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Text Box: subtracts from the Creed of the Council of Nicea be anathema.”) But the manner in which Dogma is taught and emphasized, and in which various aspects of Dogma are emphasized or de-emphasized, is under the control of humans. The philosophy of an individual can therefore have an effect on how that individual teaches Dogma, and even result in an individual using the proper expression of Dogma but emphasizing and de-emphasizing portions of that expression so-as-to actually teach that which is contrary to the very Dogma which the individual is teaching. (And they are anathema.) This philosophy, “Hope that all will be saved”, is expressed in the Protestant position that one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God is saved and goes to Heaven when they die. It is a corruption of the Dogmatic expression and definition of the Virtue of Hope. The Protestant position is not a reality for the very Devil himself believes that Jesus is the Son of God, yet the Devil is not and will not be “saved”. Nor will any living human who just believes that Jesus is the Son of God for belief is not the Virtue of Faith. One can have faith and that faith not be the Virtue of Faith. As an example, one can have faith in the ground under their feet, and that faith may be proven in that the ground under their feet never gives way. One may have faith in their own ability to do something and may well be able to do that something and may actually do that thing. But neither of these is the Virtue of Faith. So too can one have belief that Jesus is God and that belief not be the Virtue of Faith. The Virtue of Faith has as a requisite the acting in accordance with that Faith. Thus one who possesses the Virtue of Faith will act in mind, deed, and will in accordance with that Faith. In this manner belief is not simply belief but is the Virtue of Faith. Notice

Text Box: it is not stated that belief becomes Faith. It is stated: In this manner belief is not simply belief but is the Virtue of Faith. The concept of “Hope that all will be saved” using the definition of the Virtue Hope is therefore an impossibility for the Virtue of Hope is totally dependent on the Virtue of Faith. Regular hope can be thought of as the situation where person A is to testify on behalf of person B and person B hopes person A gives testimony which is helpful to person B. In a different sense, a parent can hope their child will not engage in sexual activities until married and then only with their spouse. But the Virtue of Hope is actually a certain knowledge, as well as the actual reality, based in the Virtue of Faith that, by way of example, the one who possesses both the Virtue of Faith and the Virtue of Hope will attain everlasting happiness in Heaven provided that one continues to act in accordance with that Virtue of Faith following The Way taught by Jesus Christ. Now it should be clearly understood that the philosophy referred to as “Hope that all will be saved” is nothing more than heresy. Not just simple error, but heresy. This philosophy (and in naming it a philosophy great kindness is used as regards those who hold this philosophy to be Dogma, and great damaged is wrecked upon the innocent term “philosophy”) is based in aversion to the real fact that Hell is very real, very nasty, very horrible, and that a very great many people go to Hell and stay there for all eternity.

Text Box: In reaching out to the Protestants, Pope John XXIII and Vatican II changed the inclination of the Roman Catholic Church instead of demanding the Protestants refute their errors and heresies. The Orthodox Church has shown various indications of reaching out to the Protestants in manners similar to that done by Pope John XXIII and Vatican II. These errors must not be repeated by these last reliable bastions of depository of the true Faith. Quite simply, there is no Hope for those who obstinately cling to sin. There is no Hope for those who obstinately cling to errors in Dogma and erroneous beliefs, for these are grievous sins. There is no Hope for or in those who cling to grievous sin especially those who so do in an open and defiant manner. Prayer can be offered for them and they may change, but there can be no Hope until they change. It is not likely they will change unless they are constantly given holy example and prayers are constantly offered for them. And even then any change is up to their exercise of their free will. This false hope concept is based in the belief that for one to go to Hell one has to actively struggle to go to Hell and actively reject God. This belief is not reality. Going to Hell is easy. People do it all the time. What is difficult is going to Heaven. People do that all of the time too, but they have to struggle to get there. Even when holiness becomes “second nature” attaining and maintaining holiness is a struggle. Loose sight of this reality and you may well find yourself in Hell. +

Text Box: So too can one have belief that Jesus is God and that belief not be the Virtue of Faith. The Virtue of Faith has as a requisite the acting in accordance with that Faith. Thus one who possesses the Virtue of Faith will act in mind, deed, and will in accordance with that Faith. In this manner belief is not simply belief but is the Virtue of Faith. Notice it is not stated that belief becomes Faith. It is stated: In this manner belief is not simply belief but is

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