Frequently Asked Questions

Some Protestant groups teach communion or the Lord's Supper is only sign or symbol. Most all of Christendom, however, believes it is far more...

Let us turn to the New Testament and see what God says about Mary. A key passage is Luke 1:26-49.

The Archangel Gabriel calls the Virgin Mary "highly favored" with God (see also Luke 1:30) and the most "blessed" of all women (Luke 1:28)...

The Church sees the Scriptures as inspired and authoritative Holy Tradition: the Word of God. The key here is to see how the word "tradition" is used in the New Testament, which condemns the tradition of men but calls us to follow apostolic or holy tradition...

In Orthodox Christianity, icons are never worshipped, but they are honored or venerated.

The Second Commandment says, "You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth" (Exod...

The Scriptures themselves call us to honor other Christians, both the living and departed.

In Acts 28:10, St...

Biblically and historically true worship has consistently been liturgical. "Spontaneous" worship is an innovation of the last century or so...