The basis of everything in the Orthodox Church is Holy Tradition – as Saint Vincent of Lerins has stated, “in the Catholic Church (i.e. the Universal Church – the Orthodox Church) itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all”. Holy Tradition includes the combined inheritance of the Holy Scriptures, the Church Fathers, the Holy Services, and the hymnody of the Church, across the centuries and from every place, taken together.

To make the mistake that the Orthodox Church is a battle over Biblical quotes, or improved enlightenment over time is to reduced Christ’s Church to simply another flavour of Protestantism with more accurate creeds and councils. Holy Tradition – and the whole package it contains – makes up the Orthodox Faith.

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