"Choosing Gods - we choose fate"
Virgil
(ancient Roman poet)
All over the world the Russian Christian Church is called the Orthodox Church. And, what is most interesting, no one objects to this, and even the “holy” fathers themselves, in conversations in other languages, translate the name of the Russian Christian Church in exactly this way.
First of all, concept "Orthodoxy" has nothing to do with the Christian Church.
Secondly, neither in the Old Testament nor in the New Testament there are concepts "Orthodoxy". And there is this concept only in Slavic.
Complete understanding of the concept "Orthodoxy" given in:
“We are Orthodox, for we glorify Rule and Glory. We truly know that Rule is the World of our Light Gods, and Glory is the Light World, where our Great and Wise Ancestors live.
We are Slavs, for we glorify from our pure heart all the Light ancient Gods and our Light-wise Ancestors ... "
So the concept "Orthodoxy" existed and exists only in the Slavic Vedic Tradition and has nothing to do with Christianity. And this Vedic Tradition arose many thousands of years before the advent of Christianity.
The previously united Christian Church split into Western and Eastern churches. The Western Christian Church, centered in Rome, became known as "Catholic", or "Universal"(?!), and the eastern Greek-Byzantine church with its center in Constantinople (Constantinople) - "Orthodox", or "Faithful". And in Russia, the Orthodox have appropriated the name "Orthodox".
Slavic peoples adhered only to the Slavic Vedic Tradition, therefore Christianity is among them.
(aka Vladimir - “bloody”) abandoned the Vedic Faith, single-handedly decided which religion should be practiced by all Slavs, and in 988 AD. with an army he baptized Russia "with a sword and fire." At that time, the Eastern Greek religion (the cult of Dionysius) was imposed on the Slavic people. Before the birth of Jesus Christ, the cult of Dionysius (Greek religion) completely discredited itself! The fathers of the Greek religion and those behind them fussed and at the beginning of the twelfth century A.D. the Greek religion turned into Christianity - without changing the essence of the cult of Dionysius, they used the bright name of Jesus Christ, grossly distorted and proclaimed Christianity (allegedly a new cult, only the name of Dionysius was changed to the name of Christ). Created the most good option the cult of Osiris - the cult of Christ (Christianity). Modern scientists, historians and theologians argue that Russia "became Orthodox only thanks to the baptism of Russia and the spread of Byzantine Christianity among the dark, wild Slavs mired in paganism." This formulation is very convenient for distorting history and belittling the importance of the ancient culture of all Slavic peoples
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In the modern sense, the "scientific intelligentsia" identifies Orthodoxy with Christianity and the ROC (Russian Orthodox Christian Church). During the forced baptism of the Slavic peoples of Russia, Prince Vladimir and his army slaughtered the recalcitrant 9 million people from the total (12 million) population of Kievan Rus alone!
Before the religious reform (1653-1656 AD) carried out by Patriarch Nikon, Christianity was Orthodox, but the Slavs continued to live according to the norms of Orthodoxy, the norms of Slavic Vedism, celebrated Vedic Holidays, which did not fit into the dogmas of Christianity. Therefore, Christianity began to be called Orthodox in order to “appease” the ears of the Slavs, introducing a number of ancient Orthodox rites into Christianity, while maintaining slavish essence Christianity itself. Christianity was invented to justify slavery.
The modern Christian Church has no reason to be called Orthodox-Christian (it must be something to think of just to confuse people!).
Its correct name is the Christian Orthodox (Orthodox) Church or the Russian (Ukrainian) Christian Orthodox Church.
And yet, it is wrong to call Christian fanatics “believers”, since the word Faith has nothing to do with religion. Word Faith means a person's achievement of Enlightenment by Knowledge, and there are no and cannot be any in the Old Testament.
The Old Testament is the Talmud adapted for non-Jews, which in turn is the history of the Jewish people, which it directly says! The events described in these books have nothing to do with the past of other peoples, with the exception of those events that were “borrowed” from other peoples for writing these books.
If we consider it differently, then it turns out that all people living on Earth are Jews, because they are Jews. Adam and Eve were Jews.
Thus, the defenders of the biblical version of the origin of man will not succeed either - they simply have nothing to object to.
Why in no case should the Vedic Tradition of the Slavic peoples and the Christian Orthodox religion be confused, what are their main differences.
Russian Vedic Tradition
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Our Ancestors never had a religion, they had a worldview, they had their own ideas and a system of Knowledge. We do not need to restore the Spiritual connection between people and the Gods, since this connection has not been interrupted for us, because "Our gods are our fathers, and we are their children"
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Gives a complete picture of the concept of "Orthodoxy".
3. Source
Slavic-Aryan Vedas. They describe the events of 600 thousand years of the past, sent to us by our Ancestors.
The Slavic-Aryan Vedas describe the events of 600 thousand years of the past. many Orthodox Traditions hundreds of thousands of years.
5. Freedom of choice
The Slavs respected the faiths of other peoples, for they observed the Commandment: “Do not force the Holy Faith on people and remember that the choice of Faith is a personal matter for every free person”
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6. Idea of God
Our Ancestors always said: "We are children and grandchildren"
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Not slaves, a children and grandchildren. our Ancestors considered people who reached the level of the Creator in their development, who could influence space and matter.
7. Spirituality
There has never been slavery in the Slavic expanses, neither spiritual nor physical.
8. Attitude towards Judaism
Slavic Vedic Tradition has nothing to do with Judaism.
Our Ancestors believed that the choice of Faith is a personal matter of every free person.
9. Attitude towards Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ with his mission to "... the sheep of Israel" was sent by our Slavic Gods. It is worth remembering only who first came to greet him with gifts - the Magi. The concept exists only in the Slavic Vedic Culture. Church clergy know this and hide it from the people, for many reasons.
He (Jesus Christ) was the "bearer" of the Vedic Traditions.
The real teaching of Christ after his death existed in the south of France. The 176th Pope Innocent III sent an army on a crusade against the true teachings of Jesus Christ - for 20 years, the crusaders (they were called the “army of the devil”) killed 1 million people.
10. Essence of Paradise
As such, there is no such thing as paradise. A person should improve himself, strive to achieve the most high level evolutionary development, and then his soul (the true "I" - Zhivatma) will go to the highest planetary levels.
11. Attitude towards sins
You can only forgive what is truly worthy of forgiveness. A person must understand that he will have to answer for any evil committed, and not before some mysterious God, but before himself, forcing himself to suffer cruelly.
Therefore, we must learn from our mistakes, draw the right conclusions and not make mistakes in the future.
12. What cult is it based on
On the cult of the Sun - the cult of Life! All calculations are made according to the phases of the Yarila-Sun.
13. Holidays
Before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon, there were truly Orthodox Vedic holidays - holidays of the cult of the Sun, during which they praised Slavic gods! (holiday, etc.).
14. Attitude towards death
Our Ancestors were calm about, they knew about the reincarnation of souls (reincarnation), that life does not stop, that the soul will incarnate in a new body after some time and will live new life. It doesn't matter where exactly - on Midgard-Earth again or at higher planetary levels.
15. What gives a person
Meaning of life. A person must self-actualize. Life is not given in vain, you have to fight for the beautiful. The earth will not become better for a person until a person “merges” with it together, until he fills it with his goodness and decorates it with his work: “Holy honor your Gods and Ancestors. Live according to Conscience and in harmony with nature. Every life, no matter how insignificant it may seem, comes to Earth with a specific purpose.
"Orthodox" - Christian Church
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This is religion. The word "religion" means - the artificial restoration of the Spiritual connection between people and Gods on the basis of any Teaching (Slavic-Aryan Vedas).
