{"id":2245,"date":"2013-09-12T10:13:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/orthodoxyandheterodoxy\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2013-09-12T10:13:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:13:18","slug":"ocn-christians-coming-home-to-orthodoxy-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/orthodoxyandheterodoxy\/2013\/09\/12\/ocn-christians-coming-home-to-orthodoxy-video\/","title":{"rendered":"OCN: Christians Coming Home To Orthodoxy [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZntqBPwcC8g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>A new video from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myocn.net\/\">Orthodox Christian Network<\/a> (OCN) explores some of the basic grounds on which Christians of other traditions choose to become Orthodox Christians.  The production value is a little sketchy at points (there seems to be a bit of awkward blue-screening in a couple of the early shots), and some historical details are glossed over (the schism at Chalcedon isn&#8217;t mentioned when characterizing the first millennium of Christian unity).  Many Orthodox Christians would probably also be hesitant at the ecclesiology implied by the statement that &#8220;the Body of Christ has been breaking apart&#8221; or that &#8220;the Church&#8221; is fracturing and watering down its teachings.  That might have been easily avoided by the use of &#8220;Christianity&#8221; or &#8220;the Christian world&#8221; rather than using ecclesiological terms such as &#8220;Body of Christ&#8221; and &#8220;the Church,&#8221; terms that Orthodoxy traditionally applies uniquely to itself.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also not a big fan of the claim of 40,000 Protestant denominations (that number seems to have doubled in the past ten years or so in the various places I&#8217;ve seen it claimed), mainly because most of those &#8220;denominations&#8221; are really just totally independent, non-denominational congregations and not actual confederations of churches or also because the source that most folks use for that number (the <i>World Christian Encyclopedia<\/i>) counts the presence of a single communion in two different countries as two denominations.  The script doesn&#8217;t seem to get the difference here, though, because after asserting the 40k number, then it introduces the idea of the non-denominational church.  I&#8217;d really like to see a full list of these 40,000 &#8220;denominations&#8221; sometime.  My suspicion is that there may only really be a few thousand, though I admit that I haven&#8217;t done the homework.  It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philvaz.com\/apologetics\/a120.htm\">highly debatable<\/a> claim, at the very least.  I&#8217;m not sure why we need to use that number.  Wouldn&#8217;t it be enough to say that Protestantism is fractured into numerous competing churches and denominations?<\/p>\n<p>In general, though, despite my quibbles, the video is still good, and it seems to be an introductory piece heralding some coming convert stories.  Give it a watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video from the Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) explores some of the basic grounds on which Christians of other traditions choose to become Orthodox Christians. 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