Kategoria: Baptism & Confirmation

Why Confession (and Repentance) Was Central to the Original Celtic Church

Restoring the Penitential Heart of Celtic Orthodoxy Recovering the Confessional Foundation of the Western and Celtic Liturgies I. The Danger of “Starting Over” A new generation seeks to start over with imported post-Bolshevik forms of Eastern Orthodoxy, claiming that Celtic Christianity somehow died out. Yet those same voices make pilgrimages to Iona, Lindisfarne, Glastonbury, and […]

Receiving the Word: How Meditation(repetition) Makes the Word Effectual

Receiving the Word: How Meditation Makes the Word Effectual By St. Andrew’s Orthodox Celtic Church Introduction: When Hearing Becomes Receiving In the parable of the sower, Christ said that the seed is the Word of God. Some fell on stony ground, some among thorns, and others on good soil. But only the word that was […]

Catholic Orthodox History and recognition of Sacraments between them.

The recognition of sacramental validity within the Western Church prior to the Great Schism of 1054 is an important historical fact that sheds light on current debates over Orthodox-Catholic relations. The Orthodox Church today recognizes that England and its kings were Orthodox before the Norman invasion (which coincided with the Great Schism). This acknowledgment challenges […]

Renewing the Ancient Call to Repentance

Regarding Repentance in the Celtic Church: Why Confession (and Repentance) Was Central to the Original Celtic Church The below is taken from the Appendix of a book by Rev Dr Brunswick “Saturday Rest: Embracing the Christian Sabbath in Orthodox Faith” Section 5: Renewing the Ancient Call to Repentance Reintegrating the Full Practice of Confession in […]

Definicja prawdziwej biblijnej miłości nie może być bezprawiem

Ten jeden werset biblijny może uratować teologom 20 lat nauki w szkole biblijnej: 1 Jana 3: 4 „Grzech jest przekroczeniem prawa”. Posłuchaj, jak pastor Crouch nauczał o związku grzechu i naruszaniu prawa. Ulotka na jednej stronie: Definicja prawdziwej miłości biblijnej nie może być bezprawiem 1 Jana 2: 4 „Ten, który mówi, wiem […]