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‘Do we have Mysteries or not?’ A striking and Grace-filled contemporary discourse by a now reposed Presbyter, from among our Matthewite brethren, renders more accessible the view that we have been articulating:

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In his Encyclical of 1756, Œcumenical Patriarch Cyril V utters fear-some imprecations—applicable both in this transient earthly life and in eternal life—against all Christians who accept the New Calendar. With the intention of protecting Christians from accepting the New Calendar, on the ground that it was a very great sin, in 1848, Œcumenical Patriarch Anthimos VI, together with the other Eastern Patriarchs, that is, Hierotheos II of Alexandria, Methodios of Antioch, Cyril II of Jerusalem, and their Synods, in their Encyclical in the Name of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, set forth the following Confession of Faith: Since with us neither Patriarchs nor Synods have ever been able to introduce novelties, because the defender of our religion is the very Body of the Church, that is, the People of God themselves, who wish their religion to be eternally unchanging and identical with that of their Fathers..., ‘Let us hold fast the confession,’ which we have received unadulterated from such great men, abhorring every innovation as a suggestion of the Devil; whoever accepts innovations censures as deficient the Orthodox Faith that has hitherto been preached. But this Faith, in its integrity, has now been sealed, admitting neither decrease nor increase, nor any alteration whatsoever, and he who dares either to do or to advise or to contemplate this has already denied the Faith of Christ, has already voluntarily placed himself under eternal anathema on account of his blasphemy against the Holy Spirit as, supposedly, not having spoken perfectly in the Scriptures and through the Œcumenical Synods.... All, therefore, who innovate either in heresy or in schism, have voluntarily ‘put on cursing as a garment,’ as the Psalmist says, whether they happen to be Popes, Patriarchs, clergy, or laity; ‘even if an Angel from Heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.’ -- #StSeraphimSobolev #StSeraphimOfSophia #StSeraphimOfSofia #Orthodoxy #Orthodox #PatristicTheology vs. #Ecumenism #Ecumenists #GreatCouncilof2016 #theosophy #barlaamism #clericalism