Father Kerry was one of the best priests I've ever known. He was so down to earth, funny and personable. Being with him felt more like a friend than a priest. I think that's what made him so special and memorable. He married me in the 90's and I was so sad to hear of his passing. RIP Father Kerry.

Perhaps I was jumping to conclusions when I thought my comment was being deleted - perhaps it is not being posted at all. Third try, hopefully works, this time without links, just titles. Rexlion - I would suggest taking a look at "The Church: Visible or Invisible?" by Jimmy Akin, as it will begin the journey of looking at the Church as a single entity without the dichotomy of visible and invisible. To aid in that journey, on the Shameless Popery Podcast, Joe Heschmeyer's "What the Apostle Judas Reveals About the Church" will further dive into the topic, and hopefully explain why it is erroneous to think of the Church as visible and invisible.

Good message. To expand upon it a bit: the church's foremost purpose is (as you say) to glorify God. Its other primary purposes are to lift up and magnify the name of Jesus Christ, to communicate the Gospel of Christ crucified for our redemption from sin, and to build up & encourage the individual members so that they can persevere in faith until the end and can function as one body of Christ on earth. The church is not just Orthodox. Not just Catholic. Not just Protestant. The church is Christian; it is a spiritual church comprised of all whom God has regenerated by His saving grace and the Holy Spirit who indwells them and unites them. This true church is Jesus' church, not the church of any pope or patriarch or human agency, and it transcends all denominational barriers. Not all Orthodox belong to Jesus' spiritual church. Not all Catholics belong to it. Not all Protestants. For there are many who belong to visible churches but do not belong to Christ. This proves that none of the visible churches can legitimately call itself the one true church in exclusivist and inclusivist terms. Any church which tries to claim otherwise is guilty of the same mistake which Paul chided against in his letter to Corinth: 1Co 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 1Co 3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? 1Co 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 1Co 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1Co 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Several of the visible churches claim to possess the true Apostolic traditions, yet they disagree and conflict with each other concerning the content of that tradition. This shows us that we must push past tradition and go further back in time to the Apostolic Age itself and to the constant, unchanging written standard which God the Holy Spirit gave to the church: the Holy Scriptures. Although traditions carry authoritative weight, the variance and disagreements concerning the content of tradition demonstrate that tradition is not the highest authority given to us. The highest authority is the written word of God, the Bible, and all traditions must be evaluated in light of, and aligned with, this written authority. To say that we should do the opposite -- rely on a tradition to decide what Scripture says -- is to practically place that tradition _above_ the constant, unchanging written message; this is a backward and divisive method of interpreting the Bible. Let Scripture interpret Scripture, and let tradition enlighten but never override Scripture. If churches would observe this rubric in all humility and would abandon all pride, hubris, and pretense, they would be capable of dialogue and of eventual drawing together in greater unity. If they would put Scripture first along with prayerful, sincere submission to the Holy Spirit's guidance and true humility toward their brethren, God could lead the disparate groups into His Truth on all the major differences. What stops this from happening? Not the will of God, but self-willed man. I must call to your attention that you begin this message by defining the church as a spiritual body, but by the time we reach the 20:30 mark, when you talk about "no salvation outside the church, you have changed your definition or word usage of 'church' to mean an organized body with a particular tradition and particular form of earthly leadership. This is an error of logic known as the error of equivocation. Outside of the spiritual body of Christ's church, the true composition of which is known only to the Almighty God who sees men's hearts, there can be no salvation. But the visible boundaries of a visible church do not provide an accurate demarcation for the composition of this true, spiritual church. Belonging to the Orthodox Church or to the Roman Catholic Church (or any other visible church) is not intrinsically salvific, and this is why we make false equivocation if we imply that salvation is found within a particular tradition of a particular visible church. Peace.

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That's a gem, Abouna! Important to help living the spirituality of "hours" - that overpasses the destructive or boring dimension of time in this earth. Greetings from Brazil!

Clears up some of my confusion

Beautiful

Thank you for this beautiful video, Fr. Arkady (Anthony).

Perfectly said and Excellently done Father Anthony! You are always on top of things!🙏

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Beautiful

Amen

Thank you Father

Very interesting, Fr. Anthony. Thank you.

This was really good!

The below Scriptures are why Catholics are going to Hell unless they repent! - 2nd Commandment “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them” 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

I'm happy you're feeling better Father 🙏 I remember to ask for healing for all God's people every day when I pray.

That kind of leader is only Jesus. No mortal leader can live completely free of hopes and fears. They can try to move towards that direction, of course.

Awesome and wonderful

Hey, really liked the video🙌! I'm not really sure if it is the best time to ask but, I was wondering if I could help you create a better distribution by working on post-production like better storytelling through Edits, Keywords, think catchy intros and outros, or even some engaging short clips! Would love to chat if you're interested and keep creating good content:)

Wonderful

So very interesting and awesome...to be listened to a few times...if not daily

Interesting and important

Bless me fr.

This is so cool!!

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PLEASE PRAY FOR US AMEN😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

Beautiful Truth...The Way

It is the inside that makes us orthodox not the cloth.

Father, why do you wear the catholic style clothing? Why not a traditional Orthodox cassock? Thank you.

Hello Father. I have been confused about the holy trinity and the Holy Spirit for a long time. It is no coincidence that today I watched this video. Thank you for teaching me. I will say though, that the swapping between camera angles so frequently is a bit hard to view, and is slightly headache inducing. Something to consider changing I hope. But I have subscribed. Thank you again.

I am proud to be an orthodox Christian at heart ❤

Beautiful

Very good sermon! Plenty of truth to it. God bless you and yours, Fr. Anthony.

Beautiful...life giving and enlightening message

*PLEASE* stay out of mental health care. Mental health professionals complete many years of training and education at their own expense, serve internships, are examined rigorously, and are required to complete updating continuous education, while being overseen by a legally-empowered board of experts in their field. STOP PRACTICING MENTAL HEALTH WITHOUT A LICENSE. Stay in your own lane, teach your little bible, and stop endangering lives with your quakery.

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"Life is Beautiful" and "The Island" good movies

Love your Way of teaching...your topics...your stories ...explanations...history... and useful things to ponder for today...current times...and the way you tie it all together

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Thank you Father

Thank you for sharing your thoughts Father.

Χριστός Ανέστη!

Wonderful and beautiful

Father, your blessing , can you please help me out? long time you did interview with Dr presvytera and she talked about the holy spirit, and she said the holy spirit not dove but the closer word the use dove, do you have this video please .

No teman la luz ya tomo el control todos somos seres luz eternos perfectos la muerte no existe todos bamos asender ala 5 D mundo de amor orden y paz❤

So very beautiful....and wonderful....all of it.... benefitual.....enlightening

Thank you Fr Anthony, it's interesting to hear your thoughts on this matter.

So awesome and important...life saving