The battle for Orthodoxy. Per. from Greek / Protoprev. Theodor Zisis, prof. University of Thessaloniki named after. Aristotle. - M.: Holy Mountain, 2010. "Battle for Orthodoxy" - this is how we entitled the publication of a selection of articles by the famous Greek priest, theologian and publicist, Protopresbyter Theodore Zisis, dedicated to an exclusively relevant topic today: the preservation of the purity of Holy Orthodoxy and counteracting the pernicious heresy of ecumenism. "...Faith requires not erudition and scholarship, but humble submission not to the opinion of the majority, but to the truth, the general historical and eternal truth of the Church. If a person does not get rid of conceit and vanity about of his knowledge and humbly does not join the mind of Christ, the Church, its Fathers and Teachers, which opens up spiritual horizons, then he will not cease to be amazed at that steadfastness in faith and that ability to answer any questions, which is distinguished even by simple believers. He will condemn them as “egoists.” "and "know-it-alls" who lack humility. True humility lies in agreeing not with the point of view of the majority, but with what God and His Saints teach, for very often the majority begins to trust untruth and, as it were, legitimizes it with its numerical superiority. her. If submission to the opinion of the majority, which rejects the truth, were an indisputable norm in human society, then no one would accept the Gospel preached by a handful of Apostles, and the Church could not survive surrounded by so many unbelievers and heretics..." Source: The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.