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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10487.msg127550#msg127550 date=1295520829] [quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10487.msg127549#msg127549 date=1295520149] Actually...I found that the words my father of confession spoke to me to be very wise...he kno…
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I have the same problem,though I don't like to admit it. What I try to do is tell myself that I'll only read part and finish the rest later. Then I tell myself that if I could read a quarter, I can read half, and after reading half I end up reading …
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Sorry to sort of interrupt, there's another relevant saying of the desert Fathers on the topic. A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian, and said to him, 'Abba, give me a word, that I may be saved.' So the old man said, 'Go to the cemetery…
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Another day when a council was being held in Scetis, the Fathers treated Moses with contempt in order to test him, saying, "Why does this black man come among us?" When he heard this he kept silence. When the council was dismissed,they said to him, …
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Hey copticuser20, I know they are in the Orthodox Study Bible, but the OSB was made by Eastern Orthodox. When I got my Orthodox Study Bible, it lead to more confusion, because I'd never seen 3 Maccabees or 1 Esdras in a Deuterocanon list made b…
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On the bright side Troy Polamalu is Orthodox :): http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11007/1116221-323.stm http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/sports/football/13polamalu.html Please pray for me
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Dearest to Christ ZanAmrikai, I'm confused by your comments. There are no Orthodox Priests, Bishops, Church Fathers, or any other Orthodox person of authority that hold this opinion to my knowledge.
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Hey Cyril97, It isn't your computer. The site used to have a coptic feature that Ophadace used to do the signature in Coptic, but somehow it got disabled. I don't see it anymore when I'm posting (It used to be there along with the other features wh…
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Thanks jshouk, Please don't ever hesitate to correct me, even if you think you might be mistaken, because through that I can learn more. Thanks also for explaining I have a much clearer picture now. God Bless you
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Hey Cyril97, I think they sell it, so small (very small) churches can get ahold of them. I don't think that it would be anointed with the mayroon (I think that is what it is annointed with) yet. I don't know if I can understand the monks head cov…
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In one of HH Pope Shenouda's lectures (I can't remember if this was also in a book, but I'll update my post with the link if it is), H.H. said that though the Holy Spirit can work in one who isn't baptized and chrismated, it doesn't permanently dwel…
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May God be with you and with your friend, always, and let his will be done.
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I looked it up. All that was found of it among the dead sea scrolls are very small fragments which still wouldn't verify no corruption to the whole thing but only to certain fragments. Here is the text found among them:http://www.gnosis.org/library…
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I'm not from the church, but I do have their site (I'm guessing you've already visited the site, but just in case). The link is here Please pray for me
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Hey Jshouk I was quoting St. Basil. In the quote Ioannes posted, St. Basil says: "As therefore the physician is a benefactor even if he produces distress or pain in the body". What I meant was what temporarily seems as pain or distress just like w…
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This is a preview of the book posted by the publisher on Google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=l-ItvHT3wqkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=on+the+human+condition&hl=en&ei=zjAqTePLOIX6lweK4r3KAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=res…
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From a quick google search, horos means final decree or dogmatic decision. This might be a little inaccurate but either way it is a good general meaning (At least I think).
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Thanks Ioannes. This was a great help :). I really love St. Basil and he really beautifully explains why God "produces distress or pain". Thanks again!!!!
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I'll also try to. It'll be a challenge especially with my awful memory but hopefully God will bless my efforts :).
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hey ilovesaintmark, you're right he does talk about it earlier, but in the end of part 4 he says that he'd tell of why and how he switched to the Coptic Church, later. Thanks for reminding me though about what he said in part 2. I think this is b…
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Hey Ioannes, the thing is we don't know if there were corruptions in the text. The thing is if St. Jude quoted Enoch, that leaves us with three options: a) He knew Hebrew, which we can assume it was originally written in (also assuming it was writt…
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Hey aidan, I don't think he talks about it. I remember watching the whole thing in being disappointed because I wanted to know why he went to the Coptic Church, and he didn't talk about it. I may also be wrong, but I don't think it was mentioned ot…
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His Holiness sheds light on the issue in pg 137-150 of his book Comparative Theology. Link: http://www.orthodoxebooks.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Comparative%20Theology%20-%20HH%20Pope%20Shenouda%20III.pdf The purpose of speaking in tongues is to …
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St. Cyril also has commentaries on the Gospels of Luke and John under the Cyril section on this page: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/morefathers.html There are some here: http://litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Bible+Co…
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They are distinct but yet one. If we are to take the sun, which can be used as a way to understand the Trinity, we see that there are three basic components. There is the body of the sun, (ie the body itself, I couldn't think of a better way of pu…
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Hey jfarag, I can give St. John Chrysostom's opinion. This is from pg 246-7 in his homilies on Matthew. For let us suppose that this law had been altogether done away, and that no one feared the punishment ensuing thereupon, but that license had b…
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[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=10324.msg125847#msg125847 date=1293775160] No angel can be forgiven sin. This was detailed in the book of Enoch. [/quote] Ioannes I didn’t mean that they were forgiven sin, but rather that they became above sin (lik…
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Hey Ioannes, but I thought that after the fall of Satan from heaven, those that chose to remain were above sin. I heard that they are in the same position we will be in, in heaven. Also I think the reason it isn't accepted is because of how littl…
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I did a quick google search and came up with this: http://www.slideshare.net/amitry/copticworldorg Please pray for me.
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Hey GODlovesme, As Marenhos Epchois said, the OSB uses the septuagaint The Greek(i.e. septuagint) says 20 pieces of Gold (http://apostolic.interlinearbible.org/genesis/37.htm, however the Hebrew says 20 pieces of silver (http://biblos.com/genesis/…