Orthodox Christians: What are the apostle rules and where can i find a copy of them?
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We have a copy of the canon law (Roman Catholic).  Have you checked your local Christian book store? Even if they don't have a copy they can order one for you.\n\nI assume when you say Orthadox you mean Eastern.  Here's a link that I found which my help: http://experts.about.com/q/Eastern-Orthodox-1456/canon-versus-inspired.htm
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You do find so much rubbish in answer to sensible questions!\n\nThe early Church were under a new covenenant, the blood of Jesus, and so the strict rules of the old one, which everyone failed at anyway, were void.\n\nActs 15:29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.\n\nPork is back on the menu!
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go to http://www.mormon.org and you can read or listen to it online.  You can also order a free copy.  You can download it here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17
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go to:\ncatholiccharities.org\n\nalso try the Christian Foundation for Children & the aging.\n\nGod bless you in your journey!
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Have you by any chance checked the family web site for information?  It is http://www.aaallen.net/.  Since they have the copyright on all his books and sermons, they may be able to provide what you are looking for.
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Let me provide you two answers.  First, the question is unanswerable if you mean the apostles.  The apostles could have been great frauds, that possibility must always be admitted by a Christian.\n\nOn the other hand, lets look at some weak evidences.\n\nFirst, the faith of the apostles created the largest demographic group on Earth.  There are more people claiming memebership in a Christian Church than any single group on Earth.  For a fraud, it is very successful.  It could be profound mind control, but that is simply ignoring two millenia of writings and an extraordinary historical diversity.\n\nSecond, when the early Fathers were choosing Gospels one of the reasons they left out many of the competing books was that they provided "proof" of Jesus' resurrection.  The orthodox books, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, all have empty tombs, mixed accounts and to some extent unclear messages. (I can hear the screams now that it is clear, but you can find 46 impossible contradictions between them that if one element is true, then another Gospel must be false)  Still, that was part of the decision making.  You had faith in the Church and its proclaimation or you did not.\n\nThird, while the Church has spent two millenia finding new ways to tarnish Christ's name, it is really still proclaiming the same message as it was left.  The Catholics, Orthodox, Oriental and Coptic Churches all have maintained the apostolic succession that began in Acts 1:46.  The group of apostolic successors still lead the old Churches.  While all apostolic successors are sinners like the rest of us, it is clear from both the Gospels, Acts and the letters as well as the early letters from Christians who were ordained by the apostles, that the leadership is supposed to be in the hands of these apostolic successors.  The amazing thing about their leadership however is that it does not put them in charge, it puts us all in charge.  Their role is to make sure the message is not distorted, our role is to proclaim it and to accept correction when we are wrong.  The entirety of the apostolic message was handed on in the scriptures, in hymns, in the ancient services (which are still in use by the way), in writings and in stories.  It is available to any who wish to read, hear or sing them.  You cannot control what you widely proclaim.  Only the most naive can be controlled or the most powerless.  \n\nNow I do think there is a lot of Christians following a message that would have infuriated the early Christians and you can see that in the TV preachers especially.\n\nHas Christianity been used to influence or push the populace, absolutely, but every widely held concept has been used for that purpose.  That is the entire reason for politics.  It has nothing to do with religion or philosophy, that has to do with power.\n\nWhether it is the Tsar claiming divine right or the President of the United States claiming to act in the name of Freedom, the divine gift, it is always used by politicians.
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Could you tell us at first what is meant by Orthodox Christians? Because there are many Christians rites that say they are Orthodox.
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I've not read any but here is a list from Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=br_ss_hs/104-7421256-0991151?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=missionaries  \n\nYou also might want to check out the website www.siberianmission.com - not a book, but they have a really amazing testimony & are doing a wonderful work for the Lord.
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What exactly do you mean by "orthodox"?\n\nAs to a child's place in the church, Deuteronomy  31:12 says - "Congregate the people, the men and the women AND THE LITTLE ONES and your alien resident who is within your gates, in order that they may LISTEN and in order that they may LEARN, as they must fear Jehovah God and take care to carry out all his words. "\n\nSo, according to the Bible, children should be with their parents while attending congregation meetings.  They should all be learning together, unlike many churches where the children are removed and taught separately.\n\nFor additional scriptures about a child's place see the following:\n* Deteronomy 6:6,7\n* Exodus 20:12\n* Colossians 3:20\n* Ephesians 6:1-4\n* 2 Timothy 3:15\n* Proverbs 22:6\n* Deteronomy 8:3\n* 1 Timothy 5:8\n* Proverbs 20:7\n* Proverbs 8:33\n* Hebrews 12:4-11\n* Proverbs 22:11\n* Proverbs 29:15\n* 1 Corinthians 15:33\n\nand many more.  When you search the Bible, you will find out how God feels about children in the church.
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For someone so obsessed about extremely Orthodox letter-of-the-law detail, you certainly didn't pay attention to where you posted this, did you?\n\nThis belongs in Religion/Spirituality, not Teaching/Education.\n\nAnd all of this nitpicking about exact time, etc. on a forum like this is important -- why?  If a new Sanhedrin is established at a renewed site-built Temple in Jerusalem, whether they go computerized or through ancient observation is their headache, not yours.\n\nWorry about your own deeds and influence on the world. Do good for your fellow human and for the community, and the existence of a physical Temple will be inconsequential.
