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==Protestant Polemics==
The difficulty with most of these sites is not that they are criticizing [[Orthodox Christianity]] as it is but basing their critiques on misconceptions of Orthodox doctrine and practice. Sometimes elements of Orthodox teaching can be recognized, but the way they are put together is often quite bizarre. [[Irenaeus of Lyons ]] wrote about how heretics [[heretic]]s took elements of the faith and rearranged them, so that what once was a mosaic of a king becomes an image of a dog (or something else).
One significant exception is [[Daniel Clendenin]], whom many Orthodox Christians respect for being much more thorough in his research. In that, he is relatively unique among modern critics of Orthodoxy.
===Links===
*[http://people.biola.edu/faculty/alang/EO/SummaryReport.pdf [[Eastern Orthodox]] Teachings in Comparison with The Doctrinal Position of Biola University] (PDF) - May, 1998 (A summary is available [http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew08304.html here])
**[http://www.ctlibrary.com/1450 Higher Education: Universities Question Orthodox Conversions] - from ''Christianity Today'']
**[http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew08306.html Gerald Bray Responds to the Biola Statement and Don Fairbairn]
*[http://www.namb.net/evangelism/iev/PDF/BB_E_Orthodox_Manual.pdf Witnessing to people of Eastern Orthodox Background: Turning Barriers of Belief into Bridges to Personal Faith] by Matt Spann, 2001 (from the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Church).
**[http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles7/AndrewsBaptist.php Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews' Response]
*[http://www.credenda.org Credenda Agenda] - This site was recently redesigned and the links below may soon disappear. Perhpas these volumes are still being edited for inclusion in the redesigned site?
**[http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/cont4-4.htm Is Orthodoxy Orthodox?] (''vol. 4:4'')