The Parish of St. John the Divine

A LIST OF ARTICLES COMPILED AT SAINT NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH (OCA)
ARTICLES AND ESSAYS BY FREDERIKA MATHEWES-GREEN
RAMBLINGS OF A REDNECK PRIEST (ROCOR BLOG)

BIBLE STUDY
Parallel Greek New Testament
Parallel Hebrew Old Testament
Greek Alphabet (Pronunciation guide)

THE SEVEN OECUMENICAL COUNCILS OF THE UNDIVIDED CHURCH

SOTERIOLOGY
"River of Fire"
Sin: Infection or Infraction



THE MARIAN DOCTRINES
Here is a list of the Marian doctrines which belong to the Faith of the Undivided Catholic Church
to which our Constitution and the Solemn Declaration commit us.

(I)
That Mary is rightly called the Mother of God - Theotokos
Ephesus Canon 1
(II)
That Mary is 'Ever-Virgin' - We proclaim her Perpetual Virginity
Constantinople II Capitual 2
(III)
That Mary was without personal sin throughout her life
Nicea II Decree
(IV)
That Mary has been Glorified - Her Dormition / Assumption
Constantinople II
(As accepted in the Undivided Church, this means that Mary, as a whole human being,(body and soul)has been taken into heaven,
and that she already shares in the General Resurrection of the body one step ahead of us.)
(V)
That Mary is an intercessor, and that we may seek her prayers
(Liturgical sources....This has been the liturgical practice of the Church from Apostolic times to this day)

LITURGY

This Ministry supports the restoration of the ancient Liturgies of Britain, especially the usage of the Rite of Saint Gregory. The Rite of Saint Gregory was the Universal Western Rite within the Church for a thousand years before the Protestant Reformation. In Britain it retained Sarum Variations. Before the Rite of Saint Gregory was made the Standard Rite in England (at the time of Saint Augustine of Canterbury, a thousand years before the Reformation) the English Church used "The Gelasian Canon", which (according to the Venerable Bede) was very similar to the Gregorian Canon.(The difference being mostly in the lists of local Saints to be commemorated)

Matins and Vespers
(The English Office Noted)
St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church, Washington DC

The Sarum/English Westrn Rites approved by ROCOR

The Rite of Saint Gregory (Antiochian Orthodox)

The Rite of Saint Gregory (Anglican)

THE AFFIRMATION OF SAINT LOUIS
Commentary on the Affirmation from The Family of Catholic Churches

THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF RELIGION
(An Orthodox Commentary)

HUMOUR
THE ONION DOME


OTHER RESOURCES
Anglican Missal Propers
The Book of Common Prayer
An On-Line Ordo Kalendar
Matins(Morning Prayer)
Vespers (Evening Prayer)
The Allentown Tracts

THE COMMONITORY
of St. Vincent of Lerins
(What to do if you suspect your Jurisdiction, your Bishop, or your Priest of Heresy!)