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>>743312

I'd ask for the dankest memes.

>>743312

Foremost prayer, but in combination with the sacraments.

Do both. I quietly pray in tounges sometimes during Divine Liturgy, but I also respect the atmosphere and the solemnly of the service.

>>743346

Orthodox Charismatic Movement?

>>743312

It depends on the person. My personal revelations I can usually type into google and learn it was previously revealed by a holy saint. Other people hear demonic stuff like “we iz all the same, you iz God, smoke mor weed”

>>743312

What the Creator says, of course! His commands come before anything else

There is no priority because they do not compete with each other in any way.

Do you prioritize drinking water over sleeping? No, that's ridiculous.

>>743312

>implying that if what the visions say something that contradicts the church that vision is from God and not Satan pretending to be God

doctrine of the church>>>>>>>personal revelation every time we're not Moses

>>743359

Is there really such a thing?

>>743924

This, always. The great spiritual writers like St. John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila, St. Benedict, etc., all advise that personal revelation only be believed if in 100% concordance with catholic doctrine. The orthodox consider such things prelest, spiritual delusion, and as such they just ignore any personal revelation automatically on principle. And most of these saints speak from much experience of rejecting things like that. Failing to do so leads to your Swedenborgs and your John Smiths.

>But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed -Galatians 1;8

>>743312

You're implying God told the church something different from what He would tell you.

>>743924

If the Creator’s commands matched up with what He previously said in the Bible then I would know. Also if I said, “be gone in the name of Jesus Christ” and it was gone, then I would know if it was a demon. Christ’s name is enough to scare them away

>>744210

I'm pretty sure that God would also leave if you asked him to.

>>744218

Haha He would know what I was trying to do

>>744343

Haha, yes, omiscience works like that, ahahaha.

>>743312

Christ's Body is one, why would Christ be trying to divide it? If someone is putting the Head and the Body against each other, chances are it's not Christ who is speaking to you.

>>743346

> I quietly pray in tounges sometimes during Divine Liturgy

Why?

>but I also respect the atmosphere and the solemnly of the service.

How do you do this by practicing something the Church teaches against?