| THE HOLY BYZANTINE CATHOLIC ORTHODOX CHURCH Ο Ιερός Ναός Βυζαντινό Καθολική Ορθόδοξη La Santa Iglesia Bizantina Catolica Ortodoxa / Le Saint Église Bizantine Catholique Orthodoxe A TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY |
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BYZANTINE because we reflect the traditions of the Byzantine, Greek, Slavic and Semitic cultures. We are not anti-semitic. APOSTOLIC, because the church has from the Apostles, without break or change, both her doctrine and the succession in the gifts of the Holy Ghost, through the laying on of consecrated hands. "Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, and are built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone" ( Eph. 2. 19, 20. WESTERN because of the common cultural, language and terminology of the people we serve. AFFIRMING the eminent position of the Sacred Scriptures within the life and worship of the Christian people, without in any way denying its context within the living Tradition handed down from the time of the Apostles, as expressed in the close union of proclaimed Word and celebrated Sacrament in the Church's liturgical tradition. TRADITIONAL in the holding of the Apostolic origins, practices and biblical doctrines of the Christian faith. A place of refuge for traditional minded Christians that wants to hold to the Apostolic origins, practices and biblical doctrines of the Christian faith in the midst of modern reforms and political correctness. EPISCOPAL meanings government by Bishops. Episcopos is the Greek word from which we derive the English word 'bishop'. |
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( CHURCH OF GOD )
Εκκλησία του Θεού
ORTHODOX in following the teachings
of the Seven Ecumenical Councils of
the Undivided Church proclaimed in
the ancient creeds, adhering faithfully
to the Principles of Apostolic
Succession and a life of worship through
the Holy Mysteries, the Seven
Sacraments.
CATHOLIC, which is the same thing as
Universal. Because the church is neither
limited to any place, nor time, nor
people, but contains true believers of
all places, times, and peoples.
The Apostle Paul says that the Word of the
Gospel is in all the world; "and bringeth
forth fruit" (Coloss. 1. 5, 6), and that in the
Christian Church there is neither Greek nor
Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free: but
Christ is all, and in all" (Coloss. 3. 11); "They
which be of faith, are blessed with faithful
Abraham" (Gal. 3. 9.).
of the Seven Ecumenical Councils of
the Undivided Church proclaimed in
the ancient creeds, adhering faithfully
to the Principles of Apostolic
Succession and a life of worship through
the Holy Mysteries, the Seven
Sacraments.
CATHOLIC, which is the same thing as
Universal. Because the church is neither
limited to any place, nor time, nor
people, but contains true believers of
all places, times, and peoples.
The Apostle Paul says that the Word of the
Gospel is in all the world; "and bringeth
forth fruit" (Coloss. 1. 5, 6), and that in the
Christian Church there is neither Greek nor
Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free: but
Christ is all, and in all" (Coloss. 3. 11); "They
which be of faith, are blessed with faithful
Abraham" (Gal. 3. 9.).