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In general, there is no concept of "Orthodoxy", and indeed it cannot be, if we proceed from the essence of Christianity.
3. Source
80% of the Bible is the Old Testament (completely consists of fragments of modern Jewish texts, the so-called Masoretic Bible). "Orthodox" Christianity is based on the same gospels as the Catholic Church and its numerous sects.
4. Antique ("age") of the source
The books of the Old Testament were written for more than a thousand years before the birth of Christ (R.H.) in ancient Hebrew, the books of the New Testament are written in Greek in 1 c. according to R.H. The Bible was translated into Russian in the middle of the 19th century, the "Old Testament" (80% of the Bible) was written before the birth of Jesus Christ.
5. Freedom of choice
Christianity was imposed on the Slavic people, as they say, "by sword and fire." Prince Vladimir since 988 A.D. 2/3 of the population of Kievan Rus were destroyed - those who did not abandon the Vedic Faith of the Ancestors. Only the elders (who soon died themselves) and babies were left alive, who, after the death (murder) of their parents, were given to be raised in Christian monasteries.
6. Idea of God
Christianity is a variation of Judaism! Both Jews and Christians have the same God - Jehovah (Yahweh). The basis of these two religions is the same "holy" book of the Torah only for Christians, it is reduced (removed frank texts showing the real essence of the religion of the Jews) and is called the "Old Testament". And the God of these religions is the same - "Devil" as Jesus Christ himself spoke of it!
("New Testament", "Gospel of John", chapter 8, verses 43-44.)
The fundamental difference between these religions is only one thing - the recognition or non-recognition of Jesus Christ as the Messiah God Yahweh (Jehovah). Notice God Yahweh (Jehovah) and not some other god.
7. Spirituality
Christianity justifies slavery and justifies it! From birth, a Christian is driven into the head with the idea that he is a slave, "servant of God", a slave of his master, that a person should humbly accept all the hardships of his life, humbly watch how he is robbed, raped and killed by his daughters, his wife - "…all the will of God!.." The Greek religion brought the spiritual and physical enslavement of the Slavic peoples. Man senselessly lives his life, killing a man in himself, he spends his life in prayers! (from the word "beg").
8. Attitude towards Judaism
Christianity is a variant of Judaism: the common God Jehovah (Yahweh), the common “holy” book is the Old Testament. But since If Christians use a version of the Old Testament specially “worked out” for them, then the double standard laid down in it is hidden from them: God Yahweh (Jehovah) promises to the Jews (the “chosen” people) heaven on earth and all nations as slaves, and the wealth of these peoples as a reward for faithful service. To the peoples whom he promises to the Jews as slaves, he promises eternal heavenly life after death, if they humbly accept the slave share prepared for them!
Well, who does not like this share - promises total annihilation.
9. Attitude towards Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ, by decision of the court of the Jewish high priests, was crucified, they sacrificed him to their common God with Christians (today) Yahweh (Jehovah), as a "false prophet", during the Jewish holiday of Pesach. Christianity today, being a variant of Judaism, celebrates his resurrection during the Easter holiday, "not noticing" that he was sacrificed to their common God with the Jews Yahweh (Jehovah)! And at the same time, on the breast crosses they remind of this in the image of the crucified Christ. But Jesus Christ called God Yahweh (Jehovah) "the devil"! ("New Testament", "The Gospel of John." Chapter 8 verses 43-44).
10. Essence of Paradise
From the analysis of the Old Testament, it clearly follows that Paradise is located on Eden. The earth of Eden, and not on any other level where the righteous will go after the Day of Judgment. Eden-Earth (like the Land of Nod) is located in the galactic east of Midgard-Earth.
So there are no saints and righteous people in Christian Eden, at least not in the one mentioned in the Old Testament!
11. Attitude towards sins
For naive believers, the false idea of "forgiveness" is invented to allow them to do any evil, knowing that no matter what they do, they will eventually be forgiven. The main thing is not whether you commit a sin or not, but to repent of your sin! In the Christian understanding, a person is already born (!!!) sinful (the so-called "original sin"), and in general - the main thing for a believer is to repent, even if a person has not done anything - he is already a sinner in his thoughts. And if a person is not sinful, then it is his pride that has seized him, because he does not want to repent of his sins!
Sin and hasten to repent, but at the same time do not forget to donate to the "holy" church - and ... the more the better! The main thing is not sin, a repentance! For repentance writes off all sins!
(And what it is, I wonder, the Gods forget for all the sins for gold?)
12. What cult is it based on
Christianity is based on the lunar cult - the cult of Death! All calculations here are done according to the phases of the moon. Even the fact that Christianity promises "eternal heavenly life" to a person after death suggests that this is a lunar cult - a cult of Death!
13. Holidays
Although Russia was forcibly baptized, it continued to adhere to the Vedic system, to celebrate the Vedic Holidays. In 1653-1656. from R.H. Patriarch Nikon, in order to "lull" the genetic memory of the Slavs, carried out a religious reform - he replaced the Vedic Holidays with the holidays of the lunar cult. At the same time, the essence of folk holidays has not changed, but the essence of what is celebrated and what is being “hammered” to the masses has changed.
14. Attitude towards death
The main doctrine of Christianity is based on the concept that a person must meekly accept everything God has prepared for him, as a punishment for sins or as a test of the firmness of faith! If a person humbly accepts all this, then “eternal heavenly life” awaits him after death.
The concept of reincarnation is dangerous for Christianity, because then this lure "does not work." Therefore, the ministers of the Greek religion at the next Ecumenical Council in 1082 excluded reincarnation from their doctrine (they took and excluded the law of life!), i.e. they took and "changed" physics (the same Law of Conservation of Energy), changed (!!!) the Horses of the Universe!
The most interesting thing: those who promise others a heavenly life after death, for some reason "prefer" this heavenly life, on sinful Earth!
15. What gives a person
Renunciation of real life. Social and individual passivity. People were inspired, and they accepted the position that they themselves do not have to do anything, but only wait for grace from above. A person must meekly accept a slave's share, and then ... after death The Lord God will reward you with heavenly life! But after all, the dead cannot tell whether they received that very heavenly life or not ...
Christianity belongs to one of the world religions along with Buddhism and Judaism. Behind thousand years of history it underwent changes that led to branches from a single religion. The main ones are Orthodoxy, Protestantism and Catholicism. Christianity also has other currents, but usually they are sectarian and are condemned by representatives of generally recognized trends.
Differences between Orthodoxy and Christianity
What is the difference between these two concepts? Everything is very simple. All Orthodox are Christians, but not all Christians are Orthodox. The followers, united by the confession of this world religion, are separated by belonging to its separate direction, one of which is Orthodoxy. To understand how Orthodoxy differs from Christianity, one must turn to the history of the emergence of world religion.
Origins of religions
Christianity is believed to have originated in the 1st century BC. from the birth of Christ in Palestine, although some sources claim that it became known two centuries earlier. The people who preached the belief were waiting for God to come to earth. The doctrine absorbed the foundations of Judaism and the philosophical trends of that time, it was strongly influenced by the political situation.
The preaching of the apostles greatly contributed to the spread of this religion. especially Paul. Many pagans were converted to the new faith, and this process continued for a long time. AT this moment Christianity has the most a large number of followers compared to other world religions.
Orthodox Christianity began to stand out only in Rome in the 10th century. AD, and was officially approved in 1054. Although its origin can be attributed already to the 1st century. from the birth of Christ. Orthodox believe that the history of their religion began immediately after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, when the apostles preached a new creed and attracted more and more people to religion.
