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ShareThe Lord! Good to see you, and glad you commented. Come around more often my dude! I do not think that the judge's job is to accuse. An accusation is not a judgement. To accuse someone, for example, of preaching heresy, is not to judge him of …
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Agreed with Rem! I'm just gonna make a T-shirt that has that splashed on the front in boldface LOL
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"By the way, you will never find a place in the Bible where it justifies accusation. Ever." "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye th…
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Andrew, I;m not sure I misunderstood your post, and I'm not sure we are disagreeing on a minor thing here. I am saying that it is sometimes necessary to be accusatory in our apologetics. This is in an opposite direction to the philosophy you promot…
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@mfb219, I don't know you very well, but I love you. I hope you find comfort in the church! And if not, then may you find all tribulation, insult, loneliness, dejection and suffering bearable in the God who's church you go to. Take it from someone …
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Agreed, as usual with Remnkemi Chrysostomos! Also, to whoever wishes to even posit Christ being politically correct, I suggest a read through of Matthew 23. To assume that Christ is politically correct because he is perfect is flawed logic if I've e…
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Not the biggest fan of Abouna Zakaria, but I just wanted to say that there is no such thing as "indirect excommunication." That is made up philosophy that does little more than oppress. And yes, many have resigned the priesthood (pastoral responsibi…
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@meenasamy You have every right to your ignorance. If you don't want to listen to something because of the name of the person who said it, than may truth be your judge. I won't comment much on your post since it only serves to validate what I expect…
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"ReturnOrthodoxy... I'm sorry.. but POISON? really? In this case, I better run off and burn my New King James Bible, because it is poison produced by the Protestants. " Yes, Really/ Not all protestantant things are poison. A heretic like Arius was a…
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Is it wrong to drink poison if you are hungry? Zoxa, I know hard it is these days to find the spiritual material that we need-especially with what passes for spiritual material these days in Coptic parishes :/... But the solution for this thirst is …
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[quote author=minasoliman link=topic=14739.msg166657#msg166657 date=1386192249] [quote author=Biboboy link=topic=14739.msg166644#msg166644 date=1386132477] Short answer: that distinction between pipnevma and oupnevma was first noted by the late Anba…
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[quote author=ophadece link=topic=14739.msg166634#msg166634 date=1386105163] Dear Amoussa01, Hypostasis doesn't only refer to physical bodily form, but to the Person. We don't contain, or indeed aren't capable of containing the Holy Spirit. During …
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You are still close to God my friend! You are hurt over the sufferings of others because you love God so much, so your love for humanity is great. You care so much, because you love God so much. God bless you, my sister! Ray
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[quote author=CopticStrength link=topic=14737.msg166617#msg166617 date=1386019822] Let's say a person did not repent before dying, but still died in the name of christ / was martyred. Would that excuse him from his lack of repentance or is each pers…
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Is the cross of Christ not enough? If the passive message of "turn the other chek" something to be "abandoned" when our clergy see us revolt lihe atheists? The answer to why we do nothing and why I pray to god daily that we NEVER do anything... Is …
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This is why. Pray Ray
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[quote author=Stavro link=topic=14725.msg166582#msg166582 date=1385418158] [quote author=TITL link=topic=14725.msg166581#msg166581 date=1385416936] ReturnOrthodoxy and Doc Rem as moderators?!? :o [/quote] RO will do a great job as he does in all a…
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Great, now all we need to do is put a black galabiya on you and then it will be an even bigger blessing. May God protect his church from covering me in clerical clothes LOL. But thanks for the kind wishes brother! Maybe one day, you'll wake up cove…
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I agree with you, Least of All (yet somehow still better than me lol) I think that with some clerics, there needs to be a more direct approach. I hope that soon, the Synod will try both Dr. George and his accusers. But I don't much feel like this w…
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[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=14021.msg166435#msg166435 date=1383533652] I would like to add to RO's comments. This particular blog is a rollercoaster of polemic attacks starting with a question about praying for Pope Shenouda in an EO service (…
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Rem, I miss you dude! Good to hear your voice again (or rather, read your words.) I would love to further discuss the EO/OO conundrum (what came first the O or the OO or the EO or the EEEOOOOEEOO) but dude, this stuff can get exhausting, and I ha…
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Thank you for this clarification. I am a little confused though. Unless I'm reading the interview wrong, it seems to say he met H.H. Pope Kyrillos VI at the age of 18, not 13. Dr. George says: Ukhtate, I misread :D Thank you much for the correcti…
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"In the early 2000′s, Pope Shenouda published an 8-part series of booklets against the concept of theosis, in which he characterized the notion in Islamic terms, as being “shirk” (associating the creature with the Creator). In these booklets, he put…
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1.) It seems that he spent a relatively short amount of time in the Coptic Orthodox Church (having joined it as an adult convert) before leaving for other communions. Why did he join first the Anglican and then the Eastern Orthodox Church? He joine…
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[quote author=Aelwyn82 link=topic=14021.msg166425#msg166425 date=1383350470] You may also want to inquire: Do the Oriental Churches accept the concept of Theosis and Deification as spelled out by St. Athanasius and St. Basil and St. Gregory Palamas.…
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God Bless you, Mikegkaldas! Truly, May God preserve your zeal and love for him! Ray
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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=14701.msg166415#msg166415 date=1383224609] we shouldn't honour the spirits of the dead and gods of the dead like the pagans do by making scary costumes and pretending that communicating with the spirits is just a bi…
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Forgive me, Zoxa, I don't mean to say that your answers are anything short of honest, detailed, thorough and intelligent. I meant to say that I am unconvinced by them (for other reasons). Forgive me if I misspoke. I would not open the Dr. GHB is…
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Repent of what exactly? What sin is halloween? This topic often dumbfounds me. I request an answer, SVP Ray