Ancient Christian Witness

A reply to the authors of Pierced for Our
Transgressions by Derek Flood

The link:
http://therebelgod.com/AtonementFathersEQ.pdf

"Calamity is very often the discipline of virtue" Mark Felix  late 2nd century

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.vi.iv.i.xvii.html
"It is accordingly the greatest achievement of divine Providence, not to allow the evil, which has sprung from voluntary apostasy, to remain useless, and for no good, and not to become in all respects injurious. For it is the work of the divine wisdom, and excellence, and power, not alone to do good (for this is, so to speak, the nature of God, as it is of fire to warm and of light to illumine), but especially to ensure that what happens through the evils hatched by any, may come to a good and useful issue, and to use to advantage those things which appear to be evils, as also the testimony which accrues from temptation." Clement of Alexander  late 3rd century


http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.vi.xl.html?
"Now, since all good things are with God, they who by their own determination fly from God, do defraud themselves of all good things; and having been [thus] defrauded of all good things with respect to God, they shall consequently fall under the just judgment of God. For those persons who shun rest shall justly incur punishment, and those who avoid the light shall justly dwell in darkness. For as in the case of this temporal light, those who shun it do deliver themselves over to darkness, so that they do themselves become the cause to themselves that they are destitute of light, and do inhabit darkness; and, as I have already observed, the light is not the cause of such an [unhappy] condition of existence to them; so those who fly from the eternal light of God, which contains in itself all good things, are themselves the cause to themselves of their inhabiting eternal darkness, destitute of all good things, having become to themselves the cause of [their consignment to] an abode of that nature." Saint Irenaeus late 2nd century

The link:
http://preachersinstitute.com/2011/05/20/rapture-theologys-ominous-origins/

You don't have to suffer through this disappointment alone. If you need someone to talk to don't hesitate to contact me. Unlike others I won't make fun of you for I know how it feels to be duped. It's not a pleasant feeling.

You are not the first to go through such false predictions. The Jehovah Witnesses made a number of false predictions that devastated their followers, the same with the Seventh Day Adventists, Dispensationalists and other groups. You don't have to suffer through this alone. I am here to help.

Part One of a talk given by V. Rev. Dr. Mark Hodges for the annual Sts. Cyril and Methodius Lecture at St George Cathedral in Toledo OH

A sermon given by V. Rev. Dr. Mark Hodges for the annual Joint Palm Sunday (evening) Service, sponsored by the four ministerial associations in Lima and Allen County, OH.

Dr. Phillip Cary's lecture on the Doctrine of the Incarnation

The 3rd and 5th councils accepts Saint Cyril's ussage of the term, but I'm not gonna get into that right now. I enjoyed the lecture. It was very informative, especially when one looks at the fact that he only has 30 minutes to talk about the issue.

Dr. Phillip Cary's lecture on Eastern Orthodox Theology.

An Outline Of Orthodox Patristic Dogmatics by Fr. John S. Romanides


About the author and book: (As seen from St. Johns book store)

Quote:
Author: John S. Romanides

The late Professor John Romanides, a graduate and, subsequently, a Professor of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts (1958-1965), and a Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece (1968-1984) was one of the most original theologians of Eastern Orthodox Christianity worldwide in the second half of the 20th century. Raised in America and having become familiar with Western Christians, Roman Catholics and Protestants, as well as Western theological scholarship, both through his upbringing and his involvement in the modern Ecumenical Dialogues, he developed a critical and highly original Eastern Orthodox approach to Christian theology. He identified his approach with the Christian Roman ecumene that was centered in Constantinople, New Rome. His views on Christian "Romanity" and "Roman Orthodoxy" have earned him the title of "Prophet of Roman Orthodoxy" and have given rise to a school of committed followers and to much discussion. This book is Romanides' first Outline of Orthodox Patristic Dogmatics, which is published for the first time in the original Greek and in English translation. It represents a concise introduction into his understanding of the basic tenets of the Eastern Orthodox Faith and its fundamental differences from those of Western (Augustinian or Franco-Latin) Christian theology. It covers such doctrines as God's relation to the world, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the doctrine of Christ, the doctrine of the Church, the Church's Holy Tradition and the restoration and perfection of humanity in and through this Tradition. It will serve as an introduction into this theologian's original vision of Patristic Orthodoxy, which is the basis of his reappraisal of Christian theology and history. Its value lies in its concise, coherent and comprehensive character.