The issue of icons and idols is a long-standing one within Protestant circles, namely those of the Reformed persuasion. The Reformed traditions often take extreme approaches to the issue of icons, declaring temples embellished with these holy images as “synagogues of Satan” and accusing Christians who affirm the necessity of icons in Christian temples as…
Today, Reason & Theology, a YouTube show largely focused around disproving Eastern Orthodoxy, co-hosted the infamous Latin Priest and Scholar, Fr. Dr. Richard Price, Professor of the History of Christianity at Heythrop College in London and Priest within the Archdiocese of Westminster. Many theologians and students of history may already be familiar with Fr. Price’s…
It has been no long-held secret that the Latin tradition has overwhelmingly administered Communion under one kind or “species” to its laity. In fact, this practice has become so pervasive throughout the last several hundred years that even the Eastern Uniate Rites, or as a few like to call themselves, “Orthodox in communion with Rome,”…
On November 12, 1991, the Antiochian Orthodox Synod (EO) and the Syriac Orthodox Synod (OO) came into agreement on matters related to faith and practice, creating a Joint Declaration, which was approved and signed by Antiochian Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim (EO) and Syriac Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas (OO). This document, though not well-known today, instituted…
