On Being Orthodox:
Everything that does not have that Person is not Orthodox. Everything that does not have the Godman's Justice, Truth, Love, and Eternity is not Orthodox. Everything that wants to carry out the God-man's Gospel in this world through the methods of this world and through the methods of the kingdoms of this world is not Orthodox, but implies enslavement to the third temptation of the devil.
To be Orthodox means to have the God-man constantly in your soul, to live in Him, think in Him, feel in Him, act in Him. In other words, to be Orthodox means to be a Christ-bearer and a Spirit-bearer.
A man attains this when, in the body of Christ--the Church, his whole being is filled with the God-man Christ from top to bottom. For this reason the Orthodox man "is hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3:1-3).
Archimandrite Justin Popovich, The Struggle for Faith, The God-Man, pg. 100.
To be Orthodox means to have the God-man constantly in your soul, to live in Him, think in Him, feel in Him, act in Him. In other words, to be Orthodox means to be a Christ-bearer and a Spirit-bearer.
A man attains this when, in the body of Christ--the Church, his whole being is filled with the God-man Christ from top to bottom. For this reason the Orthodox man "is hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3:1-3).
Archimandrite Justin Popovich, The Struggle for Faith, The God-Man, pg. 100.
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