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Try this page:\n\nhttp://www.lds.org/mp3/newarchive/0,18615,5249-1,00.html
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Have to look that one up in my Catholic bible, can't find it anywhere else Here's a nice link, maybe they know.
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http://www.universalis.com/lauds.htm There you go! Hope this helps.
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The main points behind the Orthodox churches are their emphasize on mystical experiences and their belief in ecumenicalism. The Greek Orthodox church is particularly placed by its age and influence and is often seen as a protectorate of Greek culture.
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If you want a Coptic language edition you'd do best contacting the Coptic Church on line. If you just want the books that are in the Coptic Bible you can go to Barnes & Nobles and buy the following ... The Book of Enoch, the Book of Jubelees, and either a Catholic Bible or a copy of the original King James Version which also contained the Protestant Apocrapha. The reason that I say this is because the only real difference between the Coptic Bible and, say, the Roman Catholic version is the inclusion by the Coptic Church of the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubelees. And these aren't hard to find. The Book of Enoch is easy to find. The Book of Jubelees is a little harder because its usually published along with other texts as well. I've never seen a bound copy of it by itself before. One book that includes it is The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. That's pretty easy to find. Good luck. ~ Peace & Blessings ~ P.S. I'm familiar with the organization in Arkansas refered to by the other person who answered your question. I'm sure they have a good library and all, but knowing them as I do (because I live not far from them) I wouldn't bother. They don't deal in what they would consider extra-biblical material.
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I live in the United States and the Eastern Orthodox churches are few and far between. Besides, I did a little research on their beliefs and I'm not to impressed. They are very big into icons and I know that that can lead to other things. Other then that i respect all Eastern orthodox Christians. In fact, I hope to one day actually go to one of their services and see what it's like.
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This question has been asked many times. Most Orthodox, in attempting to distinguish between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, usually mention the Pope or Purgatory, sometimes the filioque. Historically, the differences, however, are far more numerous and quite profound. \n\nAlso, in modern times, since Vatican II of thirty years ago, that major, if not tragic attempt, to "update" Roman Catholicism (e.g., the revision of canon law), the differences between Orthodoxy and the followers of the Pope have widened. \n\nIn our present discussion, however, the concern will be those differences which have grown since Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism separated almost a thousand years ago. \n\n1. Faith and Reason \n\nFollowing the Holy Fathers, Orthodoxy uses science and philosophy to defend and explain her Faith. Unlike Roman Catholicism, she does not build on the results of philosophy and science. The Church does not seek to reconcile faith and reason. She makes no effort to prove by logic or science what Christ gave His followers to believe. If physics or biology or chemistry or philosophy lends support to the teachings of the Church, she does not refuse them. However, Orthodoxy is not intimidated by man's intellectual accomplishments. She does not bow to them and change the Christian Faith to make it consistent with the results of human thought and science. \n\nSt. Basil the Great advised young monks to use Greek philosophy as a bee uses the flower. Take only the "honey," ---- the truth --- which God has planted in the world to prepare men for the Coming of the Lord. \n\nFor example, the Greeks had a doctrine of the Logos. The Gospel of John opens, "In the beginning was the Word (Logos, in Greek). For the pagans, the Logos was not God, as He is for Christians; rather he is a principle, a power or force by which "God: formed and governs the world. The Fathers pointed to the similarity between the Logos or Word of the Bible and the Logos of Greek philosophy as a sign of Providence. The difference between them, they attributed to the sinfulness of men and the weakness of the human intellect. They remembered the words of the Apostle Paul, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" (Col. 2: 8). \n\nRoman Catholicism, on the other hand, places a high value on human reason. Its history shows the consequence of that trust. For example, in the Latin Middle Ages, the 13th century, the theologian-philosopher, Thomas Aquinas, joined "Christianity" with the philosophy of Aristotle. From that period til now, the Latins have never wavered in their respect for human wisdom; and it has radically altered the theology, mysteries and institutions of the Christian religion. \n\n2. The Development of Doctrine \n\nThe Orthodox Church does not endorse the view that the teachings of Christ have changed from time to time; rather that Christianity has remained unaltered from the moment that the Lord delivered the Faith to the Apostles (Matt. 28: 18-20). She affirms that "the faith once delivered to the saints" (Jude 3) is now what it was in the beginning. Orthodox of the twentieth century believe precisely what was believed by Orthodox of the first, the fifth, the tenth, the fifteenth centuries. \n\nTo be sure, Orthodoxy recognizes external changes (e.g., vestments of clergy, monastic habits, new feasts, canons of ecumenical and regional councils, etc.), but nothing has been added or subtracted from her Faith. The external changes have a single purpose: To express that Faith under new circumstances. For example, the Bible and divine Services were translated from Hebrew and Greek into the language of new lands; or new religious customs arose to express the ethnic sensibilities of the converted peoples, etc.; nevertheless, their has always been "one faith, one Lord, one baptism" (Eph.