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Introduction to Orthodoxy Fall 2016: A Basic Catechesis in Orthodox Christianity Part 4: Sin, the Passions, and Ascesis

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Introduction to OrthodoxyFall 2016: A Basic Catechesis in Orthodox Christianity

Part 4: Sin, the Passions, and Ascesis

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Reminder 1: God is Personal

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Reminder 2: Matter is Good

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3 Great Truths

All is Good

All is Fallen

All can be Redeemed

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Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

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Story of Salvation

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What is sin?

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What is sin?

Ἁμαρτία (‘Amartia)

● Missing the mark● Moving in the wrong direction● Moving towards the wrong aim or goal● “Off the tracks,” so to speak

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Satan, the Devil, the Enemy, Beelzebub, Demons

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Anti-Christ

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Blessed Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430)

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St. John Chrysostom (AD 349-407)

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St. John Cassian (AD 360-435)

Opposed St. Augustine’s teaching on 4 points:

1. Biblically, people often come to God freely 2. Man retained a striving for good, however,

weakened after the Fall3. The Divine Image in Man is tarnished not

obliterated4. “Predestination” is fore-knowledge not

foreordination.

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3 Great Truths

All is Good

All is Fallen

All can be Redeemed

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The Passions

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Se7en… or is it Ei8ht?

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Apatheia (Dispassion) is...

“...the state of reintegration and spiritual freedom… purity of heart… Such a state may imply impartiality and detachment, but not indifference, for if a dispassionate man does not suffer on his own account, he suffers for his fellow creatures. It consists, not in ceasing to feel the attacks of the demons, but in no longer yielding to them. It is positive, not negative.” --Met. Kallistos Ware

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The Passions & the Commandments

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Asceticism: it’s training

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Fr. Dimtru Staniloae (1903-1993)

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The Passions & the Commandments

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The Sacraments

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Prayer

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Fasting & Almsgiving & Giving of Tithes

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Ss. Athanasius & Anthony

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Next Week….

Christ: the Revelation of the Eternal Mystery

● Introducing Holy Tradition as Fidelity to Authentic Jesus Christ

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