After analyzing at length in part 5 Preterists bits on the Resurrection of the Dead, let us now look at the same in relation to the Kingdom of God, which is to say the Kingdom of Heaven. The prayer book reads: “But let the burning coal of Thine all-holy Body and precious Blood be for […]
Preterism in Eastern Orthodox Christianity Part 5- The Resurrection of the Dead
After discussing possible Preterist soundbites in Orthodox texts concerning The End of Age/Last Days and The Second Coming/Final Judgment, let us now deal with the Resurrection of the Dead. The Prayer’s Book Sunday Troparia and Kondakia, hymns to be sung on Sundays, have plenty of examples that at face value suggest that the general resurrection […]
Orthodox Priest On Preterism. Fr. Thomas Hopko, PhD and Dean Emeritus
Preterism in Eastern Orthodox Christianity part 2 – Introduction.
My first encounter with a Preterist element within Orthodoxy took place when I came across an article written by an Orthodox author in response to a Protestant Preterist author writing about the Orthodox liturgy. The article is titled Response to JL Vaughn On The Divine Liturgy by Lazarus Conley. I have never been able to […]
Preterism in Eastern Orthodox Christianity part 1 – Foreword
There is more to Preterism in Eastern Orthodoxy than what meets the eye. This is my story of how I became both, a Preterist and an Eastern Orthodox Christian. I was raised an atheist in a communist country of non-Orthodox background. During my university years I realized that atheism was false. Shortly before coming to […]
Preterism in Eastern Orthodox Christianity Part 4 – The Second Coming and The Final Judgment
In Part 3, after reviewing the prayer book in relation to the Orthodox view about the Last Days/End of the Age, as well as related translation inconsistencies, let us now look into another eschatological subject, that of the Second Coming and the dreaded Final Judgment. The Akathist to Our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ says: “…Thou […]
Preterism in Eastern Orthodox Christianity part 3 – The End of the Age / The Last Days
The Orthodox faith is Futurist in eschatology, however it contains many more “Preterist” flashbacks than the one noticed by JL Vaughn, as noted in Part 2. To prove it, in the following series of articles I will cite canonized Orthodox Saints, but primarily will focus on citing exerts from a popular Orthodox Prayer Book, published by the […]