It's why after considering EO for a few years and spending a lot of time enjoying the Eastern church fathers (and the beautiful art/aesthetics), and now agreeing with their metaphysics over the Western views.
Some of the traditions that started developing are a bit weird and unbiblical IMO.
Too much emphasis is put on iconography (some would say to the level of fetishism), thinking spiritual beings are aware of you through images you are kissing. Asking Saints and Mary to pray for you rather than praying directly to God (Catholics are weird about this as well, something we simply don't see in the Apostles or Apostolic Fathers, nor instructions to do this in the deuterocanonical books even if some claim there are allusions in a verse in Tobit, we simply see no commands to or examples by the Gospels or Acts, the Pauline Epistles, or the Apostolic Fathers like Polycarp, Clement, and Ignatius).
Colossians 2:13-14 also, it's like they haven't really developed their Pauline theology. They get Christus Victor but not the other important aspects of the atonement.
They sometimes get furious when you mention any of that, and I don't want to cause division but it's enough of a problem I have to warn when the topic comes up because I worry they don't understand the basics of the gospel according to the Bible, and fell into the same trap as the Pharisee's did, holding up oral traditions higher than what God had written down in stone for us.
I'm not protesting anything I'm simply labeled "protestant" because I love the Bible.
Still enjoy listening to many EO and Catholic philosophers and theologians though, I am not saying they aren't true believers.
I just want everyone to know they can have a direct relationship with Jesus and speak to Him one on One, you don't need a middleman.
“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
– Corrie ten Boom
“I’ve experienced His presence in the deepest darkest hell that men can create. I have tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them. I know that Jesus Christ can live in you, in me, through His Holy Spirit. You can talk with Him; you can talk with Him out loud or in your heart when you are alone, as I was alone in solitary confinement. The joy is that He hears each word.”
It's why after considering EO for a few years and spending a lot of time enjoying the Eastern church fathers (and the beautiful art/aesthetics), and now agreeing with their metaphysics over the Western views.
Some of the traditions that started developing are a bit weird and unbiblical IMO.
Too much emphasis is put on iconography (some would say to the level of fetishism), thinking spiritual beings are aware of you through images you are kissing. Asking Saints and Mary to pray for you rather than praying directly to God (Catholics are weird about this as well, something we simply don't see in the Apostles or Apostolic Fathers, nor instructions to do this in the deuterocanonical books even if some claim there are allusions in a verse in Tobit, we simply see no commands to or examples by the Gospels or Acts, the Pauline Epistles, or the Apostolic Fathers like Polycarp, Clement, and Ignatius).
Lack of an understanding of the Atonement, no concept of God being angry towards humans for sin.
Colossians 2:13-14 also, it's like they haven't really developed their Pauline theology. They get Christus Victor but not the other important aspects of the atonement.
They sometimes get furious when you mention any of that, and I don't want to cause division but it's enough of a problem I have to warn when the topic comes up because I worry they don't understand the basics of the gospel according to the Bible, and fell into the same trap as the Pharisee's did, holding up oral traditions higher than what God had written down in stone for us.
I'm not protesting anything I'm simply labeled "protestant" because I love the Bible.
Still enjoy listening to many EO and Catholic philosophers and theologians though, I am not saying they aren't true believers.
I just want everyone to know they can have a direct relationship with Jesus and speak to Him one on One, you don't need a middleman.
“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
– Corrie ten Boom
“I’ve experienced His presence in the deepest darkest hell that men can create. I have tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them. I know that Jesus Christ can live in you, in me, through His Holy Spirit. You can talk with Him; you can talk with Him out loud or in your heart when you are alone, as I was alone in solitary confinement. The joy is that He hears each word.”
– Corrie ten Boom
Seventh Day Adventism is the Christianity you want.