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All Saints Greek Orthodox Church

📍102 Broadway Street, Joliet, IL greek_orthodox

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2 stances that depart from the denomination

The congregation's own words appear to differ from what its denomination's confession binds. This is an AI reading of the church's public text and may be inaccurate — the quotes below show what it's based on.

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America denies. This congregation affirms.
"nuances — Some Orthodox theologians accept the term; others reject it as an overly philosophical Western import. The mystery of the change is affirmed, the mechanism is not defined."
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Orthodoxy honors Mary's sinlessness but rejects the specific mechanism of the Immaculate Conception. It presupposes Augustine's understanding of original sin, which Orthodoxy does not share."
Inherited from denomination

What Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America teaches

Positions bound by the denomination's confessional standards. This is what the tradition teaches; whether this specific congregation publicly holds each is a separate question — see Statements below.

Affirms
Denies
  • Believer's Baptismstandard
    Baptism practiced once, infant primary (RCC Trent; Orthodox catechism)
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
  • Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
    1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Orthodox celebrate the Dormition — similar substance, different theological framing (falling asleep, not immediate bodily assumption).
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
  • Permissibility of divorce and remarriagestandard
    Divorce permitted but with liturgical penance; up to three sacramental marriages allowed.
In their own words

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