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==Protestant Polemics==
The difficulty with most of these sites is not that they are not criticizing [[Orthodox Christianity]] as it is but rather basing their critiques on misconceptions of Orthodox doctrine and practice. Sometimes elements of Orthodox teaching can be recognized, but the way they are put together is often quite bizarre. [[Irenaeus of Lyons ]] wrote about how heretics [[heretic]]s took elements of the faith and rearranged them, so that what once was a mosaic of a king becomes an image of a dog (or something else).
One significant exception is [[Daniel Clendenin]], whom many Orthodox Christians respect for being much more thorough in his research. In that, he is relatively unique among modern critics of Orthodoxy.
===Links===
*[http://people.biola.edu/faculty/alang/EO/SummaryReport.pdf [[Eastern Orthodox]] Teachings in Comparison with The Doctrinal Position of Biola University] (PDF) - May, 1998 (A summary is available [http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew08304.html here])
**[http://www.ctlibrary.com/1450 Higher Education: Universities Question Orthodox Conversions] - from ''Christianity Today'']
**[http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/ewcmreport/articles/ew08306.html Gerald Bray Responds to the Biola Statement and Don Fairbairn]
===Articles===
*[http://uecbwww.byctlibrary.rucom/engct/archive1997/orthodox1january6/7t1032.htm html "Why I'm Not Orthodox"] by Daniel Clendenin (originally published in [http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1997/jan6/7t1032.html ''Christianity Today''])
**[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/clendenin.aspx Responses from Patrick Barnes and Deacon (now Priest) John Whiteford]
**[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/clendenin_response.aspx A Letter in Reply] by Anastasia Theodoridis