Ok, more than a question; so I hope you aren't the only Orthodox Christian on the forum, rus, or this will be really loaded. I'm sort of shortcutting here actually...
Anyway, here it is: I've been researching the Catholic Church lately and trying to research the Orthodox Church with the general goal of joining one of them. However, the Orthodox Church does not seem to have a parallel to the Catholic Catechism, and I've just had a really hard time finding out anything solid about it at all. So instead of doing theological research when I
should be doing a paper on Aristotle's "Ethics", I've decided to ask you guys. What's the difference between the two, and what does the Orthodox Church believe?
I would appreciate any sort of answer from an essay to a "read this guy, he's great." I'm already looking for a book called "Being as Communion," which is supposed to be a very good exposition on Orthodox theology, but I'd like to learn more while I'm looking for it. Also, I'd prefer if the theology were as comprehensive as possible. Don't worry about dumbing it down - I really want to know the fullness of what the Orthodox believe. I might have to ask a lot of questions, though
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In His peace,
Inariae
PS - I would appreciate Catholic input too.
Media vita in morte sumus.
"Love loves unto purity...it strives for perfection, even that itself may be perfected - not in itself, but in the object...Therefore all that is not beautiful in the beloved, all that comes between and is not of love's kind, must be destroyed. And our God is a consuming fire...that only that which cannot be consumed may stand forth eternal." - George MacDonald