By II-III centuries. Orthodoxy opposed Gnosticism, which rejected the authenticity of the history of the Old Testament and interpreted the New Testament in a different way, not in accordance with the generally accepted. Also, opposition was observed in relations with the followers of the presbyter Arius, who formed a new trend - Arianism. According to them, Christ did not possess a divine nature and was only an intermediary between God and people.
On the creed of nascent Orthodoxy big influence provided by the Ecumenical Councils supported by a number of Byzantine emperors. Seven Councils, convened over the course of five centuries, established the basic axioms subsequently accepted in modern Orthodoxy, in particular, confirmed the divine origin of Jesus, disputed in a number of teachings. This strengthened the Orthodox faith and allowed more and more people to join it.
In addition to Orthodoxy and small heretical teachings, rapidly fading in the process of developing stronger trends, Catholicism stood out from Christianity. This was facilitated by the split of the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern. Huge differences in social, political and religious views led to the disintegration of a single religion into Roman Catholic and Orthodox, which at first was called Eastern Catholic. The head of the first church was the Pope, the second - the patriarch. Their mutual excommunication of each other from the common faith led to a split in Christianity. The process began in 1054 and ended in 1204 with the fall of Constantinople.
Although Christianity was adopted in Russia in 988, it was not affected by the process of schism. The official division of the church did not take place until several decades later, but at the baptism of Russia, Orthodox customs were immediately introduced, formed in Byzantium and borrowed from there.
Strictly speaking, the term orthodoxy was practically not found in ancient sources; the word orthodoxy was used instead. According to a number of researchers, earlier these concepts were given different meaning(orthodoxy meant one of the Christian directions, and Orthodoxy was almost a pagan faith). Subsequently, they began to attach a similar meaning to them, made them synonyms and replaced one with another.
Fundamentals of Orthodoxy
Faith in Orthodoxy is the essence of all divine teaching. The Nicene Constantinople Creed, drawn up during the convening of the Second Ecumenical Council, is the basis of the doctrine. The ban on changing any provisions in this system of dogmas has been in force since the time of the Fourth Council.
Based on the Creed, Orthodoxy is based on the following dogmas:
The desire to earn eternal life in paradise after death is the main goal of those who profess the religion in question. A true Orthodox Christian must follow the commandments handed down to Moses and confirmed by Christ throughout his life. According to them, one must be kind and merciful, love God and neighbors. The commandments indicate that all hardships and hardships must be endured meekly and even joyfully, despondency is one of the deadly sins.
Differences from other Christian denominations
Compare Orthodoxy with Christianity can be done by comparing its main directions. They are closely related to each other, as they are united in one world religion. However, there are huge differences between them on a number of issues:
Thus, the differences between directions are not always contradictory. There are more similarities between Catholicism and Protestantism, since the latter appeared as a result of the split of the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century. If desired, the currents could be reconciled. But this has not happened for many years and is not foreseen in the future.
Relation to other religions
Orthodoxy is tolerant of confessors of other religions. However, without condemning and peacefully coexisting with them, this movement recognizes them as heretical. It is believed that of all religions, only one is true; its professing leads to the inheritance of the Kingdom of God. This dogma is contained in the very name of the direction, indicating that this religion is correct, opposite to other currents. Nevertheless, Orthodoxy recognizes that Catholics and Protestants are also not deprived of the grace of God, because, although they glorify Him differently, the essence of their faith is one.
By comparison, Catholics consider the only way to salvation to be the practice of their religion, while others, including Orthodoxy, are false. The task of this church is to convince all dissenters. The Pope is the head of the Christian Church, although this thesis is refuted in Orthodoxy.
Support Orthodox Church secular authorities and their close cooperation led to an increase in the number of followers of religion and its development. In a number of countries, Orthodoxy is professed by the majority of the population. These include:
In these countries, a large number of churches, Sunday schools, secular educational institutions subjects devoted to the study of Orthodoxy are introduced. Popularization also has a downside: often people who consider themselves Orthodox have a superficial attitude to the performance of rituals and do not observe the prescribed moral principles.
You can perform rites in different ways and relate to shrines, have different views on the purpose of your own stay on earth, but in the end, everyone who professes Christianity united by faith in one God. The concept of Christianity is not identical with Orthodoxy, but includes it. Keeping moral principles and being sincere in your relationship with the Higher Forces is the basis of any religion.
Gratitude of Christians
The whole life of Christians was a model of moderation. Concerned primarily about inner grandeur and nobility, and cherishing only spiritual treasures, they condemned everything that luxury had invented in the Roman state full of wealth, such as the construction of magnificent buildings, acquiring rich furniture, ivory tables, silver beds, covered with purple and embroidered with gold matter, gold and silver dishes, decorated with carvings and precious stones (Clement of Alexandria, "On the upbringing of children"). This is what the tormentors found in the chamber where St. Domna, the richest girl of Nicomedia: The Crucifixion, the book of the Acts of the Apostles, matting on the floor, an earthen censer, a lamp and a small wooden box in which the Holy Gifts for communion were kept (Baronius, "The Acts of the Martyrs of Nicomedia," Chronicle 29).
Christians did not wear bright colors; St. Clement of Alexandria approved of white ("On the Education of Children") as a sign of purity, and, moreover, this color was in common usage the Greeks and Romans. Christians also did not like very thin materials, especially silk, (then they were of such value that they were sold for their weight in gold); rings, precious stones, curling hair, spraying oneself with perfume, too frequent visits to baths, excessive neatness - in a word, everything that can arouse sensual love and lust (K. Alexandria, "On the Education of Children"; "Regulations of the Apostles"). Prudentius believes that the first sign of communication with Christians is a change in appearance and the rejection of jewelry. Apollonius, an ancient writer of the Church, makes the following reproach to the Montanists, speaking of their false prophets: "Tell me, does the prophet spray himself with spirits? Does he like clothes? Does he play dice? Does he lend money at interest? Let them say whether this is permissible or not? I will prove that their prophets do that" (Eusebius, "History...").
A certain martyr, wanting to convict a false Christian of treason, pointed out to the judges that this deceiver curled his hair, stared at women, that he ate a lot and emitted a wine smell (Baronius, "The Acts of St. Sebastian," Chronicle 289). In general, outwardly, Christians behaved sternly, or at least simply and sedately. Some of them, instead of ordinary clothes, wore a philosophical cap (Tertullian, "In Defense of the Philosophical Cap"), as, for example, blessed. Augustine, Tertullian and St. Hercules, student of Origen.
They had almost no fun. They did not go to any popular spectacles, neither to the theater, nor to the amphitheater, nor to the circus ("Regulations of the Apostles"; Tertullian "On Spectacles"). Tragedies and comedies were played in the theater, sword fights or baiting of animals took place in the amphitheater; the circus was intended for chariot racing. All these spectacles were part of idolatry and demonic festivals - this was enough for Christians to feel disgust for them; but besides, they looked at them as main source moral corruption. “Is it possible,” says Tertullian, “to admire the image of what should not be done?” ("About spectacles"). The theater was a spectacle of shamelessness, the amphitheater - inhumanity, while Christians were so far from this that they did not even want to look at the executions performed by justice. Both of these amusements served as food for passions (Blessed Augustine "Confession"). And even visiting the circus, no matter how innocent it seemed, was strictly forbidden by Sts. fathers because of the indignations that prevailed there and which daily led to quarrels, fights, often even bloodshed. On top of this, the great expenses that went into these spectacles, the idleness they fed, the meeting of men and women who sat here together and could examine each other with complete freedom and curiosity - all this in the eyes of Christians was a subject worthy of censure.
