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Amazon description: “What is the ancient Christian understanding of today’s UFO sightings? What is behind the Charismatic Movement? What phenomena are assaulting Christianity in our modern world? How can Christians avoid being caught up in the Apostasy?
ORTHODOXY AND THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE examines in eight chapters these and similar questions facing Christians in the contemporary world. The religious phenomena of today are symptoms of a “new religious consciousness” that is preparing the world religion of the future. Phenomena such as Yoga, Zen, Tantra, Transcendental Meditation, Maharaj-ji, Hare Krishna, UFOs, the Charismatic Movement and Jonestown are presented in contrast to the Orthodox Patristic standard of spiritual life, without the understanding of which, in the coming time of antichrist, it will scarcely be possible for Christians to be saved.
This work is a concise and unequivocal Orthodox statement on contemporary trends; its urgent message rings loud and clear. Viewed from a foundation based in Patristic teachings, the spiritual movements of the day are clearly various spiritual deceptions that have existed since the beginning of the Church, rather than the achievements of a new religious consciousness. Addressing soberly and directly the trends of pseudo-spirituality which loom enticingly today, ORTHODOXY AND THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE provides a beacon of discernment in these times of widespread spiritual deception. The book examines a broad spectrum of issues facing modern Christians–each from the perspective of the early Church Fathers. As the “New Age” is becoming a household concept and is moving into wider acceptance by mainstream society, the “new religious consciousness” can be seen progressing precisely along the lines described by the late Fr. Seraphim”
Music used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTcxqKhKHQ
Is this the channel from OB?
Great reading, thank you for the upload. Fr Seraphim is so lucid.
OK we get it
Orthodoxy good……. gay people bad………..
Of course Berdyaev was an Orthodox Philosopher
Very good summary in general. But please avoid saying "quote" too much.
Thank you so much for these videos.
God bless you brother, very well done in every way.
The background chanting is awesome, who are they?
Sheesh the vocabulary here
Wow, this just might have been forwarded to me by an Angel. I am not [yet] Orthodox, but I have recently been getting too caught in the snares of Hinduism and Yoga, especially the convincing speeches of a certain YouTube Yogi Sadhguru.
This audiobook may have come just in time. Thank you.
https://youtu.be/603oKZA_VpQ
Is St Augustine part of the Orthodox respected?
Intro part 1 at 10:22
Intro part 2 25:32
intro part 3 33:10
Intro part 4 38:28
Christ is Risen! I appreciate you having undertaken the work of reading this book for us. Many of us are too busy to get in all the reading we'd like, but we can certainly listen while commuting. Glory to God.
Appreciate you doing this recording.
This book and Nihilism really go well together.
The background chanting is beautiful but drowns our the speaker at times.
Can it be kept lower in future readings?
A sincere thank-you for this, brother.
Pns p. 189 “bliss awaits those who can possibly make it through the tragedy of what has happened to Christ in the Church.”
Ws p. 64 “As I now see it Christianity has perpetuated a shortsighted view of Christ and, consequently, a shortsighted view of the rest of us. Christ’s passage was the revelation of the passage of every human being, and any misreading of him is a misreading of the whole of humanity. Investigating Christ’s human experiences in terms of consciousness or self opens up a whole new dimension of his Truth and revelation, and not only his, but our own and that of the whole of creation.”
Rc p. 282 “The mind can find no definitive satisfaction or fulfillment with mere concepts and hearsay. What man is seeking is the living experiential reality of the Truth, his own immediate experience of this truth. Until he does, he will go right on questioning and being dissatisfied. Even if man knew the truth, he could never be fulfilled by merely ‘believing’ it. He is only fulfilled by experientially living it – knowing it firsthand.”
Ws p. 107 “To say that Christ’s self or consciousness was eternal gives an entirely different picture and meaning to Christ than if we say his self or consciousness was not eternal…I think the West will come upon its own set of problems when it faces the impermanence of Christ’s self or consciousness, but, at the same time, this will reveal an entirely new dimension of Christ’s revelation – of this I am certain.”
Ws p. 156 “But who can understand death and resurrection coming after a life of union and oneness with God? Who can understand the true nature of this death and what the resurrection reveals of Christ’s divine nature? Because of this mystery I regard Christianity as the most difficult and mystical of all religions; Christ is the most unbelievable and unknown Truth there is – and the most difficult of all Truths.”
Rc p. 78 “Sometimes the impression is given that Christianity has a monopoly on forgiveness, salvation, savior, eternal life, God’s Spirit, grace, and so on, when, in fact, Christianity took all this straight from Judaism! The revelation of ‘Christ’ had nothing to do with any of this and changed none of it.”
Rc p. 83 “Basically, there is no such thing as ‘Christian mysticism’ because Christianity – transformation into Christ – is the essence of mysticism.”
Rc p. 140 “To think the anthropomorphic biblical interpretation of God ‘generating’ or ‘begetting’ an Uncreated ‘Son’ could have justified a transition in the Church’s whole understanding of the Trinity and Christ, can only be put down as the most flagrant wrong turn in the entire history of Christianity.”
Rc p. 144 “There has to be God (Logos) before there is any incarnation of the Logos – before there is any Christ and before there is the created man Jesus. No question, the Creed must be totally restated, Christians today are not the semi-polytheists of yesterday.”
