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There is only one baptism, which is the actual union of the believer with Christ, whereby one has been cleansed of all sin by His blood and has therefore gained entry into the kingdom. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us *(not the putting away of the filth of the...

There are doctrinal differences, mostly on minor things, but the vast majority use the Divine Liturgy and either the old or new calendar for feasts. You can go into one Orthodox church and go to another thousands of miles away and find it exactly the same. Nothing like what happened to...

I have already said that you can find anything you want in Orthodoxy. Many began to fall away from the Apostolic faith from the early years. And now barely any know of it. Their fasting consists of avoiding meat and dairy for certain days of the week. As I cannot eat grains, that would be...

@Johann well done. Not all in the first world are fatties addicted to McDonalds.

@Lizbeth I think that there are cleansings depicted by the river and sea, given to us for encouragement of what can be for us, but they are not the one baptism of the Spirit that delivers us from sin.

I fast from anything of the world. As for food I have only a few foods I am not allergic to, and not in a position of health whereby I can fast from all foods. My liver is damaged from mercury and cannot store glycogen. I do fast from fast foods and other unhealthy foods, eating only food as it...

Hang on, four baptisms now :) lol. I think a lot of confusion is due to 'progressive' theology which has spilled over to a gradual sanctification which is not in line with the three definite stages in the early church, and the two definite stages in the Holiness Movement of the 19th C. There...

What is appropriate is advice regarding where help can be found for extreme abuse.

No I am not despising the small beginnings. They are very important. But we must go on to perfection. When Jesus blew on them the Holy Spirit, I believe it was for illumination or truth and that they would be prepared for the waiting for the Spirit to fill them. They were of one accord showing...

@Holy999 (weird monika!) If you are talking about childhood trauma, or complex post traumatic stress disorder, I would not ask on a Christian forum like this, otherwise you get stupid misinformed responses like, trust in Jesus, forget the past, just think of the future, all of which ignore the...

Indeed. It is a holy thing to be convicted of the Holy Spirit for the need for Theosis. We are to partake of His body and blood spiritually, moment by moment. They did indeed but the wolves would be a few then increasing, so as to fool the flock and that is why the pre- Nicene teachings are...

I think that believers were reprimanded over the Lord's supper because the purpose of it was in awaiting for the coming of Christ on them, as they 'showed forth His death', meaning I believe that they were prepared for Spirit baptism, admitting that they were repentant for their state of falling...

@Lizbeth, we are getting distracted from the reason for the thread. It is not in my remit to debate water baptism, I am answering you without deep study. That is not to say that I think I may be wrong.

Peter, the one who commanded circumcision right?

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 1 Cor 11:26. The disciples were told to continue with the ritual, of demonstrating His death, till He returned to them alive, which He did after three days, which was a symbol of His...

Lizbeth, any texts that can rightly be interpreted as referring to water baptism, do not prove that it was commanded. It only proves that it was still taking place, and we know that circumcision was likewise, without commandment. John's baptism, a figure to be replaced by substance, was only...

I see where you are coming from however, I believe sister, that this interpretation came from Noah's ark where it saved eight people from the flood, and who were saved by 'water' as it were, and also the Jewish practice of water baptism of converts. And yes, natural then spiritual and was...

Praise and thank Him for all the trials in you life.

@Episkopos We standby and watch as you fall head-first into heresy. The following video shows the teaching of the early church, but you are following Roman Catholic theology and most of western theologies instead, with the addition of Augustines' heresy that the Holy Spirit is not a person but...

Jesus is talking here about being a hypocrite - judging others when you are sinning yourself. It does not say never judge, it says be ye perfect then ye shall judge correctly. The church is wrong when it bans judging outright.