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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:20:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-thomas-hopko-the-homosexual-christian/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-thomas-hopko-the-homosexual-christian/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:10:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10424 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: OrthodoxyToday.org Many gay men and lesbians claim that the Christian faith is the guiding rule of their lives. Some of them hold that their sexual orientation is given by God, that it is good, and that there is nothing wrong or sinful with their homosexual activities. These persons say that the Bible and Church […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-thomas-hopko-the-homosexual-christian/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/vatican-ii-and-the-orthodox-bishops/ https://www.aoiusa.org/vatican-ii-and-the-orthodox-bishops/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:17:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8096 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Tom asks: Is it possible that the teaching of the Second Vatican Council about the ministry of bishops in the Roman Catholic Church is now being taught and practiced in an adapted and altered form in our Orthodox churches today? It’s a cogent and sober warning about the subversion of Orthodox ecclesiology that unfortunately […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/vatican-ii-and-the-orthodox-bishops/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-episcopal-assembly-the-oca-and-the-future-orthodox-church-of-the-usa/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-episcopal-assembly-the-oca-and-the-future-orthodox-church-of-the-usa/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:41:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8084 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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By Fr. Thomas Hopko It’s not clear what is now happening for the establishment of an autocephalous Orthodox Church of the United States made up of the member churches of the former SCOBA. These are my questions: What concrete steps are now being taken to establish an autocephalous Orthodox Church of the United States that […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-episcopal-assembly-the-oca-and-the-future-orthodox-church-of-the-usa/feed/ 26 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-at-hope-college-feb-23-24/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-at-hope-college-feb-23-24/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:32:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1027 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Thomas Hopko, an advisor to AOI, will be speaking at an event titled “Encountering Eastern Orthodoxy: An Introduction to the Faith and Life of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church” at Hope College in Holland, Mich. The two-day program (Feb. 23-24) “will examine the Orthodox Christian faith as a way of life.” The event is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-at-hope-college-feb-23-24/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/in-the-wake-of-the-election/ https://www.aoiusa.org/in-the-wake-of-the-election/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:30:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=300 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Whether your guy won or lost on Tuesday (mine came in second) you have to marvel at this very exceptional nation called America. And, indeed, the whole world is doing just that. In an editorial, the Times of London described the election as a “Masterclass in Democracy”: The world has been fascinated and profoundly moved […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/in-the-wake-of-the-election/feed/ 0