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0:01hello my name is father
0:03john brown i'm a priest at holy
0:05transfiguration greek orthodox church in
0:08marietta georgia
0:09and welcome to the first in a series of
0:11classes
0:12the series which is entitled
0:14introduction to orthodoxy
0:16basically it has two purposes the first
0:20is to prepare people who are interested
0:22in coming into the orthodox church
0:24through our parish
0:25and so this serves as their their
0:28preparation or catechesis uh to enter
0:31the orthodox church or even those who
0:33may or may not want to come into
0:34orthodoxy but are at least interested
0:36enough that they want to learn this
0:38material with the
0:40possibility of coming into the orthodox
0:42church
0:43but we're also posting this class on the
0:46internet so that anyone who is
0:47interested in the basics of orthodoxy
0:50can watch and and learn something
0:53so it's the classes that i've taught in
0:57the past
0:58are based on this material and
1:01some of the people most of the people
1:03who take the class are interested in
1:04becoming orthodox or making active plans
1:06to come into orthodoxy
1:08but some are actually people who have
1:10been orthodox their entire lives and
1:12they just want to refresh your course
1:14in their basics of their own faith and
1:17so that's the the purpose of this class
1:20there will be a series of slides and
1:23i will at the end of each presentation
1:25give you my email address if you'd like
1:27to
1:28call or excuse me email me questions
1:31that you might have also you'll have an
1:33opportunity to react on the
1:36website itself under on youtube
1:39so welcome to the class and let's get
1:42started
1:47introduction to orthodoxy by father john
1:50brown
1:52we'll start with a brief history of the
1:53orthodox church
1:55more than most other christian
1:57confessions orthodoxy has a strong sense
1:59of our history
2:00even now in this modern world we are
2:02constantly and continually
2:04drawing from our history being shaped
2:06and inspired by it our past
2:08especially surrounds us in our
2:10congregational worship
2:12the architecture of our architecture of
2:14our temples is from our past
2:16the type and placement of our icons are
2:18from our past
2:19the prayers and chants of our liturgies
2:21are from our past
2:22the music is from our past the vestments
2:25sensing movements and actions of our
2:27clergy are from our past
2:29the lighting of candles and the way we
2:31make the sign of the cross
2:33are from our past we never forget the
2:35two thousand
2:36years that we came from
2:43technically the spiritual roots of
2:45orthodoxy orthodox christianity go back
2:48much further than two thousand years we
2:50draw heavily from our spiritual
2:52ancestors
2:53in ancient judaism to them god first
2:57revealed himself as one bestowed upon
3:00them
3:00the ten commandments and the rest of the
3:02entire old testament god sent them a
3:04succession of priests and prophets
3:06who rightly worshipped him in the
3:09tabernacle
3:10and in the temples and in the synagogues
3:12god delivered
3:13and performed countless miracles for
3:15them and repeatedly delivered them
3:18from seemingly hopeless bondage their
3:20bible became the old
3:22testament of the christian bible
3:24orthodoxy recognizes and honors our
3:26profound
3:27hebrew heritage
3:30to orthodoxy the greatest contribution
3:32of god's old testament
3:35people was their role in preparing the
3:38way for the messiah jesus christ
3:40christianity is all about all about
3:42christ
3:43his virgin conception birth life of
3:46teaching
3:47and miracles voluntary crucifixion
3:49resurrection from the dead
3:51and ascension back into heaven are all
3:53central events of human history
3:56the liturgy of saint basil the great
3:58which
3:59which we follow during great lent
4:01summarizes christ
4:02this way he being the splendor
4:07of your glory and the image of your
4:08being upholding all things by the word
4:11of his power
4:12thought it not robbery to be equal with
4:14you god and father
4:15but being god before all ages he
4:17appeared on earth and lived lived with
4:19mankind
4:20becoming incarnate from a holy virgin he
4:22emptied himself
4:24taking the form of a servant conforming
4:26to the body of our lowliness
4:28that he might change us in the likeness
