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I obviously was not very clear. In my last post I wanted to show that : 1. St Cyril and St Severus understood the command to be prophetic and to have in mind the situation that would take place after the fall. 2. I was suggesting that the text doe…
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I note some things from St Cyril and St Severus.. Indeed, after Adam, because of the sin, had lost the grace of immortality and was destined to decompose in the ground from which he had been drawn, the support of marriage was presented in his time …
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I see your issue. It is a reasonable one. I will try and find something in writing from the Fathers on this. Peter
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I will have a look at some of the Fathers tonight and see what they say on this particular issue. I am not saying that they could not and did not have chaste sexual relations before the Fall, just that in my opinion (just my own opinion) I don't th…
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About the original question in the thread.. Although I am sure that sexuality was part of the nature with which we were created, nevertheless our own experience of sexuality is generally disordered and moved by the passions. It is only the saints w…
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In baptism we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit who comes to dwell in our nature which has been renewed, but the process is not complete, we do not receive immortality and incorruptibility until like Christ we have passed through death into the ne…
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Just going into a meeting so cannot post... God created Adam mortal but breathed his Holy Spirit into Adam and gave him the gift of immortality. It is this gift which he lost when he sinned, and it is this gift which Christ comes to renew in human…
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You have changed what I said. I never said that God created Adam and Eve in corruption, but as mortal and corruptible. There is a world of difference. I am at work and will need to pull out my files but the quote from St Basil should not be taken …
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The trouble is that lots of Christians don't accept evolution and the big bang as a fact - I don't for instance, and many scientists do not accept that before the big bang was God. Also God took a rib from Adam, he did not take it from all men. It …
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Hi QT_PA_2T You need to read St Cyril and Sy Severus. They will explain the theology of our Church. It is different to what you have said, and though I am wrong on many things I know that on this I have said what our Fathers St Cyril and St Severu…
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Adam and Eve lost the grace of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Nothing else changed, and in their nature they remained as they were created, mortal and corruptible. Sexuality is therefore part of how God created us, and is good. How we use our sexualit…
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Around the world there are many Eastern Orthodox who commune at an Oriental Orthodox altar because of isolation from their own community, and many Oriental Orthodox who commune at an Eastern Orthodox altar because of isolation from our own communiti…
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I am not sure that it is possible to prove that God exists to someone, or if that was possible, which I am doubtful about, then I am not sure that the God which we proved to exist would be our personal Trinity, but would not rather be a vague impers…
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I have to say that I find the whole organisation disturbing and believe it to be full of lies and deceit. I do not believe it os of God. Just reading one report of a visit somewhere it says, Fr. Habiby then mentioned that messages had been receive…
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I have it down that the Fast begins on the 23rd February, and that Pascha is on the 19th April this year. So that means that the Fast of Nineveh is on 9th-11th February. Hope this helps Peter
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Metropolitan Seraphim made a statement about Vassula here.. http://www.britishorthodox.org/113b.php It's at the bottom of the page. Peter
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All Christians must obey their conscience. If England decided to invade France to take it over then I would not consider that a justification for military service and would resist being drafted, indeed I would march in the streets with the many mil…
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But what about the question? :)
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I would rather trust your Abouna's opinion and advice based on his knowledge of your own situation and heart. And on the other hand it is sinful for a person to judge a girl or woman who is wearing make-up. How can we know that girl or woman's hear…
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The best advice is to ask Abouna. But if you are texting things that you would be ashamed for Abouna to see then that is a good indicator that you should not text them. If you are sending texts that you would be embarrassed about then that might a…
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I don't know how it is in your own countries, but in the UK during the last two wars when there was a draft of able-bodied men it was possible to state that you had a conscientious objection and serve in the Ambulance Corps or something like that. T…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=7589.msg99680#msg99680 date=1232710002] I really wish I was greek orthodox. They honestly have wonderful FoC's. Orthodox11 father of confession is a saint. He's so wise, and very humble.[/quote] The grass isn't alw…
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What does "Erfa3a alback" mean? I would wholeheartedly recommend 'The Art of Prayer' and 'The Philokalia', but also very much 'Unseen Warfare', another deeply practical and Orthodox book which I have found is both for the beginner and the more adva…
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Texting is not a sin, just as talking is not a sin. It is a means of communicating. The sin comes in with what is being communicated. As others have said, you need a proper chat with your FOC to help you understand why you want to text with this p…
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Texting someone in the way described might well be unwise, but even having romantic feelings towards someone is not lust and is not adultery. It can become lustful, and that is why wisdom and caution is required, but it need not be considered adult…
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Why not ask your professor that same question and let him tell you what he considers to be appropriate? It depends too much on his own opinion for anyone else to know for sure. Peter
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May the Lord have mercy on you and reward your studies. And indeed on all those taking finals at this time. Peter
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Why do I not see the text on the subject line? Which font do I need to install? Peter
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ophadece Thanks for the information. I don't have Arabic so can't read the links. But I can imagine it happening as you describe. Is this time when the Catholics were influential the cause of the use of many Western style images of Christ and His …
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How was it apparently possible to change the entire pronunication of the Coptic language, including all the chants I guess, when it seems to me as a British person that the Copts are very, very concerned about the smallest detail of a single phrase,…