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:Obviously [[User:PADRAEG]] agrees with [[User:Kadj|Kadj's]] comment. It would be helpful to us if he could give some supporting evidence; examples of teachings which differ from historic Orthodoxy. Then this thread would be instructive rather than simply defamatory. Others could respond, and a real conversation could take place. — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit§ion=new talk])
::Father Seraphim did, to the end of his life, transmit the uncompromised teachings of the Church in the sense that the large majority of "his" works are really just made up of quotes from the saints and from the lives of saints. He really didn't say anything new, especially in the whole 'toll-houses' debate. In fact, most of his critics simply have not read through the book carefully enough, especially those who accuse him falsely of Platonism or Gnosticism. He openly states in the book that his position is based on the amount of available information from the fathers. Anyone who knew Father Seraphim (and MOST of his contemporaries, disciples, friends etc are alive today) knew that his entire purpose in writing was to translate and transmit information from the fathers. In short, the point of this little paragraph is this: there's more than enough evidence to suggest that this article is correct, at least as far as asserting that that was Father Seraphim's GOAL, and most people who have spent any serious amount of time researching Fr. Seraphim will agree that he did, in fact, accomplish that goal. I don't think there's a POV issue here.
== Why the world needs to know the truth on Fr. Seraphim ==