4:31of
4:31the image of his glory for since through
4:34man
4:35sin came into the world and through sin
4:37death
4:38it pleased your only begotten son who is
4:41in your bosom god and father
4:43born of a woman the holy theotokos and
4:45every virgin mary
4:46born under the law to condemn sin in his
4:49flesh
4:50so that those who died in adam may be
4:52brought to life
4:53in him your christ he lived in this
4:56world and gave us precepts of salvation
4:58descending into hades to the cross that
5:01he might fill
5:02fill all things with himself he loosed
5:05the bonds of death
5:06he rose on the third day having opened a
5:08path for all
5:09all flesh to the resurrection of the
5:12dead
5:12since it was not possible that the
5:14author of life would become
5:16dominated by corruption so he became the
5:19first fruits of those who have fallen
5:21asleep
5:22the firstborn of the dead that he might
5:25be himself the first in all things
5:27ascending into heaven he sat at the
5:29right hand of your majesty on high
5:31and he will come to render to each
5:33according to his works
5:35we will explore
5:38in detail each aspect of christ as we
5:41progress
5:42through this course
5:46pentecost the salvation of humanity
5:49which was accomplished by christ began
5:52shortly
5:53after his ascension on the jewish feast
5:55of pentecost
5:57in which in jerusalem the holy spirit
5:59was poured out
6:00upon the church which comes from the
6:03greek word
6:04called out ones this arrival was marked
6:08by signs and miracles
6:09it was the birth of the christian church
6:12with a supernatural power of the holy
6:14spirit empowering it
6:15the church immediately experienced
6:17explosive growth
6:18the shock waves of that first
6:20pentecostal still are still
6:22reverberating to this day
6:26before his crucifixion christ had
6:28already appointed
6:30the leaders of the church that would
6:31begin later at pentecost
6:34saint peter led the 12 apostles and the
6:36word apostle comes from the greek word
6:38which means
6:38sent ones to establish the first church
6:42in jerusalem
6:43they also gathered to settle the
6:45earliest doctrinal disputes in the
6:47church
6:49the apostles soon spread out throughout
6:51the known world to spread the gospel the
6:53word gospel comes from the greek word
6:54meaning good news
6:56of jesus christ so you can see there in
6:58that
7:00that map there you can see what was then
7:03basically the roman world
7:05and how the different apostles
7:08fanned out from jerusalem and what and
7:11traveled to all these different parts
7:13of not only the roman world but als also
7:16as far as
7:16india and parthia which is today
7:19modern-day iran
7:22saint peter selected by christ as the
7:25first among the apostles his early
7:27ministry
7:28is recorded in the book of acts he moved
7:31to antioch syria and established the
7:34church there
7:35later he moved to rome he was the first
7:38apostle to reside in rome
7:40there he wrote two epistles enshrined in
7:42the new testament he was martyred by
7:44crucifixion
7:46between 64 and 68 a.d
7:50the apostle paul the original apostles
7:54were joined by saint paul
7:55before his cursed conversion he was an
7:58active persecutor of the christians
8:00after his curse conversion he became the
8:03leading missionary of christianity
8:05his writings comprised more than half of
8:07the new testament
8:08he traveled throughout the roman world
8:10preaching and establishing christian
8:12communities
8:13and he was martyred in rome as was peter
8:17so you see a map here of the
8:19mediterranean
8:21and you can see all the places the
8:23apostle paul traveled
8:25and most of the places that he traveled
8:27he preached and where he was able to he
8:29was able to
8:30establish and found new christian
8:33churches so you can see what in one
8:34lifetime
8:36what the apostle paul was managed to
8:38accomplish
8:39in establishing the early christian
8:42church in the first century throughout
8:44the
8:45mediterranean world
8:48the apostle james james being the
8:51brother of the lord not the son of
8:52zebedee their couple of james's
8:54mentioned in the bible so we try to keep
8:56them separate and clear
8:58of all the disciples only saint james
9:01remained in jerusalem
9:02where he became its first bishop he is
9:05mentioned by saint paul
9:06in galatians 1 19 and 2 9.
