Unless a pastor exegetes directly from the Koine Greek, I’m not interested.
Well boy are you in luck, because that's exactly what they do there. Anything else would be heresy after all. In fact, the OCA published the only English translation of the Septuagint in the world. It's called The Orthodox Study Bible. It includes all 81 original books and footnotes for newcomers.
Also, anything from Constantine-forward is sliver short of heresy.
It's the Orthodox Church. It was around before Constantine.
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