Christians no less condemned the game of dice and other sedentary games, as harmful and, moreover, developing laziness (Clement of Alexandria, "On the Education of Children"). They condemned loud laughter and everything that provokes it, that is, shameful gestures and words (Clement of Alexandria, "On the Education of Children"; St. Irenaeus, "Decrees of the Apostles"). They did not want to see in the life of a Christian anything indecent, low, unworthy of honest people, nor to hear from him stupid speeches and useless chatter, characteristic of the common people and, especially, women, which the ap. Paul, saying, "Let your word always be with grace" (Col. 4:6). Against these disturbances, silence was prescribed as a preventive measure.
All this should not be surprising, for lovers of fun are often condemned and even cursed by Holy Scripture (Prov. 3:34; 12:18), and St. Paul condemns precisely what the Greeks called eutrapelia: funny talk and deeds (Eph. 5:4), of which Aristotle was pleased to make a special virtue. Indeed, the whole life of a Christian consisted in making amends for former sins by repentance and preventing future ones by mortifying the passions. The penitent, insofar as he wants to punish himself for the immoderate enjoyment of pleasures, must begin this by renouncing the most permissible pleasures, for in order to destroy passion, or at least weaken it, one must indulge it as little as possible. Therefore, a true Christian should never seek sensual pleasure, but perhaps in passing receive that which is associated with necessary needs life, such as eating food and sleeping. If he enjoys something, then this pleasure must be true: such is the rest after labors, satisfying the weaknesses of our nature, which would be exhausted if the body were in unceasing action and the soul in unremitting tension. But to seek sensual pleasure and make it the goal of life is completely contrary to the obligation of self-denial, which is the essence of the Christian virtues. Bodily labor or the cessation of occupation restores vigor to the soul; rest, food and sleep restore bodily strength; entertainment is of no use.
But no matter how severe the life of the first Christians seems to us, we should not imagine that it was woeful. St. Paul demanded of them, of course, not the impossible when he urged them to joy (Phil. 4:4). If they were deprived of the excessive pleasures that most people pursue, then, on the other hand, they were free from sorrows and other passions that tormented them, since they lived without ambition and greed. Having no attachment to goods real life, they easily endured troubles, their hearts were filled with calmness clear conscience, the joy of good deeds, through which they tried to please God, and, above all, the sweet confidence in future life in which there will be no grief.
For this reason, concern for offspring did not bother them. They wished for their children, as well as for themselves, one good thing - to move away from the world as soon as possible (Tertullian, "On Spectacles"). If they left them as orphans, as often happened with the martyrs, they knew that the Church would be their Mother and that they would not suffer a need for anything. In this way they lived by their needlework or income, part of which they gave to the poor, without worries and needs, alien not only to low and somewhat unrighteous self-interest, but also to any desire to collect and grow rich. So, when, between persecutions, some of the Christians began to collect property and look for treasures in the ground, this was considered by the fathers to be a disorder worthy of lamentation (St. Cyprian, "On the Fall"). People so cold to everything earthly could not be addicted to sensual pleasures. “What pleasure,” says Tertullian, “can compare with that which comes from contempt for the world, from true freedom, from a clear conscience, from the habit of being content with little and not fearing death? pagan gods, cast out demons, heal diseases, ask for revelations, live for God - these are the joys, the entertaining spectacles of Christians!
Union of Christians
This is how Christians lived separately, outside the whole society. In their meetings, by the name of the Church, the Greeks meant a meeting of the people for a meeting on public affairs. Thus the assembly of the people at Ephesus is called "the church" in Acts (Acts 19:32). Therefore, unlike the worldly church, the assembly of believers was called God's Church. Origen, refuting Celsus, compares these two churches and asserts resolutely that, judging even by Christians who stand at the lowest degree of Christian perfection, the Christian Churches, as it were, shone in the world. From the very concept of the Church, it is clear that the Christians of each city constituted a single community; and this was one of the main pretexts for persecution: their meetings seemed reprehensible, as disagreeing with the laws of government, and their unanimity, which actually came only from mutual love, seemed like a conspiracy (Tertullian, "Apology").
Indeed, the Christians of one city or village formed a close friendship among themselves in meetings appointed for prayer and other pious exercises, where they saw each other almost every day. Here they had frequent conversations and consulted with each other even about unimportant things - their joy and sorrow were common. If any of them received from God special favor, everyone took part in that; if anyone was in a state of repentance, everyone asked for forgiveness. They addressed each other as relatives, calling each other father or son, brother or sister, depending on age and gender.
This union was strengthened by the power of the parents in their family and their subordination to the priests and the bishop, as St. Irenaeus in his letters. The bishops were in close alliance with each other; without common consent they did nothing important. Those who belonged to the same circle often gathered at the Council when they had free time for this. Bishops from distant places carried on frequent correspondence with each other, very convenient because of the excessive vastness of the Roman autocracy, which the Lord purposely arranged in order to promote the success of the Gospel preaching (Origen, "Against Celsus"). These letters had a special form to protect them from forgery and to cover up the holy truths, especially necessary during times of persecution (Cyprian, "To Clement of Rome," Letter 9). For greater security, letters were sent with clerics, and for their lack with people specially chosen for this. But since the Church of God was not limited to the borders of the Roman Empire, but extended its dominion over all the surrounding countries, the unity of faith and morals, common to all Christians, was worthy of even greater surprise with such a great diversity of peoples, especially when they noticed that true religion had weaned its followers from the most coarse and reckless habits. After this, it can be said that the Universal Church was exactly one body, the members of which were united by a union not only of faith, but also of mutual love.
Prayer
Thus, the newly baptized, little by little, entered into a new life, spiritual and grace-filled, which had previously seemed impossible to them, but now they already found it easy. Their first and chief occupation was prayer; According to the teaching of the Apostle Paul about unceasing prayer, Christians took every measure to direct their spirit as often as possible to God and Divine things. They always, whenever possible, prayed together (St. Ignatius, "Letter to the Ephesians"; Tertullian, "Apology"), being sure that more those who ask God for certain blessings have a greater right to receive them, according to the Savior's word (Matt. 18:19-20). Therefore, St. Ignatius as a rule supplies St. Polycarp, so that the meetings are frequent, and advises to inquire about the presence of each of the faithful by name. To the aforementioned motivation was added the fact that the presence of pastors usually gives more importance to public prayers, and those who stand by their example incite each other to zeal and piety.
Public prayers, for which the faithful mainly gathered, were performed in the morning and in the evening. They were taught, therefore, to sanctify the beginning and the end of the day ("Regulations of the Apostles") and by no means, not to excuse themselves with worldly affairs, which were only an addition to spiritual affairs. Morning prayers, apparently, replaced the Old Testament morning sacrifice, and evening prayers replaced the evening one, and were used to sanctify the beginning of the night. They were sometimes called lamps, because they were performed at a time when the lamps were already starting to be lit, and now, at this time, a well-known verse is sung, reminiscent of the light. Public prayer, as a rule, consisted of mutual kissing of the world (Tertullian, "On the Lord's Prayer"). Those who could not be present in the meeting: the sick, those imprisoned, travelers - gathered together as soon as possible, and if they were apart, they did not stop, however, to pray at the appointed time.
