Does Orthodoxy Promote Nominalism?

About this episode

The episode discusses accusations against Orthodox Christianity regarding nominalism and explores what true Christian faithfulness should look like.

Online detractors of Orthodox Christianity accuse Orthodox Christianity of producing nominal Christians. Is Orthodoxy created to subvert deep faith in God? What should Christian faithfulness to Christ look like? We bring the receipts to disprove this slander.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Tom Soroka

Topics covered

• nominalism
• Orthodox Christianity
• faithfulness
• Christianity
• deep faith

Keywords

• Orthodox Christianity
• nominal Christians
• faith in God
• Christian faithfulness
• deep faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orthodox Christianity

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