MaximosPTO

• The author claims Catholic converts remain Protestant and argues the Church is not one see or one man, since sees and men rise and fall.
• At the Battle of Baia in 1467, Stephen burned the Hungarian camp and defeated the Catholic Kingdom of Hungary, wounding the king and forcing a retreat.
• At Vaslui in 1475, 40,000 mostly peasant Moldavians under Stephen killed over 40,000 Ottoman troops while losing only a few thousand.
• Pope Sixtus the Fourth named Stephen Champion of Christ but sent no military aid.
• In 1497 the Polish king's supposed crusade was a plan to dethrone Stephen; Stephen repelled the siege of Suceava and ambushed the Poles in the forests.

Key moments

1. 0:00 In 1467 Saint Stephen defended Orthodox Moldavia from the Catholic Kingdom of Hungary, setting the Hungarian camp on fire at the Battle of Baia and defeating the outnumbering invaders.
2. 0:40 The Hungarian king was wounded and forced to retreat, ending Hungarian attempts at conquest.
3. 0:52 At the Battle of Vaslui in 1475, Stephen led 40,000 mostly peasant soldiers against up to 120,000 elite Ottoman soldiers.
4. 1:12 Stephen burned villages where the Muslims would enter, leaving them hungry and cold, and trapped them in foggy valleys, killing over 40,000 Muslims while losing only a few thousand Moldavians.
5. 1:32 Pope Sixtus the Fourth crowned Stephen the Champion of Christ but did not provide the military aid he needed.
6. 1:48 In 1497 the King of Poland announced a holy crusade through Moldavia to help retake captured Black Sea port cities, but actually planned to betray and dethrone Stephen and bring Moldavia under Polish Catholic control.

• The speaker says the Episcopal Church lists Martin Luther King as a saint and martyr on its liturgical calendar.
• He calls King anti-trinitarian, an adulterer, a plagiarist, and tied to the Freemasons.
• He objects to female bishops and compares Episcopalians to Anglican sedevacantists.
• He says many politicians identify with this church.
• He ends with 'Lord have mercy.'

Key moments

1. The speaker says the Episcopalian Church honors Martin Luther King as a saint and martyr on its liturgical calendar, despite calling him anti-trinitarian, an adulterer, a plagiarist, and tied to the Freemasons.
2. He claims Rockefeller planted the social gospel for political control.
3. He notes the second-largest cathedral in America, the seat of their bishop, has Darth Vader heads carved among the gargoyles.
4. He says their bookstore pushes liberal material, even one world religion, and they charge visitors to enter and view the church.
5. To Protestants who say they also have the sacraments, tradition, and liturgy, he answers no, saying it is not the same doctrinal faith but a political subversion.
6. He tells the listener they know deep down there is a truth and to follow it, ending with 'Lord have mercy on us all.'

• The author calls attempts at inclusivity ironic and says one cannot be politically aware and not Orthodox.
• He argues anything Protestant is the polar opposite of conservative, since reform is literally in the name.
• He describes Protestant reform as an infinite regress.
• He hopes many from these sects will wake up, saying the problem is the ideas, the work of the demons, not always the men.
• The post ends with 'Lord have mercy' and hashtags tying Orthodoxy to Evangelicalism, America, and BLM.

• Pope Leo issued an official clarification of Vatican 2, sixty years later
• The clarification admits Vatican 2 changed how the Church views non-Catholics

• Speaker asserts Christianity began in the East and denies the Holy Spirit failed there
• Decline in the East attributed to abandoned first love, false doctrine, and lukewarmness
• Eastern Orthodoxy and Western charismatic or reform Christianity called completely different in doctrine
• Speaker says critic's church lacks the Eucharist and has zero resemblance to Christianity
• Post author questions Mitchell's authority, historical continuity, definition of lukewarm, and avoidance of theology

Key moments

1. Christianity was born in the East, not the United States, and the East now appears like a tomb regarding Christian influence.
2. The Holy Spirit did not fail, God did not fail, and Jesus is not weak.
3. Believers in the East abandoned their first love, embraced false doctrine, and became lukewarm.
4. Eastern Orthodoxy and charismatic or reform Western Christianity are completely different with completely different doctrine.
5. The critic's church has zero resemblance to Christianity and does not have the Eucharist.
6. There is one Christianity, and it is Orthodoxy; Philip Anthony Mitchell and parallel churches are not part of it.
7. Philip Anthony Mitchell never talks about theology and makes blanket claims about the East without theological objection.
8. The speaker asks why Mitchell cannot define what being lukewarm or falling away means, ending with 'Lord have mercy on us all.'

• America is historically a Western European nation built on Western European culture
• Each nation should be evangelized through its own culture and native tongue
• Mass migration has erased any clear culture in America to evangelize
• Diversity of this kind has not been seen historically in any nation
• The author says globalists and Zionists push this and act against Christ