Most of all, the pure, full of glory, evervirgin, the holy Mother of God, Saint
Mary; who in truth, gave birth to God
the Word.
And St John, the forerunner, Baptist
and martyr; St. Stephen the
archdeacon, the protomartyr; the
beholder-of-God,…
Take the institution narrative for example. we say 'We believe that this is true. Amen'... what if someone can't hear it? does the church only consist of young people who can hear well? There's absolutely nothing wrong with microphones. It doesn't t…
[quote author=ophadece link=topic=12862.msg151298#msg151298 date=1328041788]
Why even a microphone for the priest?
Oujai qen `P[C
[/quote]It's more important for the congregation to hear the priests' parts than the deacons.
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I was wondering how was the commemoration of saints written. I mean why do we mention those…
It depends whose side you're looking at it from. You, as the sinner, should feel humiliated and ashamed about your sins.
My priest, on the other hand, always makes me feel better. He says along as you didn't commit murder, you're fine lol.
Ther…
[quote author=Timothym link=topic=12807.msg150811#msg150811 date=1326997433]
I think originally there was a uniform practice amongst all Apostolic sees and which were later enforced in the councils but eventually due to economia of necessity, things…
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[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=12807.msg150724#msg150724 date=1326918917]
I remember watching of the popes Q&As and he said there has to be at least one deacon,…
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[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=12807.msg150728#msg150728 date=1326920196]
If there are deacons present, then I don't think girls should lead, regardless if the deac…
[quote author=TITL link=topic=12807.msg150751#msg150751 date=1326929159]
Peter,
That's still not what I'm saying.
Just.... forget it.
Remnkemi, thanks.
[/quote]Sorry for trying.
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Here is my two cents on the whole issue...
How many church rules and tradition has been broken????? It is like a chain reaction. Once one rule is broken, we will hav…
If there are deacons present, then I don't think girls should lead, regardless if the deacon knows the hymns or not. There's a woman who tries doing that in my church, and it gets to the point where she cuts off the deacons. From a deacons perspecti…
I remember watching of the popes Q&As and he said there has to be at least one deacon, mainly because of the confession at the end of the liturgy. He also made it pretty clear that women can't lead. I think that only applies to the liturgy. As f…
The topic of this thread was about St. Mary appearing, not Elijah murdering people, though I mentioned it. I was using it as an example that even the prophets of baal witnessed the fire come down, yet Elijah still killed them. When one is extremely…
Same with Elijah. Why would he kill all the prophets of Baal? these prophets were extremely faithful in their god. It's not easy for one to just give up what he's been clinging on to his whole life.
It's very hard for people to just 'let go' of a religion. Look at from their perspective. You're a Muslim, and you've been one your whole life. Would it be easy to just leave your faith?