5.27 Knox Brown • Reading • “”All Protestants Go to Hell”: Eastern Orthodoxy’s Official Rejection of the Gospel at the Synod of Jerusalem”

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Many Christians assume that Eastern Orthodoxy does not deny the gospel like Roman Catholicism did at the Council of Trent (1545–1563). But the Eastern Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem (1672) has some very fiery words about Protestants.

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Resources to Click

• “All Protestants Go to Hell: Eastern Orthodoxy’s Official Rejection of the Gospel at the Synod of Jerusalem” – Knox Brown
• “The Acts and Decrees of the Synod of Jerusalem, Sometimes Called the Council of Bethlehem, Holden under Dositheus, Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1672”
• “The Delayed Synodical Receptions of the Councils of Jasy (1642) and Jerusalem (1672)” – Craig Truglia
• “Georgian Orthodox Church” – Wikipedia
• “When Did Today’s Autocephalous Churches Come Into Being?” – Orthodox History
• “Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox: What’s the Difference?” – Theoria
• Theme of the Month: Go West, Young Men: Evaluating the Drift toward Eastern Orthodoxy
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