In addition to morning and evening, they also prayed at the 3rd, 6th and 9th hour of the day and throughout the night. Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian and St. Cyprian clearly denotes all these prayers. They support them with examples from the Old and New Testaments, and give deep reasons for this. Origen demands that they pray at least in the morning, at noon, in the evening and at night ("On Prayer"). Prayers, according to custom, turned to the east and stood with their hands raised to the sky. The hours of prayer were counted according to the account of the Romans (Clement, "Stromata"), who divided the whole day from sunrise to sunset into 12 equal hours, but unequal as the days increased or decreased. The night was equally divided into 12 hours and into quarters, which were called guards or shifts, since the night guard was changed four times in war. Thus, if we take the example of the equinox, the 1st Roman hour will correspond to our 7th hour in the morning, the 3rd - the 9th, the 6th - noon, the 9th - the 3rd after noon, the 12th - 6, from which it is clear that prayers during the day followed one after another every three hours.
In the middle of the night they got up to pray, following the example of the psalmist (Ps. 119:62) and St. Apostle Paul, when he was in prison after the beatings he endured along with Silas (Acts 16:25). Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian and Origen mention this night prayer (Clement, Stromata, On the Education of Children; Tertullian, To the Wife), St. Cyprian speaks of her with praise ("About prayer at the end of the day"); in general, this habit of prayerful vigilance is approved by all fathers, as very useful for mortifying the flesh and for raising the spirit to God in the most serene moments. It was also a rule to read the Creed every morning and in case of any danger (Blessed Augustine, "Conversation 42"; St. Ambrose, "On Virginity").
Finally, in order to turn to God as often as possible and more strictly to fulfill the commandment of unceasing prayer, prayers were composed, special for each occupation, following the suggestion of St. Paul (Col. 3:17). Thus, all work, such as: cultivating the land, sowing, reaping and gathering fruits, began and ended with prayers. They prayed as they began to build a house or to live in it, as they began to weave a linen, or sew a dress, or wear it, or do something like that. Examples of this kind of prayer can now be found in the service books. Greetings at the beginning of the letter and at meetings did not consist in an ordinary expression of friendship, but in prayer (St. Chrysostom, "Conversation on the Epistle to the Thessalonians"). Actions of lesser importance were accompanied by the sign of the cross as an abbreviated prayer. It was depicted on the forehead and used almost every minute, i.e. every time it was necessary to enter, leave, walk, sit down, get up, lie down, dress, put on shoes, drink, eat, and so on (Tertullian, "On Wine"; St. Cyril of Jerusalem, "Announcement of the Ascension").
Meetings and liturgy
Those who belonged to the same church gathered on Sunday, called by the pagans the day of the sun, which the Christians always respected, for it recalls the creation of light and the resurrection of Christ (St. Justin, Apologia 1). They also gathered on Friday, which Christians call the day of preparation. Any meeting place private house, in which one of the dining rooms in the upper housing was separated. Such was the chamber from which the young Eutychus fell during the midnight sermon of St. Paul in Troas. It was on the third floor, it was sufficiently illuminated, and the faithful gathered there on the night of the resurrection to break bread, i.e. for the Eucharist, followed on Sunday night by Vespers (Acts 20:7-11). Often, persecution forced Christians to take refuge in dungeons outside the city, as evidenced by the stone caves located near Rome, known as Underground Rome (Baronius, Chronicles 224, 245). So it was under the emperors Philip and Guardian (Eusebius, "History ..."), and after the deposition of Paul of Samosata, the emperor Aurelian ordered the church house to be given to those who would be awarded by Italian and other orthodox bishops (Eusebius, "History ..."). Some of these open churches were in private homes, as is known of the house church of Senator Pudens. Sometimes special buildings were built for this. Shortly before the persecution of Diocletian, the churches in all cities, starting from the foundation, were rebuilt and the persecution began with their destruction (Eusebius, "History ...").
In these meetings, prayers were performed, determined, as indicated above, by different hours of the day and night, a bloodless Sacrifice was offered, as an action that exclusively belonged to the priests. It was called either by names taken from Holy Scripture, such as vespers, breaking of bread, sacrifice, or by names adopted by the Church: synax, which means assembly; the Eucharist, which means thanksgiving; Liturgy, which means public service. It was sometimes performed before sunrise, especially during persecution, in order to avoid interference that the infidels could arrange (Cyprian, "Letter to Celilius"). In each church or in each parish, only one liturgy was performed, it was always sent by the bishop, and in the absence or illness of him, the priests who were right there and served with him. The Rule of the Liturgy, passing through different times and places, has changed through the addition and abolition of certain important rites, but in its essence has remained unchanged. Here is what we find about it in the ancient writers.
After some prayers, they read the Holy Scriptures, first the Old, then the New Testament, the reading was concluded with the Gospel, which the rector explained, adding to this instructions, in accordance with the needs of his flock (St. Justin, "Apology"). After this, everyone got up from their seats and, turning to the east with hands raised to heaven, prayed for people of all kinds: Christians, pagans, noble and poor, and mainly for captives, the sick and other sufferers. The deacon urged those present to pray, the priest uttered an exclamation, and the people answered in agreement: amen ("Decree of the Apostles"; St. Cyprian "Letter to Cecilius"). This was followed by the offering of the Gifts, i.e. bread and wine dissolved in water, which served as the substance of the mysterious Sacrifice. Those present gave each other a kiss of peace: men to men, and women to women - as a sign of perfect unity; then everyone took the gifts to the priest, who on behalf of everyone brought them to God (Clement, "On the upbringing of children"). Then, proceeding to the sacrament, he inspired those present to lift up their hearts to God, thank Him and glorify with the angels and all heavenly powers, then, remembering the establishment of the Eucharist and repeating the words uttered at the same time by Jesus Christ, performed the very mystery (sacrament - ed.), after which he read the Lord's Prayer with the people and, having communed the first himself, through the deacons he distributed communion to all those present (St. Justin, Apology). For all who entered the Church were obliged to take communion, especially the servants of the altar ("Apostles' Rules"). The body of the Lord was received with the greatest care and fear, so that not the slightest grain of Communion would fall to the ground.
For those who could not be present at the celebration of the liturgy, the sacrament was sent through deacons or church ministers - acoluths. Part of the Communion was kept for the parting words of the dying, as a travel reserve for the further path that awaits them. The faithful were allowed to take Communion home (Tertullian, "To the Wife"), in order to commune every morning before eating food or in case of danger, for example, when it was necessary to go to torment, because it was not possible to gather every day to listen to the liturgy. Communion, reserved for the healthy or the sick, was made under the guise of bread only, while everyone in the congregation communed under two kinds, except for young children, who were communed with wine alone. The meal of love, which in ancient times followed the communion of the Holy Mysteries, consisted of ordinary dishes, from which all those present ate at the same place. Subsequently, it was granted only to widows and beggars. At the table, a certain share was set aside for the bishop, even though he was absent. Priests and deacons received two shares each, readers, singers and gatekeepers one each ("Regulations of the Apostles"; Tertullian, "On Fasting").
Secret of the sacraments
In the same assemblies, all other sacred rites were performed, as long as nothing interfered with this; and that is why they looked so strictly not to let any of the unbelievers in, for the injunction of the Savior was fulfilled in all accuracy, not to give holy things to dogs and not to throw pearls before swine (Mat. 7:6). From this secrecy, the sacraments received the name of the sacraments, i.e. secret things, about which an unbreakable silence was kept. They were hidden not only from the infidels, but also from the catechumens. Not only did they not perform the sacraments in their presence, but no one even dared to tell them what was happening in the assembly, or to pronounce in the presence of their words used in the service, or to talk about the properties of the priesthood, and even less did they write about this, and if in the public In a teaching or in an essay that could fall into the hands of pagans, the Eucharist or some other sacrament was discussed, then words were used incomprehensible and mysterious to them. Such is the expression in the New Testament for "breaking bread" (Acts 2:42); to distribute the consecrated Gifts, which could not be understood by the pagans. This precaution existed for a long time after the freedom acquired by the Church. It is necessary to exclude from here only the apologies, in which the writers explained the sacraments in order to reflect the slander raised against Christians.
