This volume contains an abridged translation of The Catechism of Plato II of Moscow. The Great Catechism of the Holy Catholic, Apostolic, and Orthodox Church demonstrates its agreement with Scripture using a lucid method, conciliatory tone, and firm testimony to the truth. With its simple and unaffected style, the text seeks to enable readers to understand the Orthodox faith and appreciate its simplicity, beauty, and harmony. This concise volume is divided into two parts, exploring both natural religion and revealed religion.
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“We should take care not to pollute even ordinary days” (Page 45)
“At the baptism of infants, in the place of their faith, the faith of their parents and sponsors who bring them suffices and will avail: it is, however, necessary that immediately they come to age of discretion they should be taught the Gospel Faith, that they may duly persevere in the call which they received to be members of the Church of Christ.” (Page 28)
“Consequently, they sin inexcusably and greatly against this commandment who offer to God’s servants an honour nearly approaching that which they offer to God Himself; hope in them almost as much as in God; pray to them longer, or more frequently, than to God; celebrate their commemorations and festivals with more devotion than the Lord’s feasts; or reverence their pictures more than those of our Saviour: for the servants of God, however worthy they may be in themselves, are still but his servants, and the work of his hands.” (Pages 41–42)
“for the Christian law does not by any means admit of polygamy” (Page 34)