The Church

Published: 20 May 2009

• Preface (PDF: 34 kb)

• Introduction (PDF: 45 kb)

Holy Tradition

• Holy Tradition (PDF: 36 kb)
• Benefits of Holy Tradition (PDF: 27 kb)
• Tradition & Orthodoxy (PDF: 26 kb)
• False Traditions (PDF: 24 kb)
• Sola Scriptura (PDF: 33 kb)

Holy Scriptures

• Authenticity & Reliability of the Holy Bible (PDF: 78 kb)
• Infallibility of the Holy Bible (PDF: 54 kb)
• Biblical Interpretation (PDF: 41 kb)
• Alleged Discrepancies of the Holy Bible (PDF: 38 kb)
• How to Read the Holy Bible? (PDF: 43 kb)

Theology

• Theological Preliminaries (PDF: 36 kb)
• The Existence of God (PDF: 45 kb)
• The Attributes of God (PDF: 42 kb)
• Biblical Foundations of the Trinitarian Faith (PDF: 53 kb)
• Trinitarian Analogies (PDF: 32 kb)
• Trinitarian Heresies (PDF: 30 kb)
• The Triunity of God (PDF: 26 kb)
• Trinitarian Terminology& Vocabulary (PDF: 55 kb)
• Implication of the Concept of Perichoresis (PDF: 40 kb)

Pneumatology

• The Person of the Holy Spirit (PDF: 48 kb)
• The Deity of the Holy Spirit (PDF: 44 kb)
• The Filioque Controversy (PDF: 66 kb)
• Speaking in Tongues (PDF: 24 kb)

Christology

• Heresies Concerning the Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (PDF: 25 kb)
• The Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (PDF: 23 kb)
• Biblical Defense of Our Faith (PDF: 26 kb)
• Lord Jesus Christ & the Father (PDF: 38 kb)
• Lord Jesus Christ & God's Attributes (PDF: 104 kb)
• Lord Jesus Christ & God's Works (PDF: 27 kb)
• Things Hard to Understand (Holy Gospel of St. John) (PDF: 46 kb)
• Things Hard to Understand (Holy Gospel of St. Matthew) (PDF: 34 kb)
• Things Hard to Understand (Holy Epistles of St. Paul) (PDF: 88 kb)

Soteriology

• Original Sin & Atonement (PDF: 43 kb)
• Scope of Salvation (PDF: 41 kb)
• The Pelagian Controversy (PDF: 37 kb)
• Grace in the Orthodox Perspective (PDF: 44 kb)
• Predestination in the Orthodox Perspective (PDF: 37 kb)
• Would a Believer Perish? (PDF: 48 kb)
• Confidence in Salvation (PDF: 34 kb)
• Salvation in the Orthodox Perspective (PDF: 39 kb)
• Faith in the Orthodox Perspective (PDF: 47 kb)
• Faith vs. Works (PDF: 46 kb)
• Works in the Orthodox Perspective (PDF: 55 kb)
• The Salvation of the Thief (PDF: 45 kb)

Ecclesiology

• The Doctrine of the Church (PDF: 37 kb)
• The Notes of the Church (PDF: 41 kb)
• The Church & our Salvation (PDF: 36 kb)
• The Alleged Primacy of St. Peter (PDF: 37 kb)
• The Alleged Papal Infallibility (PDF: 27 kb)

Holy Sacraments

• What is a Sacrament? (PDF: 25 kb)
• The Sacrament of Priesthood (PDF: 40 kb)
• The Order of Melchizedek (PDF: 37 kb)
• The Question of Women's Ordination (PDF: 45 kb)
• The Sacrament of Baptism (PDF: 43 kb)
• Baptism in the Holy Gospels (PDF: 27 kb)
• Baptism in the Holy Book of Acts (PDF: 23 kb)
• Baptism in the Holy Pauline Epistles (PDF: 40 kb)
• Baptism in the Holy Catholic Epistles (PDF: 34 kb)
• The Sacrament of Confirmation (PDF: 33 kb)
• The Sacrament of the Eucharist (PDF: 39 kb)
• The Question of the Real Presence (PDF: 40 kb)
• The Church Fathers & the Real Presence (PDF: 24 kb)
• Orthodox Reply to Protestant Objections (PDF: 31 kb)
• The Sacrament of Repentance & Confession (PDF: 38 kb)
• The Saving Repentance (PDF: 42 kb)
• Penances & Indulgences (PDF: 29 kb)
• The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick (PDF: 32 kb)
• The Sacrament of Matrimony (PDF: 35 kb)

Mariology

• St. Mary's Perpetual Virginity & Immaculate Conception (PDF: 42 kb)
• St. Mary's Intercession & Veneration (PDF: 25 kb)
• St. Mary's Dormition & Assumption (PDF: 34 kb)
• St. Mary's Symbols & Titles (PDF: 34 kb)

Eschatology

• Eschatological Preliminaries (PDF: 35 kb)
• The Second Coming & the Events that Precede It (PDF: 39 kb)
• The Millennial Rein (PDF: 35 kb)
• Revelation 20:1-6 Interpreted (PDF: 37 kb)
• The Second Coming & the Events that Accompany it (PDF: 32 kb)
• The Eternal Torments of Hell (PDF: 34 kb)
• Purgatory (PDF: 38 kb)

Miscellaneous Topics

• On Praying for the Departed (PDF: 31 kb)
• On Sunday Being the Lord's Day (PDF: 23 kb)
• On Facing the East in Our Prayers (PDF: 16 kb)
• On the Veneration of the Holy Cross (PDF: 35 kb)
• On the Veneration of the Holy Icons (PDF: 30 kb)
• On the Saints' Intercession & Veneration (PDF: 34 kb)
• On the Use of Incense and Candles (PDF: 34 kb)
• On Fasting (PDF: 34 kb)

Difference between Catholicism and Orthodoxy

• False Traditions (PDF: 24 kb)
• The Filioque Controversy (PDF: 66 kb)
• The Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (PDF: 23 kb)
• Biblical Defense of our Faith (PDF: 26 kb)
• The Alleged Primacy of St. Peter (PDF: 37 kb)
• The Alleged Papal Infallibility (PDF: 27 kb)
• The Question of the Real Presence (PDF: 40 kb)
• St. Mary's Perpetual Virginity & Immaculate Conception (PDF: 42 kb)
• Purgatory (PDF: 38 kb)
• On Fasting (PDF: 34 kb)

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