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#stsilouantheathonite Beware these two thoughts, and fear them. The first suggests 'You are a saint;' the other, 'You will not be saved.' Both come from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. Instead, think to yourself, 'I am a great sinner but the Lord is merciful. He loves man with a great love, and will forgive me my sins.' *** #eldersophrony #eldersophronyofessex #iknowamaninchrist #discernment #myelderjosephthehesychast #elderjosephthehesychast #ElderEphraimofArizona #theroyalpath #ecumenismisheresy #temptationfromtheright

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New beginnings. The fool stepping off the cliff. The D’imci man spread eagles open and exposed. Yet clear and precise. The cross of the divine relationship. But who is that chewing my leg 😂😂😂 #newbeginnings #thefool #treeoflife #wheeloflife #mysteries #theroyalpath (at Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom)

#discernment #ecumenismisheresy #temptationfromtheright made lead one to #schism! #theroyalpath

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#protopresbytertheodoroszisis http://orthochristian.com/109450.html *** The Synaxis firmly rejected two extremes into which certain anti-ecumenistic brethren had fallen: The belief that non-commemoration of a ruling hierarch is automatically an act of schism on one extreme, and the belief that only those who cease commemoration make up the Church, while even those who rightly confess but continue to commemorate their hierarchs are heretics on the other extreme. The former was described by the Synaxis as reflecting a Papal attitude, while the latter stems from a serious lack of discernment and misplaced zeal. The common denominator of both extremes is the diversion of the faithful from the Holy Chalice, and the preventing of concelebration between commemorating and non-commemorating clerics. The Synaxis also highlighted that you can only legitimately cease commemoration of a bishop who publicly teaches [a condemned] heresy—it cannot be done on the basis of suspicion. Further, such a step should only be taken in consultation with one’s spiritual father, and with a great deal of patience and discernment. *** #theroyalpath #discernment

After the third time – when the Elder Eli had told Samuel to return to his place and sleep, and when he heard the voice again, to say, “Speak, for Your servant hears” – as a good disciple, Samuel went back to his place and fell asleep (1 Kg./l Sam. 3:9). Then it was that “The Lord came, and stood” and spoke to him, as He had before. Immediately he heard his name, Samuel replied, “Speak, for Your servant hears” (1 Kg./l Sam. 3:10). He senses that God is Lord and that he is the servant of His Lord. The purpose of the revelation of God was that Samuel had to convey to Eli the fact that God was displeased both with the conduct of his sons and with the indifference that Eli himself was showing to his sons’ behaviour. God said that He was not going to endure this situation any longer, but would punish the whole of Eli’s family. There was no way in which the sin of his sons would be wiped out (1 Kg./l Sam. 3:11-14). #MetropolitanHierotheosofNafpaktos #empiricaldogmatics #intercedeinourbehalf #theseer #theroyalpath #holyprophetsamuel #charismaticdespair #bewareof #ecumenismisheresy #temptationfromtheright #clericalism #moralism #pietism #barlaamism