Everything you’ve said is what drove me away from Protestantism and into Eastern Orthodox. There is no accountability where you are, everyone is their own pope. If you want ‘orthodox’ as you keep saying, come on over. And before you start, I know you’ll find plenty of reasons why you think they’re just as politically influenced. Maybe some bishops are, but the doctrine has had 2000 years and people a whole lot smarter and righteous than me to figure it out. Once I humbled myself and took the first step, I found a deeper communion with Christ.
Eh, healthy expression, absolutely, albeit incomplete. I know many righteous and selfless Protestants. But I disagree with any premise that ‘Orthodox’ Protestantism needs to exist at all. If we feel the need to cling to any roots of the faith, why stop at the 16th century interpretations? Luther, Zwingli, Calvin. All flawed in their understanding of scripture and context.
Everything you’ve said is what drove me away from Protestantism and into Eastern Orthodox. There is no accountability where you are, everyone is their own pope. If you want ‘orthodox’ as you keep saying, come on over. And before you start, I know you’ll find plenty of reasons why you think they’re just as politically influenced. Maybe some bishops are, but the doctrine has had 2000 years and people a whole lot smarter and righteous than me to figure it out. Once I humbled myself and took the first step, I found a deeper communion with Christ.
I think the healthy modality you’re describing exists on the orthodox Protestant side, just as much as the theobros are matched by the orthobros.
Eh, healthy expression, absolutely, albeit incomplete. I know many righteous and selfless Protestants. But I disagree with any premise that ‘Orthodox’ Protestantism needs to exist at all. If we feel the need to cling to any roots of the faith, why stop at the 16th century interpretations? Luther, Zwingli, Calvin. All flawed in their understanding of scripture and context.