Oh I see, so politicians, according to you, cannot be righteous. I guess that means that men such as King David are not Saints
No, he was not a Saint, he was a Prophet.
Well...
Did he raise people from the dead?
Did he heal the sick?
Did he sell all of his belongings and give them to the poor?
did u......
HE WAS CANNONIZED A SAINT! Do ordinary Christians get cannonized as saints? No they do not. So why him?
Well...
Did he raise people from the dead?
Did he heal the sick?
Did he sell all of his belongings and give them to the poor?
How can you compare this politician to say... Baba Kyrolos (Not a match at all)
Look... They had to cannonize him, he stop…
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Fine. Constantine's righteuousness has been called into question many times. I doubt that we will ever truly be able to find the truth of that. Maybe only opinions but certain…
"Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to displ…
Personally, I do NOT agree that the government is using religion in any way, shape or form, because if in fact it was, then we should see America in a different state than it is now. Christianity would influence the society to become more Christian …
Besides being a Christian, at that time, became the right thing to do if you wanted to get into the social hierarchy and have a prominent position. It was social not spiritual.
Fine. Constantine's righteuousness has been called into question many times. I doubt that we will ever truly be able to find the truth of that. Maybe only opinions but certainly not the truth.
If the right thing to do was to create a 'Christian'…
OOOOHHH OUCHE!!!
someone take that knife out!!!
I did not say I know everything! that is why I am talking to you guys.
OUCHIE!
And another thing:
if the following:
Back then being baptised late was the pious thing to do for those introduced …
i wouldn't think u'll make a great emperor or king one day.
Not Relevant. Who said I wanted to be one?
What with all the lying, cheating, stealing, selling out.
did I say lying?!?!?!
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by the way, that whole thing about the SUN and how for 3 days its "dead" and rises for one day....Is Not God controlling all this? Does God not choose when the sun rises an…
[quote author=Meena_Ameen link=topic=5678.msg75973#msg75973 date=1187897009]
by the way, that whole thing about the SUN and how for 3 days its "dead" and rises for one day....Is Not God controlling all this? Does God not choose when the sun rises an…
I included the following:
2. a group regarded as heretical or as deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition
Simply because they broke away from Orthodoxy!!!!
This is how we SHOULD feel about Catholics
But we do not because they are …
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why do Catholics celebrate Christmas and Easter (it is supposed to be called Ressurrection Feast...remem…
I would also like to remind all of you that the Chinese (through the purchasing of $900bn in a mix of US bonds) will be able to crash the US Economy by selling these bonds all at once. And China has threatened to sell those bonds (Cutely called the…
I don't care what praopaganda he did or not........he deserves respect
Sounds like what many Egyptians would say about late president Abdel Nasser; who by the way persecuted many Egyptians who had issue with his policies. Or what many Americans wou…
By making Christianity the official religeon that is what caused Christianity to become politicised which long after his rule caused the Dark Ages. The only reason that the age of martyrdom ended was because power, authority and control was consoli…
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The reason we are talking about these Catholic objects is because Roman Catholocism represents Christian…
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[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
What about sun worship? Wasn't praying to the sun what set Moses…
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these, if am not mistaken, are fans that symbolize the cherobim and the seraphim...atleast in ouorthodox church. i dono knew about the catholic but am sure they have a sympolis…
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I see alot of discussion on this topic, yet can anyone prove the theory of the different Gods all having the same birth date and similar life as Jesus false? I find it hard t…
I really dont think we will be truly able to answer those claims in the move. Unless all those historical claims are either incorrect or craftily mis-represented. What we do not know cannot hurt us!
Well. Lets face it, I have to say that to re-capture my faith. I am not about to become Muslim am I? I want to defend my faith at all costs. Lets face it, compared to most faiths the Orthodox faith is beautiful! Look at our saints and scholars.…