9:10he wrote an epistle that is part of the
9:12new testament
9:13the jewish historian josephus was his
9:15contemporary and mentions
9:17saint james's martyrdom the apostle john
9:22the apostle john also called the john
9:24the evangelist
9:26was the youngest of the apostles lived
9:28the longest
9:29and was the only one who was not
9:30martyred he wrote four books
9:33in the new testament the gospel that
9:35bears his name
9:36three epistles in the book of revelation
9:39christ
9:39entrusted to him the carry care of mary
9:42his mother which is recorded in
9:44john 19 26 and 27 he preached in asia
9:48minor
9:49and died and was buried in ephesus all
9:51of which is in modern day turkey
9:55the apostle andrew he was the brother
9:59and fellow fisherman of saint peter he
10:01preached
10:02in the region of cythia on the northern
10:05shore of the black sea in modern-day
10:07ukraine and russia
10:09establishing numerous churches there he
10:12also established a church in the small
10:13town of byzantium
10:15which would later become constantinople
10:17the capital of the eastern roman empire
10:20he was martyred in nakaya modern day
10:22greece
10:25the apostle mark this apostle wrote the
10:27gospel
10:28that bears his name after the ascension
10:31of christ he
10:32traveled to egypt to proclaim the gospel
10:35he established the church in alexandria
10:37a major city in the roman world
10:39and became its first bishop he is
10:42considered the father of christianity in
10:44africa
10:45and is honored by orthodox and coptic
10:46christians there he was martyred around
10:48the year
10:4968 a.d the apostle thomas
10:54although he is often called doubting
10:55thomas for initially doubting christ's
10:58resurrection
10:58this apostle traveled the greatest
11:01distance to preach the gospel
11:03he traveled first to parthia which is in
11:05modern day iran
11:06and then to india he established several
11:09christian churches there
11:11and is still honored by indian
11:13christians as their patron saint
11:18towards the end of the first century the
11:20apostles were dying off
11:22all except for one saint john were
11:24martyred but each entrusted leadership
11:26of the churches in their area to
11:28successors
11:29these successors appointed by the
11:31apostles were called bishops
11:33and the word bishop is an english
11:35translation of the greek word
11:36episcopy which means overseers
11:39we see an example of this handoff of
11:42spiritual authority from saint paul to
11:44his protege
11:45saint timothy do not neglect the gift
11:48that is in you
11:49which was given to you by prophecy with
11:52the laying on of hands of the eldership
11:54you also see timothy receiving the
11:57being entrusted with the authority of
11:59churches under the apostle
12:00paul's care in that area paul tells to
12:03tells timothy
12:05hold fast the pattern of sound words
12:07which you have heard from me
12:08in faith and love which are in christ
12:10jesus
12:12the good thing that which was committed
12:14to you keep
12:15by the holy spirit who dwells in us
12:19he also says preach the word be ready in
12:22season and out of season
12:24convince rebuke exhort with all
12:27long-suffering and teaching
12:29the apostle peter also wrote about his
12:32approaching death
12:33and gave parting instructions to his
12:35successors
12:37yes i think it is right as long as i am
12:39in this tent
12:40to stir you up by reminding you knowing
12:43that shortly i must put off my tent
12:45just as our lord jesus christ showed me
12:50this faith and practice of the early
12:52christians are extensively
12:54extensively documented many major
12:56figures
12:57left a body of writings which give us a
12:59valuable glimpse into the
13:01church immediately after the apostles
13:04they are collectively known
13:06also as the apostolic fathers as we
13:08begin looking at this
13:09the late first and early second century
13:12fathers of the church
13:13and what they have to teach us about
13:14what the early church the earliest
13:16church was
13:17was like clement
13:20clement was bishop of rome lived in
13:23approximately 35 to 99 a.d
13:26his most important writing is the letter
13:28to the corinthians
13:30it was probably written while saint john
13:32was still alive
13:33in this letter he asserts his authority
13:35as bishop of rome
13:37over the church in corinth that church
13:39had deposed their priests
13:41and clement demanded that they be
13:43reinstated because they were ordained to
13:45their office by the apostles
13:48another father of that very early time
13:50was ignatius
13:53the birth of ignatius is unknown
13:56tradition holds that he was the little
13:58child held by christ
13:59in matthew 18 2 and 3 earning him the na
14:02the title of god bearer he was ordained
14:06bishop of antioch in syria and some
14:09early sources say he was ordained
14:12to his office by the apostle peter on
14:14his way to rome for trial
14:16he wrote a series of letters to churches
14:19on the christian faith and doctrine
14:22his writings emphasized the authority of
14:24the bishops over the church
14:25by virtue of their succession from the
14:27apostles
14:29he was martyred in the year 108.
