Eastern Orthodox

[theculturewarrior]

I am currently undergoing my biggest challenge as an amateur apologist...

How to evangelize Eastern Orthodox...

Most Catholic apologetics seem to focus on protestants, secularists, and cults. The Eastern Orthodox are often conspicuously absent, or neglected.

What approach should I take? I have learned that I will be needing to read more Church history and patrology. I am guessing that the impetus is to evangelize, not missionize.

Does anybody know any good Catholic apologetics sites that focus on Orthodoxy?

Thanks, God bless,

TCW

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='aByzantineCatholic' date='Apr 1 2004, 11:28 AM']
DON'T, leave them alone! The Holy Father has requested this.

They have:

1. Valid Apostolic Priest.
2. Valid Sacraments.
3. Grace.
4. Valid arguments against the Catholic Church

They are:
1. Just as old as the Catholic Church

Pax! [/quote]
i've never heard of this, but i guess that doesn't necessarily mean its false.

anyway, i have collected many articles for the reference section on eastern orthodoxy. they include the following:

[b]Eastern Orthodoxy[/b]
[i]Comprehensive Arguments[/i]
--[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/Eastern_Orthodoxy.asp"]Eastern Orthodoxy[/url]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11329a.htm"]Orthodox Church[/url]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13535a.htm"]Eastern Schism[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.info/Othodox.htm"]The Orthodox Schism[/url]
--[url="http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/anichols/orthodox.html"]A Catholic View of Orthodoxy[/url]
--[url="http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0681.html"]Eastern Orthodoxy[/url]
--[url="http://praiseofglory.com/bouyerchurch.htm"]Orthodox and Catholics[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/8410/"]Apologia: A Catholic Page for Protestants and Eastern Orthodox[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.net/schismatic_orthodox_churches.htm"]The Schismatic Orthodox Churches[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2850"]Proceeding Toward Reunion at Last: Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3010"]Progress in Overcoming Old Divisions[/url]
--[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/BARTHDEC.HTM"]Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II & Patriarch Bartholomew I[/url]
--[url="http://praiseofglory.com/lifting.htm"]Joint Declaration of Patriarch Athenagoras I and Pope Paul VI[/url]
[i]The Filioque[/i]
--[url="http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/06073a.htm"]Filioque[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.info/filioque.htm"]The Filioque[/url]
--[url="http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ251.HTM"]A Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue on the Filioque[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=1176"]The Father As the Source of the Whole Trinity[/url]
[i]Petrine Primacy and the Roman Papacy[/i]
--[url="http://web.globalserve.net/~bumblebee/ecclesia/patriarchs.htm"]The Eastern Church Defends Petrine Primacy and the Papacy![/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=1355"]Byzantium and the Roman Primacy[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/popestleo/orthopopes.html"]Popes of Rome Who Are Orthodox Saints[/url]
--[url="http://www.mwt.net/~lnpalm/byzantin.htm"]The Primitive Church and the See of Peter: The Byzantine Plot[/url]
--[url="http://www.mwt.net/~lnpalm/sixth.htm"]The Sixth Nicene Canon and the Papacy[/url]
--[url="http://rtforum.org/lt/lt29.html"]Papal Authority in the First Ecumenical Councils[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=1092"]Eastern Orthodoxy: Primacy and Reunion[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3485"]Peter and the Orthodox: A Reprise[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=586"]The Epiphany of the Roman Primacy[/url]
--[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFPRIMA.HTM"]The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.info/orthodox.htm"]Is the Orthodox Church Apostolic?[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.info/Universal.htm"]The Papacy[/url]
--[b]note:[/b] also see the [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=4690"][b][i]Church Authority & Apostolic Succession[/i][/b][/url] and the [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=4908"][b][i]Peter & the Papacy[/i][/b][/url] entries

for more on non-catholic, christian religions, please go [b][url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=8772"]here[/url][/b]

i hope this helps..........pax christi,
phatcatholic

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Apr 1 2004, 10:16 AM'] Does anybody know any good Catholic apologetics sites that focus on Orthodoxy?
[/quote]
try these two:

[b]--[url="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/8410/"]Apologia: A Catholic Page for Protestants and Eastern Orthodox[/url]
--[url="http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ23.HTM"]Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Eastern Orthodoxy[/url][/b]

i hope this helps, and remember, [b]debate on this topic needs to be reserved for the debate table[/b].

pax christi,
phatcatholic

[phatcatholic]

all comments have been moved into a new post in the debate table. they can be debated upon there.

pax christi,
phatcatholic