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<blockquote data-quote="Basilus of Moro" data-source="post: 1514381" data-attributes="member: 22959">It grieves me to see some of the things Fr. Andrew has said publicly, misleading many of our Orthodox brothers. Here are a few notable statements that come to mind (they all seem related):(1) He once said that the evidence for Catholicism vs Orthodoxy is not such that one viewpoint is more or less reasonable than the other. He was meaning, in other words, that there are good reasons for being either. (2) He promotes an ecumenical ecclesiology a la Fr. Matthew Baker, who claimed that Fr. George Florovsky believed that all of the sacraments of the papists, for example, were spirit-filled, far beyond the claims of Fr. George's published works. Fr. Matthew and Fr. Andrew believe the same.(3) He believes that the Kollyvades Fathers were innovators in requiring baptism for papists. (4) He attacks Fr. Peter for strange reasons - e.g. he doesn't know who his bishop is, even though Fr. Peter is a faculty member of Holy Trinity seminary. It's odd that he says these things publicly, but never reached out to Father for clarification. He is instead mimicking the Bishop Golitzen and others who defended the worst COVID measures.(5) He defended questionable feminists at AFR against the reasonable concerns of Jay Dyer. When Dyer tried to reach out when he saw Fr. Andrew saying rude things about him, Fr. Andrew hung up and refused to talk to him. He called Jay a &quot;conspiracy theorist&quot; and, if memory serves, something akin to &quot;racist&quot; or&quot;alt-right.&quot;Is this worth posting here in this public forum? I'm not sure. It is sometimes best to just say one disagrees with someone. I do disagree with him about the above issues. I believe they are important and unambiguous, but I also have not spoken with him directly to receive clarification of his views. Perhaps, in due time, he will correct these errors. We should all pray for this outcome.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Basilus of Moro, post: 1514381, member: 22959"] It grieves me to see some of the things Fr. Andrew has said publicly, misleading many of our Orthodox brothers. Here are a few notable statements that come to mind (they all seem related): (1) He once said that the evidence for Catholicism vs Orthodoxy is not such that one viewpoint is more or less reasonable than the other. He was meaning, in other words, that there are good reasons for being either. (2) He promotes an ecumenical ecclesiology a la Fr. Matthew Baker, who claimed that Fr. George Florovsky believed that all of the sacraments of the papists, for example, were spirit-filled, far beyond the claims of Fr. George's published works. Fr. Matthew and Fr. Andrew believe the same. (3) He believes that the Kollyvades Fathers were innovators in requiring baptism for papists. (4) He attacks Fr. Peter for strange reasons - e.g. he doesn't know who his bishop is, even though Fr. Peter is a faculty member of Holy Trinity seminary. It's odd that he says these things publicly, but never reached out to Father for clarification. He is instead mimicking the Bishop Golitzen and others who defended the worst COVID measures. (5) He defended questionable feminists at AFR against the reasonable concerns of Jay Dyer. When Dyer tried to reach out when he saw Fr. Andrew saying rude things about him, Fr. Andrew hung up and refused to talk to him. He called Jay a "conspiracy theorist" and, if memory serves, something akin to "racist" or"alt-right." Is this worth posting here in this public forum? I'm not sure. It is sometimes best to just say one disagrees with someone. I do disagree with him about the above issues. I believe they are important and unambiguous, but I also have not spoken with him directly to receive clarification of his views. Perhaps, in due time, he will correct these errors. We should all pray for this outcome. [/QUOTE]

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