14:33polycarp polycarp was a disciple of the
14:37apostle john
14:38who ordained him as the bishop of smyrna
14:40which is now
14:41in in modern-day turkey polycarp was a
14:44teacher and preacher
14:46some of his writings are preserved in
14:47quotations of him by his followers
14:50he was martyred at around the age of
14:52ninety
14:53his martyrdom was recorded and well
14:55preserved
14:57justin martyr lived in of approximately
15:01100 to 165 a.d
15:04he was a christian philosopher an
15:07apologist and by the way the word
15:09apologist and theologically means
15:11he was one who explained christianity to
15:14those who did not understand
15:15christianity was not saying i'm sorry
15:17for being a christian
15:18i want to make that clear he wrote
15:20several books the first important being
15:22first apology he appealed to roman the
15:25roman
15:26emperor antoninus to stop persecuting
15:28christians
15:29he defended christian morals and
15:31recognized some
15:32of the ancient philosophers as
15:34precursors of christianity
15:37his martyrdom was witnessed recorded and
15:40that witness
15:40written record of that still survives
15:44irenaeus irenaeus was the bishop of lyon
15:48in modern-day france
15:49he lived 130 to 202 a.d
15:52he was the disciple of polycarp and was
15:55a prolific defender of the christian
15:56faith against the heresies of his day
15:59he wrote a large book titled against
16:01heresies
16:02which described several varieties of
16:04gnosticism the chief opponent to
16:06christianity
16:08to irenaeus the truest sources of
16:11christian truth were the scriptures
16:13especially the gospels because they were
16:15written by
16:16apostles he emphasized that the bishops
16:19are the true successors of the apostles
16:23we look at the dirac ki the ki is a book
16:27whose name comes from the greek word
16:29teaching the full title of
16:31the book is the teaching of the twelve
16:33apostles
16:34and is dated between the late 90s to the
16:38early 100s a.d
16:40it is a guidebook of beliefs and
16:42practices in the earliest days of the
16:44church and was widely
16:45observed at the time
16:48we can see the extent of christianity by
16:51the end
16:52of the second century you can see how it
16:55started in
16:56basically a small area but it was
16:57already growing even in the midst of an
16:59era of
17:00of persecution so you see everything
17:02that is in orange
17:04is is an extension of the apostolic
17:08extent of the church which is in yellow
17:10so the church was growing at the time
17:12of the early church apostolic fathers
17:17tertullium tertullian lived
17:19approximately 155
17:20to 240 a.d and was the bishop of nor
17:23of carthage north africa he wrote
17:26numerous books defending christianity
17:28against its persecutors and heretics
17:30he is known for cr crafting the early
17:33language of the doctrine
17:34of the trinity his books on the trinity
17:38are immensely valuable later in life he
17:41joined
17:41a heretical group called the montanists
17:43for this reason
17:45he is not considered a saint or a father
17:47in the church
17:49that's why that what you're looking at
17:50there on the right is not an icon of him
17:52because he's not considered a saint
17:55but his works on the trinity were
17:57extremely valuable
17:59that brings us to carthage of cyprian of
18:01carthage
18:03like tertullian cyprian was born also in
18:06carthage north africa in 200 a.d
18:09he became the bishop of that city which
18:11underwent a severe wave of persecution
18:13by the romans
18:14during his episcopate when the person
18:17persecution subsided
18:20he consulted with the bishop of rome to
18:22determine what to do
18:23with those christians who had
18:24apostasized but now wished to return
18:27to the church this is a major issue
18:29during the 300-year period
18:30period of persecution he opposed groups
18:34that were excessively harsh
18:35and determined that any baptism in the
18:37name of the trinity was valid
18:39his roman the roman persecutions resumed
18:42and he himself was martyred
18:44in the year 258 a.d
18:47this brings us to alexander origin of
18:50alexandria
18:52living between 185 and 254 a.d
18:55origen was the premier christian
18:57philosopher and
18:58biblical scholar of the early church in
19:01his book first
19:01principles he drew upon greek philosophy
19:04to refute heresies and paganism
19:06and to advance the doctrine of the
19:08trinity he also
19:10created the hexapla which arranged the
19:13606
