I know I started a Protestant and I'm looking into Orthodox faith because I finally looked into early church history and saw my beliefs like fold before my eyes.

So I'm in shock right now.

But I kind of want to ask real quick, if you can start all over in your journey and learn Orthodox faith, what would you do from the very beginning?

You don't have to go on like along, like right away read the early church fathers.

Just take my time and not rush into it.

Start by reading Athanasius.

Start by reading the church fathers gradually.

Just take your time.

Lulopek.

The reason that the Orthodoxodox church does not strictly identify catholicity with universality i'm well aware that that's what the word means is because of the fact that you

can have the fullness of the faith as ignatius talks about in his epistles at the local church.

That's why.

And because it's not an issue of numbers.

And it's very important to stress that because many times in the history of the church, the true believers were reduced in numbers.

Okay.

Any Orthodox theology book that you read will discuss this in contrast to the Roman Catholic notion that it's essentially identified with universality.

And the reason we'd say that is because Roman Catholics always say you need the four marks of the church.

And because Orthodox don't have Catholicity in terms of numbers. They're not the true church.

It's a stupid argument.

That's why I said that.

I knew since I was 18 that the word Catholic means universal.

Come on.

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