What Is Orthodoxy?
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What Is Orthodoxy?
Do Orthodox Christians believe in the Trinity?
Yes. Absolutely. The Trinity is the foundation of everything we believe and do. Orthodox Christians confess one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy…
What Is Orthodoxy?
What is the Orthodox understanding of original sin?
We don’t inherit Adam’s guilt. We inherit his consequences. That’s a big difference from what most people in Southeast Texas learned in Sunday School. If…
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Do Orthodox believe in predestination?
No, not in the way you probably mean. If you’re coming from a Baptist or Reformed background here in Southeast Texas, you’ve likely heard predestination…
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What do Orthodox Christians believe happens after death?
When you die, your soul separates from your body and stands before Christ in what we call the particular judgment. This is more like an…
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Do Orthodox believe in heaven and hell?
Yes. We believe in both. But we don’t understand them the way most of your Baptist relatives do, and that difference matters. It’s not that…
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What is the Orthodox view of the end times?
Christ will return. The dead will be raised. All will face judgment. That’s what we confess every Sunday in the Creed, and it’s enough. Orthodoxy…
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Why don’t Orthodox churches look like the churches I grew up in?
Orthodox churches are built to be heaven on earth, not auditoriums for preaching. If you grew up Baptist or at one of the big non-denominational…
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Why is there so much mystery in Orthodox worship?
Because God is beyond our full comprehension, and Orthodox worship reflects that reality. We don’t try to explain everything or make it all clear and…
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Is Orthodoxy a works-based religion?
No. But we don’t believe in “faith alone” either. That answer probably confuses people coming from Baptist or Bible church backgrounds here in Southeast Texas.…
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What is the relationship between faith and works in Orthodoxy?
We don’t separate them. Faith and works aren’t two different things competing for your salvation, they’re two sides of the same coin. True faith produces…
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Do Orthodox Christians believe the Bible is the Word of God?
Yes. Absolutely. The Bible is the inspired Word of God, and we’ve believed that from the beginning. But here’s where things get interesting for folks…
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Why does the Orthodox Bible have more books than my Protestant Bible?
The Orthodox Old Testament includes the books you know from your Protestant Bible plus several others, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus),…
