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Is the commentary from Thomas Aquinas or from his Catena of the fathers, which contains excerpts from the Fathers rather than his own views.
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May the Lord have mercy on you and grant you all you need to persevere in this trial.
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Thank you to those who took time to post selections from the Fathers to help us understand this passage. It is ALWAYS the place we should start when we are studying Scripture.
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Then my advice would be the same to you, and may the Lord bless you and preserve you.
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Let me urge people to share what the Fathers teach and not their own opinions so that Hezekiel receives an accurate answer.
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Just because we CAN get angry doesn't mean we should. Indeed we should prayerfully strive against anger.
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I have Jean Perier's Arabic edition with French translation. It is 1922 actually. I am hoping to produce a good English translation in due course. Father Peter Farrington
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Good ;-)
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Blessed is your youth so that you can learn these lessons while you are young and make them the foundation of your whole life. Seek the Holy Spirit, welcome Him into your heart and do nothing that will grieve Him.
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There are no gold stars. This is not how salvation works. We cannot earn salvation. We must strive to be filled with the Holy Spirit who is our life. A person who does all manner of things without the Holy Spirit is not doing anything in the name o…
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I am not sure what you mean. Why would people want to express anger?
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The aim of the Christian life is not comfort and happiness. The aim of the Christian life is to be united with God by the indwelling Holy Spirit. It is to be expected that life will be filled with trials, many of which will seem to be almost more t…
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My understanding is that full deacons may cense, as they may offer communion from the chalice.
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In the Soviet times as in the periods of Islamic oppression it is impossible for a church to be entirely independent of the states influence for good or ill. I think we need to be a little more understanding of the pressures facing church leaders i…
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I have to say that I am a bit surprised that with all the vigour with which it is often insisted that people should learn Coptic I have not had a single enquiry from any of the Copts within the London area in regard to the opportunity to study Copti…
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The Lord bless us all. I am not so concerned about what we might do in any circumstance. I am sure that I will give people money on occasion in the future as well. I don't want to dogmatise any response to a person asking for help. But I guess I a…
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I agree with Mabsoota entirely. Do not concern yourself with these things. All that matters is whether you have lived this day in the constant presence of God and in His service. If you have then you know that is enough, if you have not then all th…
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Well I am not going to argue. Do as you will.
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That it is a parable makes a big difference. If I tell you the story of the Tortoise and the Hare would I be expecting you to believe that there really was a Tortoise and a Hare that had a race, or would I expect you to learn a lesson from the story…
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Firstly that was a parable, and secondly it was not a gift, it was his inheritance. In the time of our Lord those who begged were the sick, the elderly, the displaced. They were not those addicted to drink and drugs. Things have changed. We have to…
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It is not a good deed to help someone sin though. So it is better to give food than give money which will be spent on drink and drugs.
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The Eritrean Orthodox Church is sadly facing difficulties. I think that it is the view of our fathers, the Oriental Orthodox bishops in the UK, that the Eritrean Orthodox faithful and clergy, with whom such warm and fraternal relations have always e…
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I think you should not be studying the Apocalypse.
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Dear Aidan, It is read on Holy Saturday. I have a recent academic paper which describes the Blessing that is to be prayed before it is read in Church, and the earliest manuscript referenced is 1345 AD. So that indicates it is not a modern practice.…
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Thanks for the offer, dzheremi, but I need to find out what texts our prospective lecturer will be using. I do have a variety of Coptic language text books myself, but I think I would benefit from an intensive period of study. I hope that some othe…
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I would not recommend the works of Vladimir Moss to ordinary Coptic Orthodox. He is not a member of any canonical Eastern Orthodox Church but belongs to a Greek Old Calendarist schismatic group. I would also STRONGLY oppose Coptic Orthodox youth st…
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I was careful to add Bishop Mettaous' comments to show that the tradition has not changed, we have just allowed it to be challenged in places.
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I don't think that is different to the OO view. Rather I think that some of our bishops are wishing to oppose what might be a materialistic view of the divinity such that some might think that we eat the divine nature. Rather we 'receive' the whole …
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Good post George. I definitely want to learn Sahidic, as will most academics and other independent students. I know that 5 days of 8 hours will not be enough but I am thinking of either continuing with further intensive Saturday lectures, and I ha…
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Instead of going to clubs why not join some clubs to meet people with a serious interest.