One Final Stab

Okay, let me make two points here and move on. I'll respond to the greek lesson when I have a chance to study it a little.



First, although you admit to arguing from an Orthodox position, you also admit to not being Orthodox. If you aren't Orthodox, then argue from your own position. The problem I see with all your arguments is that you claim to be accepting the authority of the church when in fact you don't accept the authority of any church, except the church of 1600 years ago. This leads to my second point...



Second, although you claim to accept what the early church says on a given subject. The problem with that argument is that the writings of the church Fathers are open to interpretation themselves. I have read articles which quote the church fathers supporting opposite viewpoints on a given subject. How do we know what the correct interpretation is? By what the church today says is the correct interpretation, I would assume. But you don't accept the authority of any church because you don't agree with all of any church's doctrine, which leads us back to the fact that you are guilty of the very thing you're accusing most protestants of.