Various Thoughts
May, 2017
The Orthodox Church service is not “seeker sensitive”. One may say that the Divine Liturgy is not explained in a manner similar to the unexplained degrees of Freemasonry.
Advocatus Diaboli
The Devil's Advocate is a very important aspect of the creation of saints in the Roman Church. However, the Orthodox church does not make or create saints, they only recognize individuals as saints after they are venerated by the faithful. Therefore, the office of the devil’s advocate has two values or positions in the two oldest churches: important and non-existent.
Advocatus Diaboli
The Devil's Advocate is a very important aspect of the creation of saints in the Roman Church. However, the Orthodox church does not make or create saints, they only recognize individuals as saints after they are venerated by the faithful. Therefore, the office of the devil’s advocate has two values or positions in the two oldest churches: important and non-existent.