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God actually protested against authorities that were evil and seeking-own-interests. I am not familiar with this divine protest you refer to. Protesting is an act of a person under a certain authority. I cannot think of a situation in which God is s…
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Dear ophadece, I get the sense you aren't fluent in reading Arabic, or are you? I consider myself fluent in Arabic. I guess if you are, you would understand much more of the gimmicks happening in Egypt, than a superficial outlook of blaming the rev…
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Remnkemi, We put our trust in God, not in princes or presidential nominees. (Psalm 118:8,9), not in marches or rioting or in a legal system or politics. I agree with you. I am against Coptic demonstrations / riots of all kinds, and do not like to s…
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Every diocese or church is alloted a number of electors (voters), who should ideally reflect the opinion of the people in their diocese / churches and not their own, similar to the electoral system in the US Presidency election. Maybe HG Bishop…
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It is ironic that Morcy, the President of Egypt now, was a prisoner prior to the revolution and was freed by the brotherhood's militias who attacked the prisons of Egypt during the chaos of the revolution. They released Hezbullah's, Hamas' and their…
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I agree Stavros. But I’m sure that if there is mass persecution in Egypt the rest of the world will interfere... I hope. The Prince of the World does not contradict himself. He does not inistigate the persecution the Copts to defend them on the o…
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[quote author=marinacopt link=topic=13419.msg156921#msg156921 date=1340101392] I think we all have to think out the box I mean I dont want persecution but Maybe God just wants The brotherhood to take over so that He gets more martyrs to His name. W…
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The win proclaimed by the Brotherhood is doubtful, just like all their claims and declarations are. The lead assumed by the the spare tire is yet to be confirmed by an independent agency or by the election committee, which still has to ratify the re…
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Welcome back, Biboboy! This is an amazing find, thank you for bringing it to our attention. I wish a similar scientific effort can be done for the manuscripts in the Coptic monasteries, which lack organization but contain valuable information. …
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How does annulment work when there is adultery? There is no annulment in case of adultery. There is divorce. Annulment takes place when the marriage was not consummated.
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"What then, you say, does God ordain all, even the unworthy? God indeed does not ordain all, but He works through all, though they be themselves unworthy, that the people may be saved." (Homily 2 on Timothy 2)
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Then he will be Pope according to God's choice, and the will of the Holy Spirit Who was present in their decisions from the minute HH Pope Shenouda departed. Not necessarily. Bishops, like us, are only holy as far as they unite themselves with God…
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Bishops are busy and have tons of responsibilities to focus on. It is hard to expect them to read every comment that is shared or go around distributing their comments on others' walls. The better way of teaching is to create a group on facebook or …
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[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=13087.msg154081#msg154081 date=1333401393] That may be difficult to get something on each individual patriarch. I think the most information we may have on them is in the Synaxarium, and not all of them are even in i…
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Stavro, I may be in love with you. You have the courage to say what I wish could be exclaimed from rooftops, and acknowledged by people. We should find a way to meet up. We think alike. ReturnOrthodoxy Thank you for your kind words. It would be a …
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Not everybody can be satisfied by adopting the group hug approach, faking a peaceful environment that rarely existed between the individuals mentioned. It is dishonest to deny that there was severe problems, on a theological level and personal level…
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It is a catholic site. They do not consider Pope Shenouda a Pope, for the Catholics have only one Pope. They would not have so much problem with the title bishop or priest. It is their site and their rules.
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May the Lord repose the soul of H.H. Pope Shenouda. To date, no egyptian has had such massive popularity that was demonstrated in the respects paid by the Copts, moderate muslims in Egypt and the world. Remarkable.
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I like this one:
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t our church's youth meetings from sk to the university graduate meetings, thats all we sing and do is protestant music and protestant style bible studies, protestant style preaching. Except for sunday morning's liturgy we are protestants sitting in…
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The breath in the garden was given only once to Adam and passed on to Mankind through begetting children. What passes to Mankind through intercourse?
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[quote author=TITL link=topic=12797.msg150332#msg150332 date=1326405624] I highly suspect that Stavro is ILSM. ::)[/quote] No, it is the other way around. Ioannes, the reference to Hippolytus's quote regarding the neglect of the Psalmody is mo…
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Am not denying that Protestantism is wrong, but surely going to such concerts is better than going to all the new hip/hop, rap, rock, etc., music concerts?? Isn't eating garbage better than eating stool? Then let us all eat garbage. In any case, …
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May the Lord grant the little girl a speedy recovery and a healthy life afterwards, though the intercessions of the Theotokos St. Mary and all the saints.
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RemnKemi:Even educated laity and bishops feel the monks should concern themselves with their private salvation foremost and leave shepherding the people to a special type of monk who has already proven himself as bishop. Because they do not trust Go…
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I don't know if you can qualify Pope Cyril VI's papacy as the most successful era. What criteria are using? Lack of previous episcopacy? This would have been enough, but it would not do justice to the greatness of Pope Cyril VI. I meant to contras…
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Although Pope Kyrillos VI did not call them general bishops, I put general bishops in "quotations", because that is effectively what he did. You cannot say that there is a bishopric of "Education". I think that is a semantic of words to identify t…
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As to the issue of organisation, I consider it a weakness that synodal judgements are not clearly made and published. This is very true. Are these decisions at least comunicated properly to priest? It is, for instance, forbidden to be associated w…
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Bet7eb St.Mark, The historical points I brought up were still fresh in the minds of the Church, despite having passed. I beg to differ about the mark of the Turks on Egypt. The mark of their laws was still being carried out even under the British …
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Its about your personal relationship with God. This is Western Spirituality. The spirituality of the East is rather cosmic, of which the individual is a part.