Rc p. 157 “To my knowledge, however, the Greeks never agreed hypostasis meant persona – and indeed it does not. In time, however, in the West at least, hypostasis and person were used as synonymous terms. So due to this error, there occurred another switch from the original hypostasis to person – a monumental wrong turn as regards a true understanding of the Trinity and Christ.”
Rc p. 170 “Like the fathers, Christians would be horrified to think they were polytheists or believed in three gods. But this is why the Trinity is kept at a distance, declared a ‘mystery’ incapable of the human mind to grasp. This is also why the Trinity means relatively nothing to the average Christian and plays no part in his spiritual life.”
Rc p. 201 “Sometimes we wonder how Western civilization ever became so self-oriented compared to other civilizations that were more oriented to the benefit of everyone over their individual selves. Well, who invented the individual and particular ‘person’ or self, and who gave it ontological priority over everyman’s common human nature? Christianity!”
Rc p. 242 “What few people realize, however, is that the official Church or Christian language is totally premised on this use of idioms instead of on the truth of Christ.”
Rc p. 248 “No question, the C of P is the most deceiving ruse in all of Christian history a ruse responsible for totally wrong views of Christ, the Trinity and the man Jesus.”
Rc p. 249 “Yet the more divine one makes the Logos’ human nature, the more Christ fades from the picture and the more Christianity deteriorates to a Jesus-cult.”
Rc p. 257 “But who knows what people think they are praying to or worshiping? We can probably say for certain they are not praying to the dual natures of Christ!”
Rc p. 279 “Eliminate the term ‘person’, and how is Christ to be envisioned as a single being? Without theology’s absolute dependence on person as an individual being, its Christologies would go down like a row of dominoes.”
Rc p. 291 “this is exactly what the Incarnation is telling us: not only is mankind not that bad, but rather, it is of greatest worth to God.”
Rc p. 300 “Even the best of theologians are reluctant to admit any radical existential change in human nature – much less an ontological change. Instead, they assure us everyone will go on just the same – only better, of course.”
Rc p. 318 “The day Christianity lost this understanding of deification as the way man is saved, is the day it lost Christ.”
Rc p. 323 “That down the road, Christianity was turned into the narrow, naïve and childish view we have today – i.e., only the man Jesus is Christ, only Jesus could ever be eternally one with God – is the inevitable loss of the whole revelation of the Incarnation, and, consequently, of Christ and Christianity…Christianity’s exclusive, boxed-in view of Jesus and Christ, not only aborts man’s spiritual journey, but will be its own undoing – why? Simply because it is not the Truth of ‘Christ’.”
Rc p. 335 “To say Christian theology is ‘complicated’ is the understatement of all time. It is an unadulterated mess. It so defies common logic as to require man to forfeit his intellectual integrity in order to ‘believe’.”
Rc p. 465 “What is unfortunate, however, is those who write the history of the early development of Christian thought and doctrine, consistently rely on the present-day Aristotelian rendition of it. It could be said this is a deliberate attempt to eliminate any possible ‘Platonic’ understanding of Christ as a universal in order to make Christ solely one particular man – Jesus, of course.”
Rc p. 486 “Loss of self is the very foundation of Christianity.”
Ecc p. 82 “The primary purpose of my writing, however, was less the subject of no-self than to put into the field of Mystical Theology a whole stage of the spiritual journey presently missing.”
http://www.bernadetterobertsisnotmyguru.com
this woman chose to worship in an Eastern rite for the last years of her life…
Thanks for posting this. However I ended up reading the book because (for someone with senior hearing loss) the background music sometimes overpowered the narration. On the other hand, reading the book was a good outcome.
I appreciate the work done to record this. Forgive the question, but do you have a version of it without the background music?
Almost every charismatic /Pentecostal I know would reject hypnosis and the things attributed to the young man who visited the Russian monastery in America totally. It is misrepresenting the beliefs and practice of the vast majority of charismatic /Pentecostal people. Some weird people attach themselves to every type of church and it is highly questionable to make a judgement on so little evidence as the Bible says it is folly to give an answer without hearing. Also most charismatic /Pentecostal oppose ecumenism and unbiblical doctrines and practice. Remember that attributing work of the Holy Spirit to the devil is the unforgivable sin. Better to avoid judging lest you are judged and better by far to fix our eyes on Jesus and press in to know Him. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us .
I am very , very glad that I found your channel ; has a very “fresh” vibe and the structure is educational .
Are you a new convert to the ancient faith ( Holy Orthodoxy ) ?
Thank you for your effort ! God bless you and greetings from România ! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Listened to the audiobook and bought the book. Took me 3 months to get a copy, but its totally worth it. Fantastic book
Jeez this would be perfect except what is up with the music?
Thank you for posting this. Very excellent and so needful for many, indeed! (Would like to say that the pronunciation of "doeth" is "do-eth," not "doth.")
This book is difficult to find , and is, unfortunately, very expensive now!
A must read!!!
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The apprentices of saints are usually saints in their turn and their own right. Fr. Seraphim Rose was an apprentice of St. John Maximovich, and he is revered by many Christian Orthodox faithful. I wonder why he hasn't been already declared a saint, considering his work to spread the orthodox word.
I'm loving all orthodox I've always been spritual & discovered orthodox it just clicked & made sense to me I'm learning as I go very interesting religion ✝️💞✝️ 💯