Dear byrdele,
Your attitude is wonderfully refreshing - and just the thing to show that ancient division should be no bar to fellowship and friendship; only through that door can He enter into all our hearts here.
The following document from your …
Dear byrdele,
Hos Erof is quite correct; we have always rejected the term monophysite; we are indeed miaphysites, which is one reason the Coptic Church never had the dispute over Monothelitism which the Chalcedonians had; I think we would also (mos…
Dear Marrian,
You are so right in what you say.
Earlier on in this thread there was a discussions about whether law could ban it. Well, in the US and the UK the answer will always be no; and even in Muslim countries, where it is banned, pornograph…
Dear Mike,
Do remember that God has given us free will, which means that we are free to doubt Him - and free to accept Him.
In this world there is another who seeks always to shake our faith. Doubts come from Satan, the father of lies. The best …
Dear Mina,
What you say is right on target.
We are made in God's image, our body is the temple of the Lord - would you use a temple for lewd purposes? God is Our Father; would you perform acts of lewdness in front of your father?
God gave us love…
Dear byrdele,
It is good to have you here - and thank you for being so frank - and for the spirit in which you write.
As you are in the UK at the moment, you might want to follow up your interest in finding out more about Oriental Orthodoxy at thi…
Dear byrdele,
First, let me add my welcome; it is good to have you here, and the spirit in which you come is one of Christian fellowship.
For many of us the divisions in the Church are a sign of the fact that we are, indeed, all sinners; but they …
Dear Taylor, Dear byrdele,
One of the most interesting aspects of the Orthodox Church is that everything that is orthodox in the other Christian denominations is in it, but that each of the others has a part of the fulness of the Faith. The others …
Dear Taylor,
Well, on 8 July you will 'do' the first important 'do' - and my prayers, and I am sure the prayers of others here are with you. :)
In Christ,
John
Dear Taylor,
You bring us to a complex issue, and one which has divided the Church since 451 A.D., so I guess no one should expect a quick resolution to this.
Yes, talks between ourselves and the Eastern Orthodox have tended to confirm that there …
Dear Mina,
Thank you.
I would not make a big issue of it. If the Pope says what he says, that is enough, and more, for me; but it would be helpful to know how far this is doctrine and how far practice.
In Christ,
John
Dear Mike,
Thomas offers wise counsel.
If you wish to know all things, then you will be disappointed: that is given only to God Himself.
Because God existed before all created things, time for Him has a different meaning than it has for created t…
Dear Alessandro,
This is most definitely a fraud. DO NOT reply, delete the e-mails from your system, and do the same with any fresh ones.
If you want to see what is likely to be going on with this, look at this site: http://www.419eater.com/index.…
Dear Mina,
In the second one that is what 'flux' means.
You are quite correct that we do not regard this as 'unclean', and there is a difference between physical and spiritual uncleaness, which we now make, but which the early texts I cite do not.…
Dear Mina,
Sure, here goes:
In the The Apostolic Constitutions (VI, 27) it is written:
[quote]Now if any persons keep to the Jewish customs and observances concerning the natural emission and nocturnal pollutions, and the lawful conjugal acts, let …
This is a serious question, and we have the Pope's very clear view on it. At one level and in one sense that should, I guess, be it, and I for one would be very happy to accept it - indeed, whether happy or not, if it is Orthodox doctrine then it do…
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too right you are john... there's no I in team............jus like it takes two to tango..it also takes two to raise i family (well one in christ).........i think quite often…
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Annoy:
1) Boring lectures
2) Boring lectures where you can't get away with sleeping
3) Exciting lectures when you're very sleepy
Happy
1) Food with no fat and carbs
2)…
Dear Mina,
Glad you liked it, and I hope Taylor finds it helpful.
Doesn't it show how much Orthodox Churches have in common - despite the split in 451 and everything that has happened since - makes you think really!
In Christ,
Anglian
If we are considering things more widely, I would say cruelty and unkindness.
Annoy is, however, quite a mild word - one can get annoyed by all sorts of things - not least with computers which seem not to do what one wants (only to discover, of cou…
Dear Mike,
You are in my prayers, for it seems to me that you are being tried to the limits of what you can endure; pray to Him for the strength He will give you to bear these heavy burdens. Remember what He told us in Matthew 11:28 'Come to Me, al…
Dear Taylor,
Iqbal is right, it would be an idea to contact the priest before you go. Some congregations do like catechumens and others to leave at the end of the Liturgy of the Catechumens; my own does not, so I was able to stay (at the back). Thi…
We should have nothing to do with anything that smacks of 'magic'. King Saul's experiences with the witch of Endor should be before us here. (see Samuel 28:4-25)
There are forces in this world which are of the Evil One - and we should avoid them.
…
Dear Hizz_child,
The passages from Genesis quoted by Κηφᾶς give the classic location of the instructions that we should try not to kill anything God made.
But surely the whole message of the new covenant of Our Lord is that we should love one anot…
Dear Kerestina,
I do think that your view is very valuable here; we have had a lot of men commenting - but it takes two to make a marriage work. Too often, alas, men seem to leave it to their wife to do the emotional work; it won't work if that is …
Dear Ophadece,
The Didache or Teachings of the Twelve Apostles can be found here http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html, where you can also find more on its origin.
The Didascalia can be found here http://www.earlychristianwritings.com…
Dear Mike,
Some difficult questions for us here, but let me see if I can make some contribution towards getting some more answers.
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Does this mean we can not complain to…
Dear Thomas,
What you write here is so correct.But it is our duty not to let even the priest divide the Church.
Vassilios is in a difficult situation, not least because the person who would give him the best guidance is the very person against who…