Why not? We Orthodox call the Catholics heretics and they outnumber us about five to one.
And so far as I know, the dithering about Constantine trying to reconcile Christianity with paganism is just that, dithering. Many Christian feasts were timed to coincide with Pagan ones, but the purpose in those cases was not reunion but an attempt to eclipse the old religions. Another, if not little known, then at least little-mentioned fact, is that the Christian faith as a seperate entity really came into its own in the reign of Constantine. The council of Nicea standardized the New Testament(which, incidentally, is why all the protestants who talk about following the bible rather than institutions of men are IMO laughably ignorant), established the creed as a precise statement of the faith, and wiped out the Arian heresy, whose real crime was not so much in asserting the humanity of Christ as in denying his eternal nature and calling him a creation of God rather than the unoriginate son. Most of the standard liturgical services, while based on earlier models, were written around that time as well. This was the time of St. John Chrysostom and St. Nicholas. Constantine wasn't exactly a minor chapter in Christian history.
BTW, try to include complex theological phrases in every post you make in this thread. I think it scares Sava away...
Anyway, what do you think of the illumination of the Nous?
And so far as I know, the dithering about Constantine trying to reconcile Christianity with paganism is just that, dithering. Many Christian feasts were timed to coincide with Pagan ones, but the purpose in those cases was not reunion but an attempt to eclipse the old religions. Another, if not little known, then at least little-mentioned fact, is that the Christian faith as a seperate entity really came into its own in the reign of Constantine. The council of Nicea standardized the New Testament(which, incidentally, is why all the protestants who talk about following the bible rather than institutions of men are IMO laughably ignorant), established the creed as a precise statement of the faith, and wiped out the Arian heresy, whose real crime was not so much in asserting the humanity of Christ as in denying his eternal nature and calling him a creation of God rather than the unoriginate son. Most of the standard liturgical services, while based on earlier models, were written around that time as well. This was the time of St. John Chrysostom and St. Nicholas. Constantine wasn't exactly a minor chapter in Christian history.
BTW, try to include complex theological phrases in every post you make in this thread. I think it scares Sava away...

Anyway, what do you think of the illumination of the Nous?

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