Discerning the Spirit of Antichrist: The Orthodox Way Amid Ecumenism, Phyletism and Zealotism

In this livestream we will examine:

1. The Essential Unity of Ecumenism, Phyletism and Zealotism
A. Ecumenism and Secularism
B. Phyletism and Secularism
C. Ecumenism and Phyletism: Two Sides of the Same Coin of Secularism
D. Ecumenism and Zealotism: United in “Another Way”

2. The Demonic Method of Adulteration of the Faith
A. The First Stage: Co-Existence
B. The Second Stage: Dialogue
C. The Third Stage: Infiltration
D. The Fourth Stage: Subversion

Conclusion.

As Fr. Seraphim Rose once wrote, the difference between Orthodoxy and heterodoxy is most apparent in that the Orthodox Church (in Her Saints) is able to discern the spirits. Moreover, discernment of the methods of the fallen spirits is a requirement in the formation of Christology and Ecclesiology. As the Evangelist John writes, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8).