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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OrthoSerb" data-source="post: 1556935" data-attributes="member: 24061">This is quite a subversive statement because it implies that the Orthodox Church is split on the issue and that there is both substantial support and and substantial opposition for what Protestants mean by the word.  All of the quotes given in the link Pathos provided show a consistent position quite different to how Protestants typically define the term.  Also all the references are councils or Saints, not mere scholars.  Orthodoxy does not have a tradition of academic theology.  Here is a longer exposition by St John of Damascus:[URL unfurl="true"]http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/exact_freewill.aspx[/URL]I'd remind you that the Inquirers and catechumens sub-forum is not there for non-Orthodox to attempt to bend Orthodoxy to their own interpretations.</blockquote>