The outgoing year 2013 became the anniversary year for a turning point in the history of the Church and Christian culture.
In 313, in the city of Mediolanum (now Milan, Italy), the Roman emperor Constantine the Great announced an edict by which he legalized Christianity. People who were considered outside the law up to that moment received the right to openly profess their faith and widely implement its principles in life. The church emerged from the catacombs - and one of the most amazing periods in its history began. Of course, the consciousness of a person, and even more so of the entire society, cannot be changed by the announcement of one, albeit the most important, document. It takes years and centuries continuous work. But this work began precisely then, in 313, under Emperor Constantine.
What has so fatefully changed in the life of Christians? What events and processes were a direct or indirect consequence of the Edict of Milan? What is the main value of this document from the standpoint of history and modern culture?
It was: Since the end of the 1st century, Christians in the territory of the Roman Empire were persecuted for their faith. Why? Rome was tolerant towards all religions, here one could believe in anything, but on one condition: it is necessary to honor the Roman gods in a timely manner. Christians refused to honor them, did not take part in state religious holidays, did not recognize the cult of the emperor (in the Roman tradition, the emperor could become a god after death). Thus, they, while remaining the most law-abiding people, from the point of view of the Roman authorities, represented a danger to the state. Christians were outlawed. In 303-305, during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, the most massive and cruel persecutions unfolded. Not only the clergy, but also the laity, not only "mere mortals", but also Roman citizens, and among them many noble people, suffered martyrdom at that time for their faith.
It became: The Edict of Milan in 313 legalized the position of Christians, equalized their faith in rights with other religions. Large-scale persecution ceased, Christians no longer needed to hide in the catacombs. The Church had the opportunity to openly build temples and regain property confiscated during the persecution. If this property managed to have a new owner, he received compensation from the treasury of the emperor.
Twelve years after the announcement of the edict, in 325, Emperor Constantine convened the First Ecumenical Council, where the main tenets of Christianity were defined. Shepherds and bishops who had gone through persecution were invited to the Council. Many of them were mutilated, and Constantine greeted them with kisses on their wounds.
It was: Between men and women in pre-Christian society, not only was there no equality - there were no ideological prerequisites for it. Only men were allowed to take part in political life and religious meetings, only men had the right to vote, only men owned the initiative of divorce in the family. In addition, psychologically, in society, male adultery was not considered a crime, while for a woman it ended in shame.
It became: The Edict of Milan helped spread new system values. Within the Christian community, both men and women were equal members of the Church, since everyone is equal before God. Treason was equally severely condemned by both the male and the female side. Gradually, under the influence of Christianity, a worldview was formed in which full equalization of the rights of men and women became possible.
It was: The death penalty through crucifixion was the lot of the most notorious thieves, robbers and instigators. Roman citizens were not condemned to it - they were entitled to an “honorable” death by the sword, and the crucified was despised by society. A typical caricature of the first centuries of Christian history is a man nailed to a cross with the head of a donkey. To publicly draw a cross was in itself a feat and in fact meant to subject oneself to persecution.
It became: The cross from an instrument of shameful execution everywhere became a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ, the victory of life over death. The death penalty by crucifixion was abolished. After Saint Empress Helen received the Holy Life-Giving Cross of the Lord in Jerusalem, his veneration quickly spread in Christian communities.
It was: During the years of persecution, Christians got used to hiding their shrines, secretly preserving the relics of the martyrs. The Roman authorities, knowing about the peculiarity of Christians to celebrate the Eucharist on the relics, often destroyed them so that the community would not get the shrine. Nothing was known about the whereabouts of many relics by the 4th century. Thus, destroyed to the ground, Jerusalem did not retain any traces of Golgotha, the Holy Sepulcher, or other important places and shrines for Christians.
It became: A few years after the announcement of the edict, Queen Elena made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which resulted in the acquisition of the Holy Life-Giving Cross and a number of other important shrines. Then the location of Golgotha was determined. In fact, Elena established the tradition of pilgrimage to the newly “found” holy places, and the veneration of shrines became open.
It was: While church life was taking place in the catacombs, socially advanced Christian values - for example, the commandment of love for enemies, forgiveness of the offender, equality before God of people of all nationalities - did not have a wide influence on public consciousness. There was practically no extensive missionary work in the Roman Empire. The preaching of Christianity practically did not go beyond the borders of the empire (with the possible exception of the mission of the Apostle Thomas in the 1st century).
It became: The Edict of Milan made it possible to develop missionary work. Christian preaching began to sound openly and around the world. With the spread of the new teaching and the news of the Resurrection of Christ, the entire Roman Empire was transformed. Subsequently, the Christian mission went far beyond its borders and transformed many peoples and states.
Of course, it would be impossible for an ordinary journal article to depict all the consequences of the Edict of Milan. This document has become truly fateful not only for Christians, but for the whole world. Suffice it to say that the most important branches of our modern life- for example, advanced science, a modern legal system - would never have reached the level of development that has become possible within our Christian civilization. We have already written about this in detail in previous issues of Foma and will write further. In the meantime, let the outgoing year be a reminder for all of us of the great event of 313.
Drawings by Artem Bezmenov
Christianity came to Kievan Rus with the name of the faithful after the schism in the Christian world:
* Western, Christian church with the center in Rome, began to be called Catholic ie. universal,
* Eastern, Greek-Byzantine church with a center in Constantinople (Constantinople) - Orthodox i.e. Orthodox.
Immediately after the split, they declared anathema to each other and constantly sent curses. When the Vatican redirected its fourth Crusade to Palestine - Palyony-stan (there were 10 crusades, but finally Jerusalem - RUSalim did not succeed in recapturing the Vatican from the Muslims) to Constantinople, the central office of the Orthodox Eastern Church migrated to Kyiv and Ryazan. Constantinople was defeated and plundered completely. Only after the arrival of the Eastern Church in Russia, the cleansing of the Slavic culture and Vedic Orthodoxy of the ancient Rus began. From that moment on, the Slavs began to forget who they were, where they came from, what the culture and life of their ancestors were like.
The very word Orthodoxy means:
Glorification (this ancient word was supplanted by false storytellers from colloquial use) with the kind word of the Glorious World of Rule, i.e. World of Light Gods and our Ancestors.
The opinion was formed that a Russian is necessarily an Orthodox Christian. This formulation is fundamentally wrong. Russian means Orthodox, this concept is undeniable. But a Russian is not necessarily a Christian, because not all Russians are Christians. Many did not accept the slave philosophy, only because of the fear of being burned at the stake, they visited temples ..
The faithful could not come to terms with the fact that Christianity was present in Russia, especially in Muscovy, only formally. The priests decided to absorb Vedic Orthodoxy in order to do away with it once and for all. And the very name Orthodox was appropriated by Christian church hierarchs cynically, arrogantly, without any consent of the Rus. So appeared in Russia - Christian Orthodoxy (instead of the Vedic). The Vedic Orthodoxy of the ancient faith burned out on the fires of cruel Christianity, along with the ancient texts and spiritual leaders of Vedic Orthodoxy - the Magi. In the Vedic culture, there was no centralized power like in religions, seeking to usurp and enrich. Vedic Orthodoxy was not a religion, but a Faith. It did not build expensive temples, as it believed that it was useless. The Slavs kept their gods in their hearts. Statues were erected only at crossroads and on the outskirts of settlements. They never went to atone for their sins, because they never sinned. The ethnos Rusov are peaceful, hardworking people and achieved everything only at the expense of their own labor. Therefore, they had no reason to atone for their sins, to justify their actions before the gods.
