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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.69,0:00:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey dear ones,\NGod bless you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.84,0:00:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for tuning in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.32,0:00:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a reflection for you today\Nthat I'm entitling "Organized Religion".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.57,0:00:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Organized Religion".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.57,0:00:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 30 years,\NI've heard as a pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.16,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a priest of the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.06,0:00:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard reference\Nof organized religions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.74,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people who are frustrated \Nwith their religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.67,0:00:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who are abandoning \Ntheir commitments
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.10,0:00:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their promises to God\Nto practice it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.38,0:00:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I heard this \Nfrom the very first days
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.60,0:00:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after my Ordination.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.13,0:00:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was first ordained,\NI was a mission priest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.94,0:00:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a very small mission,\Na fledgling mission
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.47,0:00:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.29,0:00:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was trying to win\None of my charges,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.40,0:00:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my dear parishioners,\Nto a more faithful Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.79,0:00:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I speak to him\Nabout the importance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.39,0:01:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of faithful attendance at worship,\Nand placing commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.92,0:01:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the sacraments and the preparation\Nfor interception of the sacraments
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.27,0:01:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the top of his list in his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.24,0:01:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.48,0:01:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, I just find that I feel \Nmuch closer to God
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.44,0:01:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pray better in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.90,0:01:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I like to go out in the woods,\Ninstead of going to church."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.36,0:01:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was from the beginning\Nof my pastorate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.70,0:01:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been hearing \Nthis ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.95,0:01:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I've heard two references\Nto people not believing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serious Orthodox Christians saying\Nthat they don't believe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.29,0:01:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in organized religion anymore,\Nthey aren't practicing religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.57,0:01:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard this twice in a week,\Nin a single week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.75,0:01:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So evidently, three decades \Nafter being ordained,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.65,0:01:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this grotesque excuse\Nfor abandoning sacred vows to God
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.20,0:01:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to practice our faith in the church,\Nhasn't lost its potency.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still very commonly referred \Nto as some sort of justification
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.64,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for not participating\Nin the community life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.94,0:02:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sacred koinonia\Nof the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.95,0:02:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not remaining faithful \Nto the church to the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.37,0:02:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is such an important thing\Nfor Christians to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.52,0:02:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, all traditional religions,\Nall significant religions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.93,0:02:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in human history\Nhave been highly organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.06,0:02:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no such thing \Nas a influential world religion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.13,0:02:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that isn't highly organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.24,0:02:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, certainly, the one true religion\Nrevealed from Heaven by God
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.25,0:02:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save the human race \Nand redeem the cosmos
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.90,0:02:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is highly organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.14,0:02:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's highly organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.63,0:02:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we see in the Old Testament, \Ntremendous organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:03:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see Priests and Levites,\Nand their duties articulated
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.15,0:03:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in great detail, \Nwith levels of accountability.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.18,0:03:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sacrifices, the nature of worship\Nand how it's to be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.86,0:03:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The organization of singers\Nand readers, on and on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.95,0:03:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the Old Testament,\Nthe Jewish faith was revealed by God,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.80,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Moses and developed\Nunder King David,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.38,0:03:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Prophets in great detail,\Nin great organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.88,0:03:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in fact, \NOur Lord Jesus Christ Himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.03,0:03:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, He loved to pray in nature\Nto His Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.66,0:03:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He liked to retreat to the hilltops\Nand to pray in the gardens,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.96,0:03:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, He also participated\Nmost directly and faithfully
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.90,0:03:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in organized religion, both\Nin the synagogue and the temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.03,0:03:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was faithful growing up\Nin Sabbath after Sabbath,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.37,0:03:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participating in the worship\Nof the synagogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.86,0:04:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He kept all of the feasts\Nas God's faithful and true servant.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.45,0:04:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Our Lord Jesus Christ,\Nin the fullness of His ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.28,0:04:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set forth for us the nature\Nof Christian worship
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.66,0:04:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inspired His Apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.58,0:04:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave them also great\Ndetailed instruction about organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.70,0:04:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had His three, He had His Twelve,\NHe had His 70.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.37,0:04:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, by His Holy Spirit,\Nafter His precious cross
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.61,0:04:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and His three day entombment,\Nand then His resurrection from the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.11,0:04:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the descent of the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.81,0:04:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave great detailed instruction,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.33,0:04:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inspired His apostles\Nhow to organize the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.28,0:04:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church is His Body.\NAnd it's not an invisible body.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.29,0:04:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bodies are highly organized,\Nthank God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.49,0:04:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they are not highly organized,\Nthey collapse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.06,0:05:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, so we see in the gospels\Nnot only does our Savior make reference
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.78,0:05:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the process of building His church,\Nbut he guides the apostles very clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.11,0:05:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how to hear confessions,\Nhow to retain and remit sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.94,0:05:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to deal with matters \Nof church discipline.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.48,0:05:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Texts like these are found \Nin Matthew 16; Matthew 18; et cetera.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.31,0:05:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then as you see the acts \Nof the apostles developing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.80,0:05:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see the ordination\Nof the sacred deacons
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.85,0:05:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were to assist the apostles \Nand the apostles organizing their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.81,0:05:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around prayer and the ministry\Nof the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.97,0:05:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and delegating many\Ncharitable acts of the church
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.41,0:05:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the diaconate, (Acts 6).