19:15old testament passages side by side in
19:18six
19:18languages with scholarly commentary so
19:21he was quite an academic
19:23and quite a biblical scholar one of the
19:25truest
19:26biblical scholars of his day
19:30athanasius was born in alexandria egypt
19:33he was ordained deacon in 321
19:35and rose to the position of patriarch of
19:37that city
19:38he wrote books against early heresies
19:41especially
19:42arianism when the pro-arians temporarily
19:45controlled the empire
19:46he was exiled numerous times in the
19:49desert he wrote about early monasticism
19:51and
19:53and teachings on why the incarnation of
19:56god
19:58was essential to human salvation
20:02he participated in the first ecumenical
20:05council
20:06as a deacon accompanying his bishop
20:07alexander of alexandria egypt
20:11who was objecting to the theology of one
20:13of his presbyters aries
20:15athanasius died in 373 a.d
20:20cyril of jerusalem was born in 315 a.d
20:24the year of his death is unclear he is
20:26best known for his catechetical homilies
20:28these were used to teach those adults
20:31preparing for baptism
20:32in the orthodox church they provided
20:35extraordinary insight into the faith and
20:37practice
20:38of the church at the time
20:42basil of caesarea also known orthodox is
20:44basil the great
20:45was born in 330 a.d and kept
20:48in the cappadocia region which is in
20:50modern-day turkey
20:52he was well educated and left a
20:54promising career in government
20:55to become the bishop of caesarea he was
20:58a prolific
20:59writer and wrote extensively on the
21:01trinity monasticism and against heresies
21:04he wrote the liturgy of saint basil
21:06which formed the basis
21:08of the sunday worship still used in the
21:10orthodox church today
21:12he died in 379 a.d
21:16gregory the theologian sometimes called
21:18gregory nazianzus or nazianzin
21:21was born in 329 a.d likes in basil he
21:24was well educated in philosophy
21:26and rhetoric at the university of athens
21:29he was ordained a priest and then became
21:31bishop of sasima
21:32in 372 and he eventually became our
21:35archbishop of constantinople he also
21:38wrote many books
21:39using his rich education to refute
21:42heresies
21:43and to explain the trinity and the
21:44nature of christ
21:46his five orations on the holy spirit
21:48were used by this ecumenical
21:50second ecumenical council which to
21:53pronounce that the holy spirit is god he
21:56died in 390 a.d
21:59john chrysostom you see his dates there
22:02347 to 407 407 a.d
22:06was the premier teacher excuse me
22:08preacher
22:09of the early church earning him the
22:11title chrysostom greek for the golden
22:13mouth
22:14he was given a classical education was
22:17ordained priest in 386
22:20in antioch and rose to the position of
22:23archbishop of constantinople
22:25he preached to thousands of people at a
22:27time most of his sermons survived today
22:30he edited edited the liturgy of saint
22:33basil to form the liturgy which bears
22:34his name
22:35the liturgy of saint john chrysostom is
22:39the standard liturgy of the orthodox
22:41church
22:41today since cyril of alexandria
22:46was born 375 and died in 444
22:50he became the patriarch of alexandria
22:52egypt
22:53his careful writings on the two natures
22:55of christ human and divine
22:57united into one person became the
22:59standard for the orthodox church ever
23:01since
23:02he was the prime theologian of the third
23:04ecumenical council
23:06against the heresy of nestorius
23:09now why pay attention to the early
23:11church fathers we orthodox do that more
23:14than
23:14any christian confession i know of we
23:17were we're very attuned to
23:19the ancientness of our faith or every
23:23sincere christian wants to know as much
23:25as possible about our lord jesus christ
23:28we read the gospels to read the most
23:30complete accounts of his life
23:32we read the epistles to get the possible
23:34understanding
23:35of what christ's birth life death and
23:38resurrection
23:39mean for us we also instinctively know
23:43that christ's followers knew him best
23:46who knew him better than his apostles
23:48who also knew that the apostles wrote
23:52we also know that the apostles wrote
23:54down only a part of what christ
23:56said and did saint john wrote
23:59and there are also many other things
24:01that jesus did
24:03which if they were written one by one i
24:05suppose that even the world itself could
24:07not contain
24:08all the books that would be written
