#12462 Do Some Orthodox Traditions Allow for Multiple Marriages? - William Albrecht

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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“Do Some Orthodox Traditions Allow for Multiple Marriages?” This episode explores the nuances of Catholic and Orthodox relations, addressing questions like which Church Fathers and Councils support the Papacy, the historical split between the two churches, and how to respond to those drawn to Orthodoxy. Tune in for a thoughtful examination of these important topics.

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Questions Covered:

04:55 – What Fathers and Councils should I read that support the Papacy?
11:26 – Who led the parting of the Orthodox church with the Catholic church? What was the key disagreement?
16:15 – How can I respond to someone who feels that they are being led from Catholicism into Orthodoxy?
30:00 – Do some Orthodox traditions allow for more than one marriage?
40:40 – Are we allowed to take communion if a Catholic attends an Eastern Orthodox Church?
42:41 – Does it affect our Salvation if we don’t believe in a Catholic church teaching?
52:22 – What is the difference or similarity between Eastern Orthodox or Catholics disagree with their leaders’ teachings?

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0:37.8	We've been having an awesome hour, this first hour, on answering Orthodoxy, and we're
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1:06.4	William, that was a phenomenal hour.
1:29.1	In the midst of all of this, for some reason I was, I started thinking of a, I forget who it was, I was listening to an interview with a, it was an Orthodox priest talking to a convert. And they mentioned that, amongst the conversation that some Orthodox churches don't accept Catholic baptisms.
1:32.1	And can you kind of explain that?
1:40.2	Because I know Catholics, for the most part, will accept Orthodox baptisms, but why is it not a thing the other way around?
1:47.4	Unfortunately, you will find that there are a few Orthodox churches that do not accept Catholic baptism. By and large, they do. Usually those are going to be fringe groups that do not
1:53.0	accept it. It isn't a matter of it be of them not viewing the actual priest as being valid, it's more of them of certain
2:07.3	of these groups insisting on a triple immersion formula. Now you're probably wondering,
2:13.4	okay, well, where on earth do you find that being normative in the early church? Well,
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