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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 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 02:40:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hans-jacobse-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hans-jacobse-liberty/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2015 13:55:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10276 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hans-jacobse-liberty/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-protecting-religious-freedom-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-protecting-religious-freedom-audio/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:45:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13284 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: The Voice of Russia – American Edition | Andrew Hiller WASHINGTON (VR)– Some might argue that the founding of the Americas and the keystones of the United States were largely based on three principles: fair taxation, freedom of religion, and property rights. Now, two of those seemingly are under attack in Kansas. This all […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-protecting-religious-freedom-audio/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/is-religious-freedom-in-peril/ https://www.aoiusa.org/is-religious-freedom-in-peril/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:04:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13117 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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Last night syndicated columnist Terry Mattingly and myself (Fr. Hans Jacobse) discussed where religious freedom in America was under assault. The discussion was, I believe, informative. I was very impressed with Mattingly’s comprehensive knowledge and analysis of the legal challenges concerning religious liberty. The discussion focused on the moral issues, particularly gay rights, as the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/is-religious-freedom-in-peril/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/eric-metaxas-religious-freedom-is-under-threat-cpac-speech-on-march-16-2013/ https://www.aoiusa.org/eric-metaxas-religious-freedom-is-under-threat-cpac-speech-on-march-16-2013/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:49:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12590 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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Once the State arrogates unto itself the moral authority to create relationships not found in nature, it stakes the claim that only the State can determine what is morally licit. At that point Christian beliefs and morals oppose the State and the Christian may be seen as an enemy. Source: ericmetaxas.com Highlights: Jefferson and the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/eric-metaxas-religious-freedom-is-under-threat-cpac-speech-on-march-16-2013/feed/ 42 https://www.aoiusa.org/60-minutes-on-the-plight-of-palestinian-christians/ https://www.aoiusa.org/60-minutes-on-the-plight-of-palestinian-christians/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:22:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11646 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: The Atlantic APR 23 2012, 8:46 AM ET 280 By Robert Wright Last night’s 60 Minutes segment about the plight of Christians in the West Bank has gotten a lot of attention, in part because of the attempt by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren to intervene with CBS brass while the segment was being put […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/60-minutes-on-the-plight-of-palestinian-christians/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/totalitarianism-arrives-in-increments/ https://www.aoiusa.org/totalitarianism-arrives-in-increments/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:08:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11609 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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Behind the efforts to remove Christian symbols from the public square lurks a desire to erase Christianity from the collective memory. Why? Because Christianity references something higher than the state as the source and judge of morality and thereby affirms man serves first God and neighbor and only secondarily the state, and only then as […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/totalitarianism-arrives-in-increments/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-british-authorities-adopt-double-standard-on-public-symbols/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-british-authorities-adopt-double-standard-on-public-symbols/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:02:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11592 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: Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Affairs Moscow, March 13 – People in the Russian Orthodox Church are amazed at the loyalty that the British authorities, who have forbidden wearing crosses at work, have shown towards other religious and non-religious symbols. ‘This decision of the British authorities cannot but give rise to anxiety, especially […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-british-authorities-adopt-double-standard-on-public-symbols/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-vs-reich/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-vs-reich/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:48:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11574 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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What happened to Christians under the Nazi Regime? The traditionalists went to concentration camps, many fell away and adopted the Nazi neo-paganism, and some clergy actively supported the Third Reich. From the essay: [T]he persecution of the Church was camouflaged as “positive Christianity,” which claimed through the use of quotations from the Bible to be […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-vs-reich/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/conscience-objections-and-religious-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/conscience-objections-and-religious-liberty/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:44:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11572 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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ROME, MARCH 13, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Source: ZENIT News The following is an English version of a presentation originally given in Italian, at a Feb. 29 event organized in Rome by the Tocqueville-Acton Institute, Fondazione Caelo et Terra, and Rubbettino Editore for Italian parliamentarians and the public. I would like to thank everyone who helped organize […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/conscience-objections-and-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/advice-orthodox-can-heed-abp-timothy-dolan-a-good-time-to-revive-your-faith/ https://www.aoiusa.org/advice-orthodox-can-heed-abp-timothy-dolan-a-good-time-to-revive-your-faith/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:17:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11567 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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Roman Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan offers advice that applies to Christians across the board. Some highlights: If there is not some sacrifice, hardship, and challenge to living our Catholic faith, we usually end up taking it for granted and setting it aside. Dr. Philip Jenkins, the scholar of religion at Penn State University, observes a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/advice-orthodox-can-heed-abp-timothy-dolan-a-good-time-to-revive-your-faith/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11466 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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With stern words Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois warned Catholic politcians last Friday that any collaboration with “assaults against the faith” would one day face the judgment of God. Orthodox bishops should take notice. The report states: When asked specifically about recent actions of Democratic Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius Kathleen […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-politicians-who-attack-church-should-remember-gods-judgment/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11463 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: Vatican Radio Full text of the US Catholic Bishops’ statement in response to President Obama’s proposed changes to the HHS mandate: The Catholic bishops have long supported access to life-affirming healthcare for all, and the conscience rights of everyone involved in the complex process of providing that healthcare. That is why we raised two […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-bishops-to-obama-no-compromise-rescind-the-mandate/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-the-dictatorship-of-relativism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-the-dictatorship-of-relativism/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11450 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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When the Manhattan Declaration first came out, Orthodox signers came under considerable criticism. Too much culture wars was the usual response. I signed the document because I saw that efforts to institutionalize secular liberalism could only succeed if dissenting voices were silenced. The cost of that silence is high and will include the loss of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-and-the-dictatorship-of-relativism/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-bishops-assembly-silent-on-moral-issues/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-bishops-assembly-silent-on-moral-issues/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:45:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11424 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 John Couretas – At an October 1970 meeting of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the Americas (SCOBA), which was called to discuss the burning question of an independent American Church, the presiding conference chair Archbishop Iakovos got fed up and quit. Official letters raising the subject of independence had been sent […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-bishops-assembly-silent-on-moral-issues/feed/ 25 https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-pope-benedict-president-obama-and-religious-freedom/ https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-pope-benedict-president-obama-and-religious-freedom/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:36:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11402 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: The Republic | Terry Mattingly Pope Benedict XVI cut to the chase when meeting with the visiting bishops from Washington, D.C., Baltimore and the U.S. armed services. The pope mentioned “religious freedom” in the third sentence of his Jan. 19 remarks at the Vatican and he never let up — returning to this […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-pope-benedict-president-obama-and-religious-freedom/feed/ 3