It is self-evident,
however, that sincere Christians who are Roman Catholics, or Lutherans, or
members of other non-Orthodox confessions, cannot be termed renegades or
heretics—i.e., those who knowingly pervert the truth...They have been born and
raised and are living according to the creed which they have inherited, just as
do the majority of you who are Orthodox; in their lives there has not been a
moment of personal and conscious renunciation of Orthodoxy. The Lord, "Who
will have all men to be saved," (I Tim. 2:4) and "Who enlightens
every man born into the world," (Jn. 1.43), undoubtedly is leading them
also towards salvation In His own way. St. Philaret
of New York
St. Philaret of New
York (+1985)
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