24:13if a thousand years from now people
24:15wanted to know everything about your
24:17life where would they go
24:19of course they would start with your own
24:21sayings
24:22as reported by people who knew you best
24:24your parents siblings spouse
24:26children aunts uncles and cousins they
24:29would lend
24:30considerable amount of credibility about
24:32your life from the recollections and
24:34traditions
24:35of the generations that immediately
24:37follow you
24:38grandchildren and great grandchildren
24:40especially when all those recollections
24:42and traditions
24:43agree in almost everything they would
24:46place far less trust
24:48and sources that claim to know your life
24:51but are writing
24:52from fifteen hundred years after you
24:54lived
24:55they would be especially suspicious of
24:57people claiming to know about your life
24:59but their claims
25:01are radically different from the people
25:03who knew you best
25:04within a few generations of your life
25:08if we truly wish to know as much as
25:10possible
25:11about christ's teachings then our best
25:14source is to go to the writings of the
25:16students he taught
25:17i.e the gospels and the epistles if we
25:20wish to know more about christ beyond
25:22the official written biography then our
25:25next best source to go to
25:26is the students of christ's students and
25:29read what they heard
25:31then we would want to consult a few the
25:34next few generations that followed
25:35christ
25:37the father fathers of the early church
25:39are not raised to the level of scripture
25:41but they do offer a very trustworthy
25:43record of what christ
25:44taught from sources that are in a
25:46position to know
25:48they are extraordinarily consistent with
25:50each other as well as with the new
25:52testament
25:53the early church fathers are far more
25:55reliable sources of christ's teachings
25:58than those who claim to know what christ
25:59taught fifteen hundred plus
26:02years later this is especially true when
26:04the claims made from fifteen hundred
26:06years later
26:07are wildly different from what christ's
26:09immediate successors
26:11report another reason to pay attention
26:14to the early church fathers
26:16is their writings are extremely
26:17voluminous this may come as a surprise
26:19to many people
26:20i always thought that as growing up that
26:24we didn't really know much about the
26:25first few centuries
26:26of the the christian church and the
26:29writers
26:30and the theologians and preachers and
26:32teachers of the church
26:33when actually the amount of information
26:35we have on that era
26:37is quite extensive you see here a
26:40example of this is a well-known series
26:43that anyone could buy
26:44it's called the complete anti-nicene and
26:47nicene and post nicene early church
26:49fathers collection
26:51three series 37 volumes 65
26:54authors a thousand books 18 000
26:58chapters and 16 million words
27:01so anyone who wants to investigate and
27:03see what the early church was really
27:05like
27:06both what they believed and what their
27:08practices were
27:09it's you can go to you can buy this or
27:12look it up online
27:14in various places and you can see
27:16exactly anyone can look for themselves
27:17exactly what the early church was like
27:20how it was formed what they believed and
27:22what they practiced
27:25finally the writings of the early church
27:26fathers are extremely orthodox
27:29everything we believe and practice can
27:31be found
27:32in the church fathers of the first four
27:34centuries
27:36the trinity the human and divine natures
27:38of christ
27:39church government by bishops through
27:41apostolic succession
27:42liturgical worship baptismal
27:44regeneration
27:46the real presence of christ and the
27:47eucharist confession
27:49mary and the saints icons monasticism
27:52the canonization of the bible they are
27:55all there
27:56anyone can read them if they want to we
27:58will explore the continuity between the
28:00early church fathers
28:01and the orthodox church in our next
28:04class
28:06here is my email address if you have any
28:09questions or concerns
28:10please feel free to write me if i will
28:13make every effort to respond to
28:15these emails that i get from you you can
28:17also
28:18make a comment on the comments section
28:21on the youtube website
28:23have a blessed day and please join us
28:26in following classes on the introduction
28:29to orthodoxy

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