“A general characteristic of Protestantism, especially American Protestantism, is its strong leaning toward the Old Testament. Orthodoxy, on the other hand, is a religion of the New Testament, first and foremost,” Silantyev, the head of the theology department at the Moscow State Linguistic University of Religious Studies, explained.
In Orthodoxy, “all the necessary doctrines were established long ago by the seven Ecumenical Councils. Anything beyond this is not recognized. Orthodoxy is not known for its doctrinal fluidity or flexibility. All these issues were resolved over a thousand years ago,” the scholar stressed.
Orthodoxy rejects Christian Zionism, considering it and Protestantism as a whole as “essentially one big heresy,” according to Silantyev.