tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428166667613656621.post4903000885007861970..comments2022-04-11T04:32:52.081-07:00Comments on Mormon to Orthodox: Mormon Deification and Orthodox TheosisSeraphimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847382426498944866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428166667613656621.post-48330249890199423872014-07-14T10:16:08.871-07:002014-07-14T10:16:08.871-07:00Thank you for visiting my blog, cowgirl angel. I f...Thank you for visiting my blog, cowgirl angel. I find that almost any faith claiming to be Christian can find quotes from first through third century sources if one picks and chooses quotes out of context. Once one takes all the extant sources together and reads them in the correct contextual framework there is a much clearer picture of what the early Church practiced and believed.<br /><br />I may write something on current events in the LDS Church sometime soon. I would like to show that the question of priesthood in Orthodoxy and the question of priesthood in Mormonism is very different given their distinct theologies.<br /><br />Seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847382426498944866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428166667613656621.post-56340686940257977222014-07-12T23:20:32.864-07:002014-07-12T23:20:32.864-07:00I am so happy to see someone doing a blog on Mormo...I am so happy to see someone doing a blog on Mormonism to Orthodoxy. I feel like so many Mormons who are leaving the Church would love Orthodoxy. I have seen Mormon leaders quoting a single line from the church fathers to try and somehow prove that their doctrine existed in the early church. Im not sure if they are banking on the fact that no one will actually READ the Fathers considering they are now so readily available online. That is what solidified my belief that the Orthodox faith now is the same faith of the apostles and not some great apostasy. <br /><br />It's obvious when reading these that the God of the apostles, Irenaeus and all of the early fathers is the Christian trinitarian God. They speak of creation ex nihilo, the dual nature and incarnation of Christ, teaching against the pre-existence of the soul etc. This is the "faith ONCE delivered to the apostles", and the "ground and pillar of truth."<br /><br /> I would love to see a blog on the priesthood especially now with what has happened with Kate Kelly and so many women mourning with her and many leaving the church. cowgirl angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734409380642634577noreply@blogger.com