Some say “I love it” and some say “I hate it.” What do you say?
The church at Corinth was praised by St Paul, their spiritual father, for believing and living by it. On the other hand, St Paul, writing to the church at Thessalonica, sternly warned them not to have anything to do with those who did not want to embrace it.
Why, instead of one church, do we have 45,000 denominations, most of which started after the Reformation in 1600? It all has to do with rejecting the apostles’ doctrines and the Holy Tradition of the Orthodox church which Jesus started in AD 33.
Why are there thousands of false prophets teaching false doctrines and leading millions of well-meaning people away from the Holy Church and from God himself? It has everything to do with rejecting the Holy Tradition of the ancient church.
Athanasius Yohan I Metropolitan, who has authored numerous books about early and eastern Christian spirituality, explains this important subject for anyone to read and understand.