The Greeks highly valued the moral culture of the Russians. Here is the testimony of the Byzantine historians of the seventh century:
Our soldiers captured three foreigners who had citharas (harp) instead of weapons. When the emperor asked who they were, the foreigners answered: "We play the harp, and loving music, we lead a peaceful and calm life." The emperor marveled at the quiet disposition of these people, their great growth and strength, treated them, observing their manners. Struck by the high culture of behavior, allowed to return to the fatherland.
Arabic chronographer Al Marwazi wrote:
"When the Russians turned to Christianity, religion blunted their swords and closed the doors of knowledge to them, and they fell into poverty and a beggarly existence."
Modern scientists, historians and theologians continue to try to impose on the world that Russia, they say, became Orthodox, during the baptism and the spread of Byzantine Christianity among the dark, wild, mired in ignorance, kind of Slavs. Such a formulation is very convenient to use to distort history and belittle the significance of the most ancient, colorful folklore and saturated with all sorts of traditions of culture, all the peoples of Vedic Orthodoxy. From which Christianity, poor in its traditions and rituals, borrowed a lot of things, and later ascribed to itself without any shame. Some two centuries ago, Easter eggs, vyshyvankas, psaltery were under the strictest ban on the part of priesthood. The Christian leaders were so dumb as to say that a woman has no soul. What could Christian missionaries know about the culture and Faith of the Slavic peoples? As carriers of Christianity, they could understand the culture of the Northern peoples with
* a different mentality, devoid of the concepts of money-grubbing and violence;
* a different worldview, the Slavs lived in harmony with the environment in a creative, creative frame of mind?!
Here is an example of a description of the life of the Slavs in the view of one of the Christian missionaries:
“Orthodox Slovenes and Rusyns are wild people and their life is wild and godless. Naked men and girls are locked together in a hotly heated hut and torture their bodies, slashing each other with tree branches mercilessly to the point of exhaustion, then run out naked and jump into an ice hole or a snowdrift. And, having cooled down, they again run into the hut to torture themselves with rods.
As Greek-Byzantine missionaries could still understand, a simple Orthodox rite is visiting a Russian bath. In their narrow imagination, it really was something wild and incomprehensible. Who can, in fact, be considered savages: those who regularly visited baths, or those who never washed in their lives ?!
Cunningly wise ministers of Christ always rely on falsification. In this case, too, it seems to refer to the earliest written use of the word “Orthodoxy”, which is recorded in the territory of Russia in the “Sermon on Law and Grace” (1037-1050) by Metropolitan Hilarion:
Praise the praiseworthy voices of the Roman country of Peter and Paul, image your faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God; Asia and Ephesus, and Patm John the Evangelist, India Thomas, Egypt Mark. All countries and cities, and people honor and glorify every once in a while their teacher, who taught me the Orthodox faith ..
In the quote - I'm Orthodox in faith - the word Orthodox simply could not be. Because only in 1054 Christianity was divided - into Catholics and Orthodox (non-Orthodox).
In the beginning, the teaching of Jesus was called the teaching of the fisherman. In the future, the symbol of the fish was sometimes used. Just as the Gauls used the symbol of the red rooster, and the Jews - the goat.
And in the official language of the Christian Church on the territory of Russia, the term "Orthodox" began to be used only at the end of the XIV - beginning of the XV century. Most actively, the terms "Orthodox" and "Orthodoxy" came into use only - in the 16th century. That's how easy it is for storytellers to lie, they pass false information into history.
Insofar as too many questions have appeared regarding the word Orthodoxy, then everyone, if desired, can independently unravel this tangle of contradictions by examining the chronology of this word.
Biblical mythology, as such, had not yet taken place by the 11th century. It was in fragmentary versions with many significant contradictions. And until the end of the 15th century (and possibly until the end of the 16th century), biblical mythology in the modern sense was completely absent. Not only in the East, but also in the West. Even in the 13th century (not to mention the 11th), the Pope was saying that people already knew too much. If, however, they also learn everything that is told about by various texts and in various books, then this will be a source of great danger, for they will begin to ask questions to which the clergy have no answers. And the Bible will begin to be called - mythology. And so, in the end, in 1231, Gregory IX, with his bull, forbade the laity to read the Bible. Moreover, the ban was formally canceled only by the "Second Vatican Council", opened on the initiative of Pope John XXIII in 1962. Historical documents report that there were repeated attempts to allow access to the reading of biblical mythology to a wide audience, but each time new bans came out. All this suggests that the church was afraid of exposing the biblical texts, which were copied from the Aryan Avesta. Historians wrote: "The Church forbids the distribution of books of scripture among the laity and considers it a serious crime to translate these books from incomprehensible Latin into popular languages." From time to time, new prohibitions were issued. So at the cathedral in Beziers in 1246 we find: "As for the divine books, then the laity should not have them even in Latin; as for the divine books in the vernacular, then do not allow them at all either from the clergy or from the laity." The edict of Charles IV at the end of the 14th century says: "According to the canonical regulations, it is not appropriate for laymen of both sexes to read anything from the scripture, even in the vernacular." In Russia, although not in such an open form as in Catholic countries, there were calls: "Forbid the common people to read the Bible." But most likely, all the prohibitions were because biblical mythology, as such, has not yet taken place. It was in fragmentary versions with many significant contradictions. And until the end of the 15th century (and possibly until the end of the 16th century), biblical mythology in the modern sense was completely absent. Not only in the East, but also in the West.
The famous church historian A.V. Kartashev wrote:
"The first manuscript for the entire East (even before the advent of the printing press) was the Bible of 1490, created by Archbishop Gennady of Novgorod ... Such an early interest in mastering the full biblical text appeared in Russia in the 15th century", p.600.
If at the very end of the 15th century the awakening of interest in the complete Bible is regarded by experts as too early (!), then what can we say about the 14th or 13th centuries? At that time, as we see, no one in the East was even interested in Biblical mythology. And in the West they didn't read it, because it was "forbidden". The question is - who read it in those centuries? Yes, it simply did not exist. But the storytellers of lies have wandered so far in their falsification that they began to date the Bible, you will simply be surprised - the 1st century.
The split in Christianity, after which the Church was finally divided into Catholic and Orthodox, occurred in 1054. The division caused by the schism has not been overcome to this day, despite the fact that in 1965 mutual anathemas and curses on each other were mutually lifted by Pope Paul VI. For the first time, anathemas and curses were lifted before the first crusade (the campaign of the poor in 1096). So, as the Vatican alone, without the financial support of Byzantium, could not overcome the Muslims. They were forced to unite in front of one common enemy. Disagreements arose on issues of a dogmatic and canonical, as well as liturgical and disciplinary nature, and began long before 1054, however, it was in 1054 that Pope Leo IX sent envoys to Constantinople. The immediate reason was the closure of the Latin churches in Constantinople in 1053. In addition, Patriarch Michael Cerularia instructed his assistant to throw the Holy Gifts prepared according to the Catholic custom from unleavened bread from the tabernacles and trample them underfoot, openly, in the presence of a large crowd. All this demonstrates the clearly low culture and primitive mentality of Christian officials. And we are surprised at the bloody crusades against the civilian population of the Baltic countries, and the bonfires of the Inquisition blazing all over Europe, and country torture huts for the recalcitrant ...
