Not in that they do something against the will of God, but in that they cannot yet fully fulfill the will of God, which they strive to fulfill with all their being (to love God and neighbor with all their heart, with all their understanding, with all their soul, with all their being), have not yet fully humbled themselves, and have not fully given themselves to God, there are still remnants of their own will, which they creatively try to get rid of in the ascetic feat of self-denial (so that in everything there is the Will of God). To make it clearer, let’s give an example: a professional waiter from the most prestigious restaurant in the world (who has served more than one VIP company) was asked to serve distinguished guests. But this poor fellow had been in an accident before and was severely injured, broke his arm, leg, lost 90% of his vision and hearing… He sincerely, professionally tries to fulfill his service (entrusted to him by the director), but he (covered in plaster and bandages) cannot do it perfectly: he overturned a tray with dishes on the guests, spilled wine on dresses…
Therefore, Christians are sinful (in the sense of imperfection and incompleteness of knowledge), but they do not sin consciously against the truth and righteousness, or in madness. Christians do not sin, and in the second phase of existence, the Holy Spirit teaches them to see themselves as the most sinful; sometimes the Lord allows a Christian to fall into some sin (in ignorance) to humble him if pride has already begun to prevail. But after committing a sin, Christians experience total repentance and comprehensive humility; or simply grace is taken away, and the ascetic is greatly humbled (see St. Symeon the New Theologian), humbles himself before God, knowing that the grace of the Holy Spirit is lost through pride. Often pagans, who pose as Christians, speculate with a phrase said by a venerable man: The Church is a gathering of sinners who repent. In this sentence, the emphasis is on the word “repentance,” not “sinners,” that is, in the Church, everyone moves towards Christ, moves towards healing, fulfilling (trying to fulfill) the will of Christ, the Holy Spirit. But criminals in cassocks often use this quote to justify their Satanism, paganism, and when you point out that they are not Christians, they reply: “we are not pagans, we are sinners”!? You see, the word used is the same – “sinner,” “sin,” but sometimes the meanings are diametrically opposite: both Christians and pagans are sinners!? When we say that Christians are sinners, we mean one thing, and when we say about pagans that they are sinners – it is completely different! (Pay attention to “how,” “what,” and “whom” you listen to!). We will also say: whoever fights against sin, even if he falls into this sin a thousand times a day (with which he is fighting) – he is a Christian, he is in the Church. This sin is not his sin – he rejects it, fights against it, he is in repentance! But when he stopped fighting, agreed with the sin – he fell away from the Church. Until he is baptized again in the Church through repentance and bitter tears and joins the community of Christ’s warriors who conquer the Kingdom of God through repentance (more details about the struggle with passions in the next parts).
Therefore, since patriarchs (and all popes) cannot kill people, and the Church is the Body, it is forbidden for all other members of the Church to kill. Because if someone from the Church, who does not bear the service of a steward (pop), kills, then the whole Body of the Church becomes a murderer, and popes cannot be murderers (this is an axiom-fact). One member of the body killed – all members of the body became murderers, and popes cannot be murderers. Therefore, members of the Body of the Church (Christians) do not kill and do not bless killing! The theorem is proven.
Second method, 2. And we will build this sub-method in the form of provocative rhetorical questions and obvious (for those who have at least a little eye to see, and ears to understand!) trivial (for nursery group children) facts-answers. Therefore: Do you need the grace of the Holy Spirit (some special one, different from that given to all creation, including Satan!) to perform the ministry of a patriarch (any degree of complexity, that is, responsibility) in the church?! For clear clarity, let’s rephrase the question: can a Satanist, atheist, unbeliever, fornicator, sodomite (“gay”), murderer, terrorist… perform the ministry of a patriarch, pope, metropolitan, bishop, presbyter, deacon?! CAN!!! There are plenty of examples-facts (Google will help you – it will give you as many characters (from church history) as you want in both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches). That is, all their actions are legitimate (until the church prohibits them from performing this ministry) – as pagans say, the sacraments are valid, the sacraments are performed (the Orthodox teaching on the sacrament(s) see in Part II): the ordination performed by a criminal pope (Satanist) is valid, the Eucharist at the liturgy performed by a criminal pope – is the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, etc. What kind of “sacred” “huge” ministry in the Church is this, that it can be performed by a child of hell, a Satanist, a moral freak, a maniac, a terrorist (do you still want me to name at least one: , … – ask Google more – it “knows” everything)?! And all his actions will be legitimate (recognized by the whole church) until the prohibition of the ministry, which may not come before the death of the criminal pope.