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Is the King James Version acceptable?
Yes, you can read the King James Version, but it’s not what we’d recommend. The KJV has memorable language. If you grew up Baptist or…
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What does ‘deuterocanonical’ mean, and which books count?
The Deuterocanonical books are the parts of the Old Testament that Orthodox Christians accept as Scripture but Protestants don’t include in their Bibles. If you…
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Why are the Church Fathers important?
The Church Fathers show us how the apostles’ students and their successors understood the faith. They’re not ancient relics we study out of nostalgia. They’re…
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Which Church Fathers should I read?
Start with St. Athanasius’s On the Incarnation . It’s short, clear, and gets right to the heart of who Christ is and why He became…
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What are the writings of the Church Fathers?
The Church Fathers’ writings are the sermons, letters, biblical commentaries, theological treatises, and liturgical texts written by early Christian bishops and teachers from roughly the…
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What is the Orthodox Bible?
The Orthodox Bible contains the same 27 New Testament books you’ll find in any Protestant or Catholic Bible, but a larger Old Testament, with the…
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Why does the Orthodox Bible have more books?
The Orthodox Old Testament contains books that Protestant Bibles don’t. It’s not that we added them. Protestants removed them. For fifteen hundred years, Christians used…
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What do Orthodox mean when they say the Bible is part of Tradition?
The Bible came from the Church, not the other way around. When we say Scripture is part of Holy Tradition, we mean the Church existed…
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How do Orthodox interpret the Bible?
We read Scripture within the Church, not apart from it. The Bible isn’t a standalone text that anyone can pick up and interpret on their…
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What is the patristic interpretation of Scripture?
Patristic interpretation means reading the Bible the way the Church Fathers did, within the living Tradition of the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, and…
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Why do Orthodox Christians trust the Church Fathers?
The Church Fathers are the ancient Christian teachers and bishops who received the faith from the apostles and handed it down to us. They’re not…
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Do Orthodox believe in Sola Scriptura?
No. We don’t. Orthodox Christians love the Bible. We read it in every service. We chant the Psalms, proclaim the Gospels, and structure our entire…
