Theotokos as you mentioned.
That tea does indeed sound strange.
God Bless you all. ☦
This channel is going places, great quality! Just stumbled on it on my recommendation, had me watching even as a non-believer. The history element to it is great, keep it up!
Amazing videos.. I recommend your Chanel to all the catechumens and the parishioners in my Church. Please keep the videos coming .. such a blessing for all of us 🙏🏼🕊☦️
Excellent video. Informative, succinct, well-produced. We need more Orthodox content like this.
This channel is truly a treasure
I continue to appreciate the work being done with this channel. ☦
This is great. Really helpful channel for someone I know who is getting exposed to Orthodoxy
God bless you 🙏🏼☦️☦️🙏🏼
Beautiful work thank you all for making these videos! Quick question, would you mind putting all of these videos in a playlist on your channel id like to be able to send the whole series to people. Thanks again for all of the amazing work, I cant wait to see many many more of these! ❤
Thanks for the kind words, Ethan!
And done. It's at the playlists tab now, or at this link: th-cam.com/play/PL6k1J6n7Y5c0YwmXTROp1mhvfml31EqjA.html
@@Patristix Cant believe how fast you did that thank you all so much!
Fantastic video. Thank you for explaining and addressing this. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks. Bye.
I’ve already started to share links to these videos :) please continue!
New episodes weekly! Next one up in about 6 hours. Thanks Elena!
Very well produced too.
I love your channel. I needed this.
Very nice clip. The cello music sounds are also nice. Who is that playing?
Love your channel! Fantastic production for being so new! Where'd you get the music for your videos?
Thanks so much! We license most of our music for film work from ArtList. artlist.io/Stephan-21928
Glad you're enjoying the channel! We've been working on it for quite a while!
Great video! I wish you all the best brother.
shocked you only have 40k subs, love this channel ❤❤❤. Praise Jesus
Your videos are so easy to consume. Thank you for the excellent teaching and production quality!
Really appreciate the work you guys are doing. I recommend your content to people inquiring all the time (that and for them to check out a Parish, haha).
Thank you very much! And that second part about checking out a parish is the main bit for sure.
I appreciate the insight on your tea. It sounded nice at first, but I'm glad to have your review that it's strange. Looking forward to the next tea review.
Love your work!
its not just believing the wrong thing but refusing to repent when called out
Indeed. It's the cosiness of one's already established world view.
A heretic is someone instructed in Orthodoxy but chose to teach heterodoxy. A heterodox person is someone who believes, lives or teachea heterodoxy and is ignorant of Orthodoxy.
I’m hoping a discussion about Gnosticism is in the future.
How can I contact Dr Emmanuel Gergis? I want to ask him questions about neochalcedonianism and tome of Leo
Lol Christ is fully God well this is where Bible study comes into play. You have answered my question about the subject matter thank you. Keep teaching my friend we are put here to learn from one another not to put each other down blessings to all. The tea mix sounds good.
Now this is interesting topic ❤
Bless you ladds ❤
Wooooooooooo 1k!!!!!!!!!
Thx guys. 🙏➕
I first knew the word Heresy from the word "Herehe(heh-reh-heh)" which I knew from José Rizal's books (because my country, the Philippines, is a Spanish Colony). Its really funny to see this word be used in humour nowadays, especially in Warhammer 40,000...where theocratic satire is the target.
Would love to have other donation option than ko-fi, they use only paypal and I'm not using PayPal.
Maybe patreon would do the trick
Sorry about that! But thank you for wanting to help. A prayer for us would also be great! God bless you
Can you get Darjeeling tea down there?
Can and do! It's in an episode coming up actually.
Does that mean it is only heresy if you don't actually believe in it, or don't believe it is actually christian or God's will, but want to do it anyway?
Im watching for the 1k sub
We made it!
So the question burning through my mind right now: from where do you order your tea?!?
Haha! We accumulate it slowly from all over the place
I'm greek-orthodox too but I have too many doubts
Doubts are good things if we bring them to Christ. Check out our video on "Thomas Sunday" for a bit about doubt. We have lots of videos on the channel that might help you. Also if you check in the descriptions you will find links to more resources that can help answer questions.
Of course keep praying, and if you can, chat with a helpful priest about where you are at and the kinds of doubts you're having. Ask questions.
May God be with you!
@@Patristix thank you for your quick reply, I do have a spiritual father but, I doubt about Christianity also because there are many different types of orthodox Christians
And what's the deal with obeying
I think your timeline is a bit off. Is the Didache not referenced in Acts 2:42?
Coconut, turmeric and vanilla is strange!
Another example of a recent heresy: ecumenism.
shots fired!
@@cozzwozzle Not my intention. My intention was to reiterate something many in the mainstream shy away from saying or even believing. In the video it is said at 8:46 that he is grateful for those in the early Church who fought heresies. The fight against heresies never ends, and the Orthodox Church should continue denouncing heresies in all their forms.
Good point.
Agreed
Montanism is literally pentalcostillisam
You forgot the Arch-heresy of arch-heresies, Antiananascomosusepizzaism. Thou shalt not deny the pizza--with pineapple--delivered once and for all to the Apostles.
I love this content but the cello or whatever it is playing while you're talking is too loud and extremely distracting.
Aesthetics of your studio is so on point, but you need some more icons.
We protestants have a lot of montanist heterodoxy in our variations. It rubs me funny.
You do know that protestantism is also an heresy?
@@angelostrifonos9507lol So are you catholic? Wait till you find out where most of their saints came from or why didn’t want the common man to read the Bible. 😂 Funny enough the Jewish community says the same thing about your faith.
Arius believed Jesus was God, he just believed he was begotten literally. It was the Neo Arians who believed he wasn’t