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He's wrong. You don't have to be racially a Copt to be in the Coptic Church. We have a many non-Egyptian priests in the Coptic Church, not to mention laity. The Coptic metropolitan of France, Metropolitan Athanasios is not even Egyptian! We have…
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I disagree^^^ For a very simple reason... Baptism means you enter into the Church. Protestant baptism is not entering into the Church. Good intentions does not mean correct beliefs. Hindus have good intentions. Let's not be politically correct…
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Hi @Menas17, I didn't see the question until now. There is very limited intercommunion between EOs and OOs now, but not officially recognized. Examples could be intermarried couples who could go either any church. In some instances, you might fin…
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I don't think the Holy Synod made that clear. Once again, "if necessary", and the woman still has her Holy Spirit, why can't she still be the eshbeen, especially as an "exceptional case for pastoral reasons as decided by the priest who is the spiri…
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Interesting; who is the mystery translator (Unless Abouna Athanasius decided to buckle down with some English)?
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These three books just came out last month!!! Thank you! A long awaited publication. I know who probably translated them too! (Thank you Ramez!!!) :)
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Dear Frenchgirl, Mabsoota is right. You need to be honest in the relationship, and be careful with that boy. In addition, if visiting a Coptic priest makes you worried about the stigma of being "evil" or "demonic", see another Orthodox priest. A…
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This is a difficult situation. I don't think there's an easy answer to this. First off, I do believe ideally you need to believe in what you are being baptized into. It makes no sense to me to be baptized for convenience of marriage. Second of a…
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Finally a word about your experience. There's a very easy answer to your experience. Rather than leave the Church, read the fathers. You experienced a community that descended from the sole survivors of brutal Islamic persecution from the Middle …
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Brother, this isn't the American constitution or Lockian philosophy. We have no rights. We only have privileges and gifts. Even the air I breathe and the body I'm in is not my right. My issue is people have asked a particular question from an Or…
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No, you seem to revel in misrepresenting the position of Orthodox Christians. You don't have to be an atheist to appreciate science and devote time to advancements of human knowledge. The difference is that scientists worship science, but we wor…
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Very simply, by not being provocative, and by understanding this is a Coptic Orthodox site. When you introduce people to anti-Orthodox views, and you become provocative, you will be warned. You don't need written rules for this. Be respectful of …
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Dear Zoxsasi, Better late than never on an answer. Free will is relative, which means it has an existence in you that differs on who you are before death, after death, and after Resurrection from the dead. It differs also on your spiritual state …
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Dear Justice, My advice to you: keep searching for the ways of Christ our God, and keep your mind always in a humble state, for God comes to the humble and lowly in heart and rejects the prideful. But do so like a bodybuilder. For just as a body…
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I have a lot of respect for Tyson, a man of great knowledge of the physical cosmos. But Tyson makes the same fallacy as anyone in his position of great knowledge. He makes the underlying assumption that all things have a material cause. And there…
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No he is not. While a well-respected scientist, I'd take any views from him outside of science with a grain of salt.
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Why? Are you worried that you might fit the definition of "troll"?
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It's probably semantics KMariam. We prefer to say Christ is the mediator between God and man, because Christ is both, and that's the means of salvation. However, if you use the word "intercession", it would be synonymous with "mediator", but not t…
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We're not Monophysites. We do not divide the Church over calendar issues, and we have more melismatic hymns :P
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Well, I think we need to be careful here. I understand the danger of Petrine Primacy poured over into a particular bishop out of bishops (like the Latin pope), but we need to be honest that the greatness/primacy of Peter is not transferred to Rome …
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I know this is minor, but the Church tradition does believe Peter and Paul were the greatest Apostles. Why the change?
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No worries...just my opinion... The priest should have directed the congregation to continue chanting after making sure no one was hurt until the servants clean up the area. That might be the major criticism I would give on the video.
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Oh I'm not sure it's that widely publishable, but if @Remnkemi and others might help out with websites of various versions.
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We don't have a Coptic Orthodox Bible in English. We do have bibles written in Coptic though.
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I honestly don't see it as a laughing matter. I'm glad no one got hurt, but if an icon fell and broke, I wouldn't be happy, but at the same time, it's not the end of the world.
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I'm not sure what this has to do with what I said, neither do I understand your logic behind the contemplation of whether it would heal the multitude or the woman alone. Yes, I believe the power is His indivisible divine nature come to her in the m…
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No brother...it's neither this nor that...Atheism will exist with or without evolution. Atheism is older than Christianity. Rather it is contingent upon the pride and the attachment to the world, and we have to be more than sacrificial to show our…
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Well, I'm more sympathetic with their views on evolution, but yes, pagan stories of virgin births are really different and sometimes not even "virgin".
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4. The Virgin Mary is perpetually a Virgin because she dedicated her life fully to God. It's not a repudiation of marriage, but the gospels are quite clear her marriage to Joseph was a cover up of the birth of Jesus, not a consummated marriage. S…
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In a nutshell: 1. We don't believe in the immaculate conception. The divine nature purifies the Virgin Mary and brings her into communion with God. The incarnation of Christ is the moment of her salvation. So we reject this doctrine from the Ca…