Editor: this Orthodox prelate makes an appeal to the Faith handed down to the Apostles as a delegate to an ecumenical gathering. His impassioned call for the Faith handed down by the Apostles and his condemnation of the craving of many to usher in a new paganism was well received by all.
h/t: young fogey
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This poor archpriest is misleading the Presbyterians. Orthodoxy HAS BEEN reformed. Its theology and liturgy have developed through the centuries. Change and reform are unavoidable and true reform is good.
Of course, he just had to bring up the filioque! There is plenty of patristic evidence that the Catholic position is an apostolic position. Also, the Orthodox have NOT been steadfast with regard to moral doctrine regarding contraception and divorce and remarriage. Finally, their theology varies regarding rebaptism of converts, some holding the orthodox (Catholic position) and others holding a kind of anabaptist position which is thoroughly sacreligious in practice.
Some Orthodox make too much of the preposition "through", but he's correct in identifying the protestant break with Apostolic Tradition on the part of the various protestants assembled.
You're right to identify birth control, abortion and remarriage, which puts them back in the same boat as the protestants, unfortunately.
While the Eastern Orthodox are certainly more ancient then the Protestants, they have their novelties in comparison to Catholics.
Their liturgy, as beautiful as it may be, is not apostolic, like the Roman liturgy is. (Which makes the post-Vatican II liturgical craziness in the Roman Church that much more grievous!)
And neither is their ecclesiology ancient. The See of Constantinople was not founded by the Apostle Andrew. The rise of this patriarchate from its humble origins as a suffragan bishopric of Hereclea in the early Church was a power-grab by the Eastern Emporer's puppet bishop after the capital of the empire was moved to Constantinople.
In contrast, the primacy of Rome developed organically and can be demonstrated from both Sacred Scripture and the Fathers.
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