As a part of the Truth of Our Faith series in honour of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, I am linking to a two-part critique (four posts) on Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko’s Christology and Mariology by Priestmonk Gregory of St. Arsenios Hermitage in Decatur, Texas. I had my own concerns about certain theological statements made by Fr. Hopko, but I did not know many of the things Fr. Gregory takes to task on his blog Panagia Quick to Hear. Here is a list of Fr. Hopko’s teachings (not necessarily in order) which Fr. Gregory addresses in his series entitled The Theology of Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko: Orthodox or Opinion?:

1. That the Virgin required Purification;

2. That the Christ child opened the Virgin’s womb and broke the seal of her virginity (which, for the record, is refuted even by the most basic icon by depicting the three stars on the Virgin’s garment which represent her ever-virginity: before, during and after childbirth);

3. That the human soul is not eternal but dies when the body dies;

4. That Christ’s divinity is circumscribed by His humanity, rendering Him not omnipresent;

5. That Christ was ignorant of “many things”.

And here are the posts in order: First; Second; Third; and Fourth.