tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post6964026528856391891..comments2023-08-25T06:49:32.974-07:00Comments on Pillar and Ground of the Truth: Do Orthodox want non-Orthodox to convert?Fr. Gregory Hogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829108455227450650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post-23064789850675560952008-07-22T20:01:00.000-07:002008-07-22T20:01:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.JoshuaJames78https://www.blogger.com/profile/15870797707921600433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post-42080037476942136462008-07-19T17:32:00.000-07:002008-07-19T17:32:00.000-07:00As a convert, I'm grateful for the authentic witne...As a convert, I'm grateful for the authentic witness of the Orthodox Church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post-30572316268798087152008-07-10T16:14:00.000-07:002008-07-10T16:14:00.000-07:00Welcome, Fr. Jon. Actually the Orthodox have been ...Welcome, Fr. Jon. Actually the Orthodox have been busy evangelizing throughout our history. There were Cyril and Methodius, apostles to the Slavs (Russia is the largest Orthodox country, after all), the missionaries to China and their converts slaughtered in the Boxer Rebellion, St. Herman of Alaska, St. Raphael of Brooklyn, St. Alexis Toth... and we mustn't forget that great first-century Orthodox missionary, the apostate Jew St. Paul... :-)<BR/><BR/>In any case, thanks for checking in.Fr. Gregory Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829108455227450650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post-68334072518573988432008-07-10T14:29:00.000-07:002008-07-10T14:29:00.000-07:00After 1000 plus years (maybe even 1800!) the ortho...After 1000 plus years (maybe even 1800!) the orthodox church is finally interested in converting the heathen. Interestingly, it seems to be apostate Lutherans who are leading the charge. Perhaps it is the irrelevancy of "orthodoxy" in the U.S. particularly (slightly less relevant than confessional Lutheranism)that is the spirit of this missionary zeal. Go get 'em you winsome men!Fr. Jon M. Ellingworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309773504409139312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post-8391002671031664062008-07-09T14:00:00.000-07:002008-07-09T14:00:00.000-07:00It does seem to be a problem for some in Lutheran ...It does seem to be a problem for some in Lutheran circles to understand what we're saying, however...and I find that odd (I refer to the whole "we don't know" wrt individuals' salvation). I think that the influence of Augustine is so deep and so broad to the western way of speaking that it is hard to shift out of it. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I find Khomiakov very winsome. I remember reading him years ago, even as a Lutheran, and thinking: "Wow. He nailed it." <BR/><BR/>Romanides--well, you may have me there. <BR/><BR/>Fr. GFr. Gregory Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829108455227450650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501850621793894577.post-84627247487132955282008-07-09T10:01:00.000-07:002008-07-09T10:01:00.000-07:00Sure we do. But we don't descend to gimmicks or ru...Sure we do. <BR/><BR/>But we don't descend to gimmicks or ruses to do it, such as saying one thing and meaning something else. <BR/><BR/>(Khomiakov or Romanides *winsome*??)Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.com