What do Eastern Orthodox believe about the Bible?

Eastern Orthodox Christians believe the Bible is God’s word, revealed for the salvation of humanity. Their doctrine holds that God inspired the writing of the Bible in its original languages, but that translations, by their very nature, are not inspired.

Does the Orthodox Church take the Bible literally?

No. The Orthodox Church is agnostic in nature – based on faith, not blind adherence. The closest you come to literal interpretation with us is the belief that everything necessary for salvation can be found in the Bible.

What are the extra books in the orthodox bible?

Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon

• Tobit.
• Judith.
• Additions to Esther.
• 1 Maccabees.
• 2 Maccabees.
• Wisdom of Solomon.
• Sirach.
• Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah.

Is the Bible an allegory?

No. The Bible is not an allegory. This question comes up again and again in different forms. People seem to want the Bible to be either one of two things: history or allegory.

Why Apocrypha was removed from the Bible?

The Confession provided the rationale for the exclusion: ‘The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture, and therefore are of no authority in the church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings’ (1.3).

Do Eastern Orthodox believe in purgatory?

The Orthodox Church does not believe in purgatory (a place of purging), that is, the inter-mediate state after death in which the souls of the saved (those who have not received temporal punishment for their sins) are purified of all taint preparatory to entering into Heaven, where every soul is perfect and fit to see …

What do Eastern Orthodox believe about salvation?

The Orthodox believe that there is nothing that a person (Orthodox or non-Orthodox) can do to earn salvation. It is rather a gift from God. However, this gift of relationship has to be accepted by the believer, since God will not force salvation on humanity.