Twelve questions chosen at random. A new selection appears at each visit.
Q045The Books of the Bible
Within the corpus of the Bible, and even within the New Testament, one group of books occupies a supreme place: the Holy Gospel, proclaimed in the four books of the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke,…
Read the answer →Q262The Ninth Article: The Church
Because all Orthodox Christians are members of the Body of Christ, no member can say to another, “I have no need of you” (1Co 12:21). Those alive on earth therefore cannot say they have…
Read the answer →Q429The Sixth Petition: “Lead Us Not into Temptation”
Temptations do not come from God, as St James explains: “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts…
Read the answer →Q007There is a difference between faith and knowledge, as the Scriptures indicate (Phm 6). Knowledge commonly has for its object things visible and comprehensible and is founded on experience and examination; faith relates to…
Read the answer →Q570On the Fifth Commandment
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight not by constraint but willingly, according to God; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not as domineering over those in your charge,…
Read the answer →Q026The Books of the Bible
The Christian Bible is always organized in two sections: the books written before the coming of Christ in the flesh are called the books of the Old Testament, and those written after, the books…
Read the answer →Q452The Third Beatitude
Christian meekness produces many blessings such as these: never to murmur against God, nor even against men, when anything falls out contrary to our wishes; not to give way to anger; and not to…
Read the answer →Q066The Creed of the Orthodox Christian Faith
In general, a creed (from the Latin credo, “I believe”) is a statement of belief, usually recited as part of a religious service. The Orthodox Church calls her creed the Symbol of Faith, a…
Read the answer →Q046The Books of the Bible
The word Gospel comes from the Greek euangelion, meaning good or joyful tidings; it carries the sense of a royal proclamation of good news, the herald announcing the victory and accession of the King:…
Read the answer →Q402On the Lord’s Prayer
In teaching his disciples to pray, and in his own prayers, the Lord Jesus Christ directed prayer to God the Father and, remarkably, he himself prayed to the Father for his own: “Simon, Simon……
Read the answer →Q531On the Second Commandment
The inspired Psalm warns: “The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands: they have mouths, but they speak not; they have eyes, but they see not; they have…
Read the answer →Q476The Eighth Beatitude
Love of righteousness; constancy and firmness in virtue; fortitude and patience when one is subjected to calamity or danger for refusing to betray truth and virtue, after the pattern of the three youths before…
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