Posted By Macedon on July 12, 2024
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When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth? (Luke 18, 8)”
Why God-Man Christ utters these words, which are of life-saving significance for us today?
On this delightful day that is today, we find it very convenient to clarify these words of Christ, because today is the day of the Holy Apostles, and especially of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and we all boast that we are the heirs of their succession, that is, of the apostolic succession, which in essence is the Tradition of Christ. Are we really? Let’s check with a simple comparison.
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Posted By Macedon on July 12, 2024
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„Синот Човечки, кога ќе дојде, ќе најде ли вера на земјата?“ (Лука 18, 8). Зошто Богочовекот Христос ги изговара овие зборови, кои се од спасително значење и за нас денес?
Денешниот благден е многу погоден да ги разјасниме овие Христови зборови, затоа што денес е ден на светите Апостоли, а посебно на светите Апостоли Петар и Павле, а ние сите се фалиме со тоа дека сме наследници на нивното, односно апостолското преемство, кое во суштина е Христово Предание. Дали навистина сме? Ајде да провериме со едноставна споредба.
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Posted By Macedon on July 11, 2024
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First-enthroned among the apostles
If anyone in the entire history of the Church is suited to the prepositions “most” and “first”, then it is definitely Holy Apostle Peter. Also, the troparion is sung like this together with the Holy Apostle Paul: “O first-enthroned among the apostles…” He is one of the “first” Disciples of Christ and one of those who loved Christ the most according to the commandment: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Matthew 22, 37). His fiery character: quick, impatient, honest and simple-minded, led him to situations in which he always stood out as the first, and therefore bore the consequences of that, both good and bad. There are many such examples of him in the Holy Scriptures.
He is one of the most trusted disciples of the Savoir and beloved of Christ, which is why he was elevated to apostolic dignity among the first twelve apostles, and even among the apostles themselves – he is among the first three. Peter unconditionally followed the Saviour, and after the Resurrection he fearlessly preached Him. Together with Jacob and John, they were eyewitnesses to many significant events in the life of our Saviour Jesus Christ, such as: the Transfiguration of the Lord, the resurrection of Jairus’ daughter, the prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and many others.
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Posted By Macedon on July 11, 2024
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ЧОВЕК КАРПА
Првопрестолен меѓу апостолите
Ако некому во целата историја на Црквата му одговараат претставките „нај“ и „прв“, тогаш тоа е убедливо свети апостол Петар. И тропарот така ги опева заедно со свети апостол Павле: „Првопрестолни меѓу апостолите…“ Тој е еден од „најпрвите“ ученици Христови и еден од оние што најмногу Го засакале Христос според заповедта: „Возљуби Го Господ, својот Бог, со сето свое срце, и со сета своја душа, и со сиот свој разум“ (Матеј 22, 37). Неговиот огнен карактер: брз, нестрплив, искрен и простодушен, го доведувало во ситуации во кои секогаш се истакнувал како прв, а според тоа ги носел последиците, и добри и лоши. Такви примери за него во Светото Писмо има многу.
Тој е еден од најдоверливите ученици на Спасителот и возљубен од Христос, поради што е и издигнат до апостолско достоинство меѓу првите дванаесет апостоли, а и меѓу нив, во првите тројца. Петар безрезервно Го следел Спасителот, а по Воскресението и бестрашно Го проповедал. Заедно со Јаков и Јован биле очевидци на многу значајни настани од животот на нашиот Спасител Исус Христос, како што се: Преображението Господово, воскресението на Јаировата ќерка, молитвата во Гетсиманската градина и уште многу други.
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Posted By Macedon on July 11, 2024
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He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven.” (Matthew 16, 13-19).
Peter addresses the Lord as the first among equals by honour, who at that moment expresses and testifies the faith and experience of all the Apostles, not just his own faith and experience. The Lord Jesus asked all the Apostles, but according to the established order, which is valid still to this day, in the Orthodox Church, the first among equals by honour announced the opinion of all, and spoke on behalf of all. Or, does anyone think that the rest of the Apostles merely happened by chance to follow the God-Man Christ and had nothing to say; those people even draw wrong conclusions from the opinion they hold. The false understanding of this key evangelical event causes its wrong ecclesiological interpretation and many misunderstandings afterwards.
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