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This is the fifth episode from my interview with Orthodox priestmonk, speaker, and podcaster, Hieromonk Seraphim Aldea.
In this episode, Father Seraphim discusses the relationship between #Orthodoxy and politics.
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This guy. I don't care about politics…pushes climate change, veganism, gun control….
It is hard to believe this guy is even Orthodox. This will discourage converts looking for the truth.
ROCOR has a Western Rite Hermitage in Scotland BEFORE Mull was founded! Plus there is another in Scotland of the True Orthodox Metropolia.
I'm not interested in being political, but…
1. Global warming is definitely a thing where there is no nuance or room for disagreement.
2. We shouldn't have borders.
3. Gun's are just murder machines and we should get rid of them.
Seraphim Aldea is a postmodern progressive ideologue. Check out his video on racism for an example of his non-Orthodox treatment of this issue and politics in general.
Fr. Seraphim is rather typical of the political left. He hates politics but believes that everyone espousing a leftist ideology is somehow politics-free. It is highly unusual to find a monk in charge of forming the minds of other monks into Orthodoxy who is so far from an Orthodox mind.
I am happy to hear Fr Seraphim say we have to be careful not to give too much power to evil forces … as a life long catholic adherent too often our faith takes on negative quality… Catholic tv EWTN prides itself in warning Catholics that devil is everywhere and ready to corrupt and influence.. for me .. I can see how this Puritan form of Catholicism distorts the gospel message…
Disappointed in the comments. No one really got what this wise monk said. Have you guys read the Bible? Don’t kill, love you neighbors? Good luck on protecting yourself with guns.
So a christian is not here to legislate? Um did he forget St. Paul's entire goal of getting to Rome was to convert the Emperor and make Christianity the State religion, and that Christ our God converted St. Constantine himself? There's no such thing as secular space.
Thank you for sharing this. He articulated in 10 minutes what I have spent years trying to explain to people.
This is extremely ignorant with all due respect. If he had his way, Orthodoxy wouldn't exist. Thank God that the Holy Spirit has led the church through crisis not foolish men. He's well-meaning, but woefully ill-informed.
Good luck getting to the point where you don't need to read newspapers anymore. More people need to take on that struggle.
We’re not pacifists. We protect the innocent.
Easy for a monk to say to not have guns when they don't have a wife, sons, and daughters to protect. We are called to not murder, but to lay down our lives for one another
I fully agree with Fr Seraphim about the non-political nature of Christianity, the demonic nature of politics and the need for Christians to beware of politics. With that in mind he should not have mentioned the Guardian newspaper nor appeared to endorse it by describing it as "respected".
I'm glad I listened to your explanation of your positions and esp. about your sources. I understand that a monk has to limit the amount of time he spends online reading political things, so if you've chosen the Guardian, for sensible, practical reasons, then it makes so much more sense that you have received such a gravely unbalanced viewpoint. It's much easier to forgive well-intentioned error, and I'm relieved because I was worried there was some fundamental – spiritual – flaw that led you to hold these ideas. I see no flaw at all other than being poorly informed by the bad intentions of the people who are dealing out the information in the media – the same reason nearly everyone is misinformed. What it tells me is that your positions are well intentioned, and come from a good place, a place as you say of love, and this makes it much easier for me to listen and take away this good message. The things you say about immigration (for instance) and the terrible deaths of so many people in the Mediterranean are quite true, and I can accept them on those grounds. There is just a lot more to it that you will not have heard about from something as biased as the Guardian.
Imagine what beautiful examples of Orthodox Christians we would all be if we commented “Lord have mercy on Fr. Seraphim” instead of self righteously judging and condemning him…
Imagine if the #1 commandment we were told to obey as Orthodox Christians was to love each other as Christ loves us…
Imagine what those thinking of converting to Orthodoxy think about Orthodox Christians based on these comments…
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
I don't have my gun to Murder, I have it to protect me and my family from those that would harm or kill us
Help the persecuted Christians first to migrate
As seen through many of these comments, it is interesting to see how seemingly political issues can bring a divide even in the True Church. I hope there may be Church consensus on these issues.
this is actually a good example of how liberal propaganda is so effective. it tricks the viewer into thinking these aren't radical ideas and are even comparable with traditional teaching. I think he's watching too much CNN or perhaps BBC
On the path to ultimate truth you might find yourself having stepped in some politics like dog poop on the sidewalk, it happens.
A political mind will see the life of Jesus as a political statement in of itself. But this would be a low level interpretation and if limited to only that it should be wiped off the bottom of your shoe.
The human mind cannot hold political and spiritual simultaneously without cognitive dissonance occurring. The very state you must put your mind to think politically is not of God.
What a naive attitude to the circumstances of the world. He clings to the most left wing and Marxist views, dressing them up as part of his vocation to the priesthood. His theology has been affected by his politics although he would never admit this…..
I am not opposed to helping people on an individual basis, but why would I support a mass movement of populations that are or will be hostile to my ideals and my children? There is a timeline and repercussions beyond our small lives.
Prelest.
Three cheers for Hieromonk Seraphim Aldea!
There are some real gems in here (e.g. "I don't care anymore…" at 7:15, "I don't believe Satan rules anything…" at 11:34).
Letting Christian territories commit demographic suicide is not a Christian value.
the problem is that all this is great if it was applied individually and freely and most of people will agree. This problem is the idea that the government will impose those rules upon the people. The Lord Jesus and the apostles never advocated that the government should impose moral values of any kind on people. We all absolutely should help the refugees and the poor etc. but to impose a tax on all the people to help the or the immigrants or to protect certain group, minority or agenda is also very wrong and God condemned the rulers who take sides of any kind. When the early Christians brought all their belongings to the apostles to distribute equally among the Christians it was totally voluntary and even this experiment of socialism failed miserably to give
In spite of being completely voluntary and by people who were willing to give their lives and did give their lives for their faith the . Two things usually happen when we have socialism in a community 1- Corruption: people will abuse their power, cheat, act hypocritically and eventually they become far from Christians 2- Resentment between people because it creates a sense of entitlement and paranoia and the feeling that they are not getting what they are entitled to get by the government/the ruler. This feeling on the long run causes feelings of anger and helplessness. people who lived in socialist society they know this very well. This exactly what happened in the early Jerusalem church corruption: Ananias and Sapphira Resentment: the friction between the Jewish Christians and the pagan Christians/ Forgive me Father Seraphim I like you and respect you, but I think you need to separate the Individual behavior/ obligations from the governmental rules and regulations and once you advocate things to become laws it automatically becomes political and it should be. please forgive me and absolve me and I still respect you and love your service
Aside from enviroment, I completly disagree. We are called to fight against darkness in Ephesians 6:12. We should not start a Holy war, but we should never bow down to the power structure. The Orthodox Church has many saints that fought to defend the true faith, Saint Olaf is an example. The Orthodox Church understands that in order to protect the people and the faith war is sometimes needed, not justified, but needed. I mean, it's obvius that the perfect Christian life is a full pacifist approach, but it's not possible in many cases.