Excerpt from "Spokesman for true Orthodoxy":
In a short essay sub--titled "A Reminder for Everyone Who Considers Himself an Orthodox Christian," Archbishop Averky further discusses the danger of allowing this false zeal to enter into church life:
“The Church is not an arena for the struggle of power, nor any other political or partisan struggle, in which the opponents, for the most part, are governed by their pride or vanity, by their ambition to 'play a role',... The Church exists not for the mutual antagonism of those who seek honor and prominence, not for partisan squabbles, nor for the sowing of enmity, intrigue, calumny, and slander, nor for the earning of scores."
Archbishop Averky, Spokesman for true Orthodoxy, Orthodox America
“The Church is not an arena for the struggle of power, nor any other political or partisan struggle, in which the opponents, for the most part, are governed by their pride or vanity, by their ambition to 'play a role',... The Church exists not for the mutual antagonism of those who seek honor and prominence, not for partisan squabbles, nor for the sowing of enmity, intrigue, calumny, and slander, nor for the earning of scores."
Archbishop Averky, Spokesman for true Orthodoxy, Orthodox America
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