Fossilized Visual Idolatry -Complete Historical Failure of Eastern Orthodoxy Both

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1:13 - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow says Orthodox believers can atone for their sins in literal wartime battle (in this case such as the Russo-Ukrainian War).3:08 - By What Standard? Is the Eastern Orthodox Church just as infallible as the Holy Scriptures are? Not according to Mark 7:5-7, " 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?"6 He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 7 And in vain they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" Eastern Orthodoxy exalts traditions of men over the Holy Scriptures. We should believe in Scripture above Church Tradition and Church Councils. Only Scripture is inspired (2 Tim. 3:16). Tradition is never said to be inspired, and church councils are filled with people who have made mistakes (Matthew 15:1-14).17:11 - The Triumph of Heterodoxy - In both Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, the veneration of icons and images is an important part of faith and practice. Members of both faiths honor portraits of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and many saints and angels whom they believe are worthy of high honor and reverential respect. They pray to these figures through their images, requesting their intercession before God, and they bow before the images, light candles to them, and offer them incense. Such practices are not called "worship" by those who are performing them and are distinguished from a unique level of adoration due only to God.