I believe that the Church is directed by the Holy Spirit. I believe that, in the Church, man cannot invent anything to take the place of revelation, and that the details of the Church's life bear the imprint of the Holy Spirit. Hence, I refuse human reason the right to make clear distinctions between what it thinks to be primary and what secondary. A Christian's moral life can not be dissociated from his piety and his doctrinal confession of faith. I denounce as being contrary to Tradition the dissociation of the Church's profession of Faith from Her administration. By the same token, the Church's disciplinary canons are a direct reflection of Her Faith and Doctrine. I reject any attempt to revise or "purge," "renovate," or "make relevant" Orthodoxy's canonical rules or liturgical texts.

• Concerning God the Father
• Concerning the Holy Trinity
• Concerning the Incarnation
• Concerning Creation
• Concerning the Spiritual Hosts
• Concerning Immortality
• Concerning Evil
• Concerning Sin
• Concerning Man’s Free Will
• Concerning Faith and Works
• Concerning the Virgin Mary (Theotokos)
• Concerning the Saints
• Concerning the Holy Icons
• Concerning the Holy Relics of the Saints
• Concerning the Holy Scriptures
• Concerning the Church
• Concerning How the Church's Organization is Superior to Ethnic Considerations
• Concerning the Head of the Church
• Concerning the Church and Holy Tradition
• Concerning the Life That is to Come

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