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''This entry is for links to modern polemical material and Orthodox responses. Historical material, or detailed treatment of a range of critiques should be filed under the particular body in question. See,e.g. [[Category:Non-Orthodox|Non-Orthodox]] for more information.''
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==Protestant Polemics==
 
==Protestant Polemics==
The problem with most of these sites is not that they are criticizing Orthodox Christianity but that they jut don't get it. Sometimes elements of Orthodox teaching can be recognized, but the way they are put together is often quite bizarre. Irenaeus of Lyons worte about how heretics 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). The way these folks rearrange Orthodoxy is amazing! No wonder they don't like it.
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The difficulty with most of these sites is that they are not criticizing [[Orthodox Christianity]] as it is but rather 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 [[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).
  
The one exception to this is Daniel Clendenin, who obviously has done his research. His basic conclusion though is that "I'm not Orthodox because I hold to Protestant Reformation Distinctives." Well, at least that's honest!
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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. 
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His ultimate reason for rejecting Orthodoxy is spelled out in terms of his commitment to Protestant distinctives, a viewpoint which draws the lines clearly, rather than proceeding from the position that we all share the same basic assumptions and that one's interlocutor is drawing dishonest conclusions based on them.
  
 
===Links===
 
===Links===
*http://www.namb.net/evangelism/iev/PDF/BB_E_Orthodox_Manual.pdf
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*[http://people.biola.edu/alang/EO/Report.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.credenda.org/default.htm
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**[http://www.ctlibrary.com/1450 Higher Education: Universities Question Orthodox Conversions] - from ''Christianity Today'']
**http://www.credenda.org/issues/cont4-4.htm
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**[http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew08306.html Gerald Bray Responds to the Biola Statement and Don Fairbairn]
**http://www.credenda.org/issues/cont6-5.htm
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*[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.credenda.org/issues/cont8-5.htm
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**[http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles7/AndrewsBaptist.php Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews' Response]
*http://exorthodoxforchrist.com/
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*[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.orthodoxlight.homestead.com/
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**[http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/cont4-4.htm Is Orthodoxy Orthodox?] (''vol. 4:4'')
*http://students.cua.edu/16kalvesmaki/CRJ.htm
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**[http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/cont6-5.htm Tradition Betrayed: Eastern Orthodoxy Examined in the Light of the Apostolic Faith] (''vol. 6:5'')
*http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/credenda_response.htm
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**[http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/cont8-5.htm Mother Kirk: Protesting Catholics and the Authority of the Church] (''vol. 8:5'')
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::[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/credenda_response.htm Patrick Barnes responds to The Credenda Agenda 6:5], and [http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/vol6/eastern.htm their reply].
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*http://exorthodoxforchrist.com/profile.htm
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*[http://www.equip.org/site/c.muI1LaMNJrE/b.2549471/k.9A95/httpwwwequiporgfreeDE177htm.htm Searching for the True Apostolic Church: What Evangelicals Should Know about Eastern Orthodoxy] by Paul Negrut ([http://www.equip.org/ The Christian Research Institute], Statement DE-177)
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**[http://students.cua.edu/16kalvesmaki/CRJ.htm A Response from Joel Kalvesmaki]
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===Articles===
 
===Articles===
*"Why I'm not Orthodox" by Daniel Clendenin. ''Christianity Today''
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*[http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1997/january6/7t1032.html "Why I'm Not Orthodox"] by Daniel Clendenin (originally published in [http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1997/jan6/7t1032.html ''Christianity Today''])
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**[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/clendenin.aspx Responses from Patrick Barnes and Deacon (now Priest) John Whiteford]
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**[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/clendenin_response.aspx A Letter in Reply] by Anastasia Theodoridis
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**A more strident response from Rdr. (now Priest) Peter Jackson: [http://www.roca.org/OA/149/149p.htm Part I] and [http://www.roca.org/OA/150/150f.htm Part II]
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* [http://www.lausanne.org/Brix?pageID=14728 Christian Witness to Nominal Christians among the Orthodox] - Report of the Consultation on World Evangelization, Mini-Consultation on Reaching Nominal Christians Among Orthodox held at Pattaya, Thailand, from 16-27 June 1980. Sponsored by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.
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* [http://www.christianweek.org/stories/vol19/no05/record.html For Those Who Embrace Orthodoxy] - ''Christian Week'' 19:5 (May 27, 2005)
  
 
==Roman Catholic Polemics==
 
==Roman Catholic Polemics==
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*[http://www.catholic.com/library/eastern_orthodoxy.asp (Roman) Catholic Answers: Eastern Orthodoxy] - A poorly-researched profile of Orthodoxy from (Roman) Catholic Answers.
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*[http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ464.HTM Orthodoxy and Catholicism: A Comparison] - Dave Armstrong
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/8410/ Apologia: A Catholic Page for Protestants and Eastern Orthodox] - unknown author
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13535a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article on the so-called "Eastern Schism"] - unknown author
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12043b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia on "Photius of Constantinople"] - Fr. Adrian Fortescue (an early 20th-century Roman Catholic liturgical scholar)
  
 
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==Other Polemics==
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[[Category:Links]]
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[[Category:Non-Orthodox]]

Latest revision as of 02:01, November 30, 2015

This entry is for links to modern polemical material and Orthodox responses. Historical material, or detailed treatment of a range of critiques should be filed under the particular body in question. See,e.g. for more information.

Protestant Polemics

The difficulty with most of these sites is that they are not criticizing Orthodox Christianity as it is but rather 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 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. His ultimate reason for rejecting Orthodoxy is spelled out in terms of his commitment to Protestant distinctives, a viewpoint which draws the lines clearly, rather than proceeding from the position that we all share the same basic assumptions and that one's interlocutor is drawing dishonest conclusions based on them.

Links

Patrick Barnes responds to The Credenda Agenda 6:5, and their reply.

Articles

Roman Catholic Polemics