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[SIZE=+1]CONCERNING THE NEOPLATONIST HERESY
AGAINST ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY[/SIZE]
We will complete our discussion of the Patrick Barnes heresy concerning the nature of man with the following article. With this present material, we have presented sufficient proof from the holy fathers that the teaching which the Neo-Platonists in the Orthodox Church officially espouse (recently endorsed by Mr Patrick Barnes of the Orthodox Christian Information Center website, and which appears on that website), that the soul of man alone is the complete person, is a heresy against the expressed anthropology of the Orthodox Church. This heresy is based in Platonism and Gnosticism and is common to most of our modern Augustinian neo-Platonists, but is perhaps worse among the so-called "old calendarist" sects, where scholasticism is also rampant.
Following this present article, we will discuss the second major heresy of Neo-Platonism, and this one also involves Fr. Alexei Young. This grave error is the heresy of "natural immortality." The teaching that the soul is naturally immortal is a heresy, and it is also a sure pathway to pantheism. The teaching that the soul is is naturally immortal is rooted in both Platonism and Gnosticism, so it is not surprising to find it taught or implicated by followers of Augustine of Hippo, the Western neo-Platonist philosopher responsible for so many of the Western heresies.
We will also look briefly at the Orthodox Christian awareness of the intercessions of the saints and our prayers for the departed, so that no one will be left in doubt about our clear understanding of the efficacy and meaningfulness of both. We are presenting here also a letter which was written some years ago in response to an open letter from the late neo Gnostic philosopher, Fr Seraphim Rose.
We do not wish to repeat here the contents of our book, The Tale of Basil the New: Study of a Gnostic Document, which is an assessment of a primary source of the "tollhouse myth," however that book is available free of charge to anyone who requests it.