Another biased quiz

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[3ahyga]

Who is the neo othodox?

[methodius]

The "neo-orthodox" are Protestant Calivinists who follow people like Karl Barth. Some of the things that they say are similar to what some Orthodox theologians say, but their understanding of them is somewhat different.

[3ahyga]

Here is results of test of mine.

[methodius]

Very interesting -- I wonder if Western Christians are aware of the affinity between Wesleyan/Hiliness and the Orthodox traditions.

Actually, I know a Free Methodist whose son became Orthodox.

[russkaya_chica]

Some are. I work at a Wesleyan (Nazarene) university, and one of our church historians here tells me that Wesley even asked Orthodox bishops to ordain his priests. I guess its pretty well-known among Wesleyan scholars that the man himself was very influenced by Eastern Fathers, esp Sts. Macarius, Ephraim, and Pseudo-Dionysius, if I am not mistaken. Randy Maddox, a Methodist scholar, draws a lot of parallels between Wesley's work and Orthodoxy in his book, Responsible Grace (on Wesley's theology).

[methodius]

Yes, Wesley (and following him, most of the Methodists) rejected the Anselmian/Calvinist theiry of the atonement, and call themselves Arminians. Arminianism was not Orthodoxy, but rather a Western reaction to Calvinism, but nevertheless, it took them back to the Fathers, and their concern with holiness also first with the Orthodox notion of theosis, which the Wesleyans called sancrification.

[naqerj]

There is a book.

[methodius]

Thanks for that link!