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**refsherne** · 02-11-2008, 05:50 AM

Protestantism are not churches they are heresies and are cast off from the vine (or should we say there mother the RC was). The branch theory is heresy and what the said bishop of the OP claimed fits the bill. Any departure from Orthodoxy withers and dies. The entire tree is the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church which is the Orthodox Church and there is only a falling away from that tree, a cutting off (anathemas).

When the Vatican last year declared that the Anglican church should not be called a church I reacted against this. It is simply pointless to make such statements. I wrote a letter to them (a secretary merely acknowledged its receipt, but the Anglicans to whom I sent a copy wrote a very nice letter back!). This is the main thrust of the letter, referring to their "Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church" particularly about 'apostolic succession':

That's what I love about Orthodoxy. It's roots go all the way back to the beginning.

Indeed, to sum up here:

The entire tree is the Church, being deification in the Angel of the Lord, the Angel now known as the Incarnate Christ. This does indeed go back to Paradise: the life of Adam and Eve is this same Orthodox Faith known in deification. "The Lord knows those who are His" (2 Tim 2:19).

Richard
PS I have upload the letter I sent (but removed my address!)
PPS I originally tried to post this in mid-January, but I was told it had been sent to be moderated. Having not heard anything since, I thought I would try it again!

02-11-2008, 05:50 AM	#42
refsherne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 490 Senior Member	Protestantism are not churches they are heresies and are cast off from the vine (or should we say there mother the RC was). The branch theory is heresy and what the said bishop of the OP claimed fits the bill. Any departure from Orthodoxy withers and dies. The entire tree is the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church which is the Orthodox Church and there is only a falling away from that tree, a cutting off (anathemas). When the Vatican last year declared that the Anglican church should not be called a church I reacted against this. It is simply pointless to make such statements. I wrote a letter to them (a secretary merely acknowledged its receipt, but the Anglicans to whom I sent a copy wrote a very nice letter back!). This is the main thrust of the letter, referring to their "Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church" particularly about 'apostolic succession': That's what I love about Orthodoxy. It's roots go all the way back to the beginning. Indeed, to sum up here: The entire tree is the Church, being deification in the Angel of the Lord, the Angel now known as the Incarnate Christ. This does indeed go back to Paradise: the life of Adam and Eve is this same Orthodox Faith known in deification. "The Lord knows those who are His" (2 Tim 2:19). Richard PS I have upload the letter I sent (but removed my address!) PPS I originally tried to post this in mid-January, but I was told it had been sent to be moderated. Having not heard anything since, I thought I would try it again!
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