What is the Eastern Orthodox understanding of faith & justification?

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I’ve been on some Orthodox websites, but this has never been particularly clear to me. From my currently understanding – correct me if I’m wrong – justification occurs in Eastern Orthodoxy when one places their faith in Christ and also puts his will forth into the divine will.

Is this correct, and can I have clarification please? Thanks! 👍
 
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I’ve been on some Orthodox websites, but this has never been particularly clear to me. From my currently understanding – correct me if I’m wrong – justification occurs in Eastern Orthodoxy when one places their faith in Christ and also puts his will forth into the divine will.

Is this correct, and can I have clarification please? Thanks! 👍
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I do not believe this was ever a major topic of contention in Eastern Orthodoxy; thus, they may not have a strongly defined definition.

On the Roman Catholic side, this was a major source of disagreement during the Protestant Reformation, so we have a very firm definition so that confusion caused by incorrect teachings could be corrected.
 
Hatikvah said:
I’ve been on some Orthodox websites, but this has never been particularly clear to me. From my currently understanding – correct me if I’m wrong – justification occurs in Eastern Orthodoxy when one places their faith in Christ and also puts his will forth into the divine will.

Is this correct, and can I have clarification please? Thanks! 👍
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The Orthodox view will be very similar if not exactly the same as the Catholic Church.

The main difference between the Catholics and Orthodox is the role of the Pope. We both share the same deposit of faith. And the Eastern Catholics (who are in communion with the Pope) are almost 100% identical to their Orthodox brethren.

Also, the Eastern Churches usually just consider theological concepts like this as a mystery and leave it at that. The big Eastern heresies took place in the first few hundred years of the Church, mostly about the Nature of Jesus.

The Western Church had to address this in the 2nd millienium of the Church, while the Eastern Church didn’t
 
Pretty much the same as Catholics with a little bit of eastern theology thrown in.
 
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