... are monotheism, this means they believe in only one God. They believe the Lord Jesus Christ is the son of God and that Christ is truly man, like us except for sin. Orthodox believers worship the Holy Spirit as Lord who proceeds from the father. Baptism and Chritmation are the two sacraments essential to enter into the saving shelter of the Church. Baptism ... by triple immersion washes away their sins and restores the image of Adam. With Christmation, they receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit becoming "partakers of the fullness of ... Christ." In the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, th...

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... iconomaches argue that they contradict the Biblical scriptures as being a form of idolatry. Finally, in March of 8431, in the name of her son Michael III, empress Theodora decisively restored the veneration of images to the Byzantine Empire. Consequently, the Eastern Orthodox faith, one of the major ... the icons allows a "window between the earthly and celestial worlds" (Benz 19) by which, in accordance to the Eastern Orthodox Church, the holy person represented in the icon is enabled to carry out miraculous wonders. Albeit the iconomache view opposing iconic representations, the modern...

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