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One last post on this topic that is important to me on a personal level: I will express my utmost respect and profound admiration to "ReturnOrthodoxy" and "least of all". Although we are on different pages when it comes to ecumenism, I certainly a…
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True ecumenism is the same as preaching the faith to the unbelievers and heretics. You present the Truth to them, embrace them, and baptize them in the name of the Trinity and admit the to communion for their salvation. You love them but you are abl…
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Have you not read "the devil disguises himself as an angel of light"? Do you not realize that the Antichrist's church will be very similar to the true church? Finally a courageous voice, liberated by the grace of the Spirit from false ecumenism. Y…
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The end of time prophecies are important, and should not be discarded so easily. They are there for a reason. Yes, the end of the life of a person is the end of time for him / her, but for those who live through these times (maybe our times), they…
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The quote is great. I hope words turn into actions. Powerful men were not able to fend off the unorthodox wave of worship. If H.H. is able to heal the church from this massive cancer, he would be a new Athanasius. H.H. really does not need to do a…
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Get this gent in touch with Father John Ramzy of St. Mark's Toronto. Father John served in West African countries and frequently visits the region there with a group of priests and servants under the supervision of Bishop Antonius Morcos. They will…
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[quote author=SWMSANMG link=topic=10538.msg160509#msg160509 date=1350401512] Friends, we are in times where our Orthodoxy is being attacked including by priests who have been ordained as Coptic priests. Some of them marginalize the sacraments, downp…
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Clear to whom? You? I do not understand it that way. No translation conveys what what you are suggesting. Neither the fathers convey what you are suggesting. This is about what you really want to believe. I will leave it to the audience to ju…
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It is better to start out by pointing out the alleged errors in the Scripture and see whether they are really errors, empty attacks or hard to understand aspects of the Scripture that could be explained and justified in some other manner or another.…
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[quote author=imikhail link=topic=9472.msg159863#msg159863 date=1347584946] [quote author=Stavro link=topic=9472.msg159862#msg159862 date=1347582568] [quote author=sherene_maria link=topic=9472.msg159857#msg159857 date=1347575225] Could you please e…
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[quote author=sherene_maria link=topic=9472.msg159857#msg159857 date=1347575225] Could you please elaborate on what you mean, you are saying that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were sexually engaging with fallen angles. Thank you [/quote] No. …
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Let us leave the book of Enoch aside, although: a) It is canonized by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church b) It is quoted word by word by St. Jude c) It is inspired implicitly referenced by St. Paul and St. Peter. d) The Fathers used it. Let us examine…
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We can start by defining who is the Church is.
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[quote author=ReturnOrthodoxy link=topic=10035.msg159747#msg159747 date=1347394744] I love the OB. I dont get to use it in church, but for personal prayers, I love it. It just flows lol RO [/quote] I am impressed. To be fluent in Coptic is an ac…
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As long as Fr. Shenouda Maher is mentioned, I have a question: Did any of you pray a liturgy or a vesper raising of incense with Fr. Shenouda Maher? If so, do you guys understand his Coptic "dialect"? He prayed a liturgy a while back in our loca…
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[quote author=markmarcos link=topic=13602.msg159669#msg159669 date=1347209446] [quote author=Severian link=topic=13602.msg159666#msg159666 date=1347190471] It's a shame they are not that common anymore, we should try to revive the practice as best w…
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You failed to prove your point and you openly advocated using heretical teachings for spiritual edification, claiming we must search for the "truth". When challenged, you resorted to insults. You have a skewed understanding of the Truth. You teac…
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Maybe we can resume this discussion when the contributors have cooled down, are making intelligent contributions instead of showing their disgust like cry babies and cowards, and when they stop pretending they actually care for anything in the Churc…
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This is shocking. Do you know where I can read about this? You can listen to a brief summary from Father Raphael, the disciple of Pope Kyrillos, here: Apparently, all the metropolitans and bishops, who signed the synodal letter to eliminate Pope …
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If I may change the topic... How do we bring our Church back to its authentic Orthodox Theological roots? It needs a miracle. When you need a miracle, you pray. So we can only pray that God may have mercy on us and that He may repose the souls of …
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We ought to know what the Truth is, where Christ can be found in the Truth regardless of the teacher or messenger and become Christ's disciples through the maternal guidance and love of the Orthodox Church. There cannot be any maternal guidance of t…
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After the Arabs invaded in the 7th century, Copts became estranged from the Greek language, which also created a "void" in Coptic theological knowledge during the Middle Ages. I think it is the decline of the Coptic language that was fatal to the Co…
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[quote author=The least of all link=topic=9585.msg158915#msg158915 date=1344994453] Stavro! I am glad you chimed in, i really do like hearing your opinion! I do think in a way one could say that we participated with Adam in committing the sin in th…
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^Some good points. But please, if we discuss Chalcedon let's do it on a separate thread. I would like to stick to the topic at hand. There is no need to discuss Chalcedon here or elsewhere. I just like to point out the contradictions that is associa…
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If I am not mistaken, what Great Cyril and Magnificent Severus teach is the following: 1) We did not take part in committing Adam's sin. We did not exist then. 2) We do not inherit the sin nor the guilt of sin. Point no. 2 is easily proven by th…
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But, if I may respectfully ask you- how do you reconcile the belief that angels had relations with humans with the theology of other Fathers (who teach that sons of man refer to the sons of Seth) and modern science? Although I do not see a need to r…
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[quote author=sordoeht link=topic=9472.msg158121#msg158121 date=1343327299] The question should not be asked whether angels had inter courses with women or not, but the question that should be raised is whether the book of enoch is divinely inspired…
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They usually get a coptic woman, who never set foot in an Orthodox church before, to have a two-in-one package. The Coptic individuals that are suggested to be part of the government are usually pathetic and do not represent the Copts in any way. …
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Remnkemi, I definitely agree with you. You are right. It should not be based on popularity, but on spirituality, only judged by the Holy Spirit. My opinion is as follows: Ideally, all members of the Church, as the Body of Christ and being anoin…
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The authorities that were evil were the pharasees. The Lord did not protest against them, He taught them. The matter at hand was spiritual, not political. The Lord Christ was not opposing the Jews because of self-interest, but rather out of love a…