Christianity was persecuted and not numerous of its supporters were simply killed with impunity. The fourth century was a turning point in the history of Christianity. In the fourth century, the largest at that time, the Arab-Semitic community, led by the Flavin Semite, Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantine, seized power. Under him, Christianity became a permitted religion, thanks to the Edict of Milan, from 313. Under Constantine, the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea was held, at which the Creed (a brief summary of the dogmas used in the liturgy) was formulated - the doctrine of the consubstantial Trinity. Thus, a modified, from the Vedic Orthodoxy of Russia, trinity appeared in Christianity: Father-Son-Holy Spirit. The concept of the trinity (triglav) has existed since time immemorial, and in Hindustan for several millennia. This is the first symbol that was borrowed by the priests from the ancient Vedic culture. Since that time, many sects and trends in Christianity have appeared. They look like someone has thrown them out of a bag. The most aggressive struggle was waged with a sect called Arianism. Arianism appeared in the IV century by the name of its creator - an Alexandrian priest with the name Arius. He argued that Christ was created by God, and therefore, firstly, has the beginning of his being; secondly, it is not equal to him: in Arianism, Christ is not consubstantial with God, as the opponents of Arius, Bishops Alexander of Alexandria and then Athanasius, argued, but only similar to him. What the Arians asserted was the following: God the Father, after the dispensation of the world, became the cause of the birth of the Son and, by His will, embodied His essence into another, created from nothing, into a new and different God; and there was a time when the Son did not exist. that is, he brought the hierarchy of relations into the Trinity. In the same century, the formation of monasticism takes place. Under the reign of Julian (361-363), the persecution of Christians was again organized. For this, he earned the nickname "The Renegade". In the 5th century, the first major schism occurred in the Church. The Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon was not accepted by some Churches. They were given the name - Do-Chalcedonian. During the first millennium, a number of Ecumenical Councils were held in the Church, at which the dogmatic and canonical teaching of the Christian Church was more clearly formed.
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orthodoxy- the "correct faith" of Christians according to the old rite before Nikon's reform. During the time of Nikon in 1666, persecution began against their own brothers in Christ, who did not accept the innovation. The first who refused to accept innovations was Archpriest Avakum. Everyone knows about the innovation of three fingers, instead of the two with which they were baptized (two fingers were adopted from the Old Believers). But that wasn't the point. The main trick is the destruction of the old and the introduction of a new elite, plus the substitution of the concepts of "Orthodox" for "Orthodoxy". After all, even in the Menaion of the Lord (Christian service books that existed before the appearance of the Bible, which appeared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as a book, and before that there were the Menaion of the Lord) there is a phrase: "Thou art the land of Row full, and the orthodox Christian faith" , i.e. not the Orthodox faith, but the orthodox. Avakum said "May we not become like the pagans who honor the ancient Gods", i.e. here "pagan" sounds like a representative of another faith. And for this, they began to physically destroy them and some ran to Pomorie, to the White Sea, and someone to the Old Believers in the Siberian Belovodie. And the Old Believers began to give shelter to the Old Believers, and not because the faith is one, but because they are one by blood.
Orthodoxy- Rule the glorification, i.e. glorification of the World of Rule - the World of the Gods, who have acquired a Light body. The correct glorification of the Almighty (Ramhi), and not the Jewish tribal god Sabaoth-Jehovah-Yahweh, who cares only about the Jews. This term was appropriated by Christians who claim that Orthodox Christianity is more than a thousand years old and refer to Metropolitan Hilarion's Sermon on Law and Grace, where the translation is distorted. Chronicles of the X-XIV centuries. convincingly testify that Christianity came to Russia from Greece under the name "Christ's Faith", "New Faith", "True Faith", "Greek Faith", and most often - "Orthodox Christian Faith" ". For the first time, the word "Orthodoxy" is found in the "Message of Metropolitan Photius of Pskov" in 1410-1417, that is, 422 years after the introduction of Christianity. And the phrase ""Orthodox Christianity"" even later - in the Pskov First Chronicle under 1450, 462 years after the baptism of Russia-Ukraine. Question. Why didn't Christians themselves use the word "Orthodoxy" for half a millennium? Everything is simple. Orthodox Christians became in the 17th century during the reform of Patriarch Nikon, who ordered changes in the annals. The church, when it split in 1054, the western one became known as "Roman Catholic, Ecumenical with a center in Rome, and the eastern" Greek, Orthodox (True) with a center in Tsargrad (Constantinople). From the Greek "orthodoxy" means "orthodoxy". "Orthos" - means "correct", "direct", "doxos" - "thought", "belief", "faith". That is why in Western world Eastern Rite Christians are called "orthodox". Greek Orthodoxy in the 16th century, after the seizure of the Ruthenian lands by Poland, found itself in a tough struggle with Roman Catholicism. Therefore, seeking support for itself, the church came to the only saving way out - to partially adopt the Vedic spiritual customs of the Rusyns. First of all, they turned the "orthodox Christian faith" into "holy Orthodoxy", and by this they attributed all the exploits of pre-Christian Orthodoxy to themselves. Although the Rules praising have nothing to do with Christianity. This church reform under Nikon was also aimed at the destruction of dual faith (Orthodoxy and Orthodoxy). Later, they stopped fighting Vedic Orthodox customs and adopted as their own: the cult of the Ancestors, Green Christmas time, Kupala Christmas time, Intercession, Kalita, Kolyada, Strech (Meeting) and others. which marks Catholic Church that their eastern neighbor had picked up pagan cults. This church reform under Patriarch Nikon caused a split into those who supported Nikon's church reform (Nikonians) and those who did not support it - schismatics. The schismatics accused Nikon of trilingual heresy and pandering to paganism, i.e. old Orthodox Faith. On April 17, 1905, by decree of the Tsar, the schismatics began to be called Old Believers. They call themselves righteous Christians. The split weakened the state, and in order to avoid a large-scale religious war, some of the provisions of Nikon's reform were canceled and the term "orthodoxy" was again used. For example, in the Spiritual Regulations of Peter I of 1721 it is said: ""And like a Christian Sovereign, the guardian of orthodoxy and everyone in the Church of the Holy Deanery ..."". There is not a word about Orthodoxy, nor is it in the Spiritual Regulations of 1776 and 1856. Christians themselves say that their church is called Orthodox, because. she correctly glorifies God. The Byzantine monk Belisarius in 532 (456 years before the baptism of Russia), describing the Russian bath, calls the Slavs Orthodox Slavs and Rusyns.
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“You can’t count the sorrows of the past, but the sorrows of the present are bitter. In a new place you will feel them. Together. What else has the Lord sent you? place in the world of God. Don't count past feuds. Place in the world of God that the Lord has sent you, surround with close rows. Protect it day and night; not a place - will. Raise for his power. Her children are still alive, knowing whose they are in this world of God.
We will live again. There will be service to God. Everything will be in the past, forget who we are. Where you will be, children will be, fields will be, a wonderful life - let's forget who we are. There are children - there are bonds - let's forget who we are. What to count, Lord! The lynx enchants the eyes. You can't get away from it, you can't heal. More than once, we will hear: you, whose will you be, lynxes, what honors for you, helmets in curls; talking about you. Do not eat yet, we will be Her, in this world of God.
Inscription on both sides of the Phaistos disc
According to one of the last calendars of our ancestors, now it is 7524 Summer from S.M.Z.Kh. (prior to this, the stellar heritage of the ancestors dates back 1.5 billion years from the arrival of the first colonists of the Great Race of the Heavenly Clan on Midgard) ..
Hebrew 5777 .. Feel the difference!
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