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.16,0:05:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see in Acts, Chapter 14, verse 22,\NSaint Paul ordained.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.47,0:05:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a very highly organized action.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.61,0:06:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He ordained presbyters, priests,\Nin every church.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.86,0:06:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Epistles, \Nyou see the detailed working out
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.59,0:06:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the early organization\Nof the early church,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.04,0:06:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including such things\Nas the nature of ordination,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.43,0:06:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the laying on of hands, the bestowal of\Nspiritual gifts in ordination.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.52,0:06:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lists of qualifications \Nfor priests and deacons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.04,0:06:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see guidance that Paul\Nprovides bishops,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.20,0:06:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Timothy and Titus,\Nhis spiritual sons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.84,0:06:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole section known\Nas the Pastoral Epistles,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.24,0:06:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1st and 2nd Timothy\Nand Titus;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.45,0:06:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely chock full\Nof detailed organizational guidance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.86,0:06:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given from Saint Paul\Nto the early church.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.63,0:06:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1st Corinthians, \Ndetails on the celebration
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.12,0:06:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Holy Liturgy\Nand the distribution of the Eucharist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.14,0:06:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone doesn't believe\Nin organized religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.47,0:06:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't believe \Nin Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.46,0:06:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they don't believe \Nin the church that He established.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.07,0:06:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they don't believe\Nin the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.76,0:07:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New Testament climaxes\Nwith the Books of the Apocalypse
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.92,0:07:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which heavenly worship\Nis revealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.86,0:07:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great door to heaven\Nis open and John sees
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.37,0:07:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going on\Nin the next life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.08,0:07:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, what do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.71,0:07:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worship of God around His Throne\Nis highly organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.12,0:07:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As is, the new heavens\Nand the new earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.28,0:07:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, dear ones, this is not\Na good thing to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.46,0:07:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't believe in organized religion."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.43,0:07:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that the truth faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.96,0:07:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Christian faith, \Nis externalisitic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.66,0:07:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organized religion\Ndoesn't mean externalistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.65,0:07:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just means serious,\Nand big, and old.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.15,0:07:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, if fact, you would expect\Nthe Holy Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.78,0:07:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is 2000 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.39,0:07:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has been growing\Nand filling the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.64,0:07:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and winning men and women\Nto salvation for the last 2000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.48,0:08:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would expect that she would be\Nhighly organized and developed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.96,0:08:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in fact, she is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.00,0:08:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean externalistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.96,0:08:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are externalistic,\Nthen we're not being true
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.00,0:08:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the core organization\Nof our faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.54,0:08:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which Our Lord and Savior gave \Nto us, which is to build from the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.92,0:08:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our faith is a matter\Nof the purification of the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.62,0:08:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the transformation\Nof the inner man.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.41,0:08:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we're real men \Nwith real bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.83,0:08:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collectively, our koinonia\Nhas real structure to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.52,0:08:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the church isn't just \N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.34,0:08:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an invisible reality\Nof spiritual communion,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.57,0:08:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also a tangible reality \Nof loved expressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.22,0:08:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sacraments consumed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.21,0:08:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people, body and soul\Nbeing healed and transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.42,0:08:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually people say comments like this \Nabout organized religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.99,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't believe in organized religion."\NAnd they 'poo poo' organized religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.16,0:08:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because somehow they have suffered\Nfrom aspects of the organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.48,0:09:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps they have been abused\Nby this or that leader in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.74,0:09:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, they've suffered some\Nterrible injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.24,0:09:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, they've been slandered\Nor hurt in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.08,0:09:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, so this is a protective mechanism\Nin their minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.47,0:09:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're overreacting to the fact that\Nthe church is not perfectly organized,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.40,0:09:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not perfectly living her life\Nbecause the church
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.47,0:09:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on earth, while true,\Nis not perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.82,0:09:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, that has been the case\Nsince the time of its founding.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.98,0:09:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read the Acts of the Apostles \Nand look at how many traumas
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.67,0:09:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the holy Apostles had to work through\Nand to guide the church through.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.19,0:09:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That didn't allow people to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.25,0:09:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I don't believe \Nin the organized church
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.69,0:09:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the apostles were establishing\Neverywhere, in fulfilment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.80,0:09:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their obedience to Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.29,0:09:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you separate yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.49,0:09:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from that community \Nand from its organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.74,0:09:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you separate yourself\Nfrom Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.19,0:10:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because those that receive \Nthe apostles, receive Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.32,0:10:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those that rejected\Nthe apostles, rejected Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.52,0:10:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is my encouragement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.45,0:10:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever think that thought,\Nbanish it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.59,0:10:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you don't believe \Nin organized religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.94,0:10:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You certainly do\Nif you're a believer and a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.58,0:10:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have suffered, \Ndon't allow yourself to overreact.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.43,0:10:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, invest more in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.72,0:10:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contribute to her proper organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.26,0:10:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the heart, \Nand in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.98,0:10:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contribute to her health by\Na greater investment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.16,0:10:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the integrity \Nof the body of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.38,0:10:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We absolutely believe in \Nand love the organized religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.34,0:10:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the most Holy Trinity \Nhas bequeathed to man
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.08,0:10:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the locusts\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.28,0:10:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the church of Communion \Nwith Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.20,0:10:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God be with you dear ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.03,0:11:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask your prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.72,0:11:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Narrator)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.35,0:11:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Patristic Nectar Publications \Nis pleased to present
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.60,0:11:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the proceedings of the 2022\Nannual PNP conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.23,0:11:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entitled Holy Orthodoxy:\NPresenting the Christian Faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.86,0:11:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This seven lecture series\Nis designed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.31,0:11:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present a broad exposure\Nof the contours of the Christian faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.17,0:11:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both to prepare\Ninquirers and catechumens
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.56,0:11:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for holy baptism,\Nas well as deepening
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.20,0:11:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and renewing the faith\Nof believers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.26,0:11:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These lectures are delivered\Nby a collage of catechists.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.38,0:11:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four by the deeply respected petrologists,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.86,0:11:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archimandrite Maximos Constas
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