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Why are things meant to change? Which of our Orthodox Fathers have taught this?
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As far as my limited understandin goes, Greek was the lingua franca, everyone who was not a peasant farmer in a remote village had some Greek. Alexandria was a Greek city. The Jews there had all spoken Greek for hundreds of years before Christ. It w…
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But if you have chosen to come and live in the UK or the US or CA or NZ or AU then English is your language now. Everyone is free to live where they like, but English IS the language of the West and English MUST be the langauge which becomes predomi…
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Remenkemi, on the contrary these canons are all part of the canonical tradition of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and these councils are all referred to in the canonical Tradition of the Coptic Orthodox Church. You are right, this canon does not forbi…
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Sorry, I don't agree. No one should have to learn another language to worship God. Copts didn't so why make others. This has nothing to do with the many positive reasons for learning Coptic. Indeed I am learning Coptic. But not primarily to be able…
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Yes.
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http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.viii.vii.iii.lxiv.html
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There are quite a few serious matters that the Church has considered require excommunication. This should not be seen as a punishment, but as offering a means of repentance for the one who has sinned, and the preservation of the Church from sin and …
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Lol! All my work is copyright. You owe me £1000 per copy. Father Peter
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But should it be?
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Let me also add some thoughts from His Holiness Pope Shenouda. It seems to me to be clear that he is both loving towards Protestants, as is proper, but also very strictly critical of their false teachings. i. Preachers are not entitled to teach th…
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Having stated clearly that we do not condemn Protestants or hate them when we condemn and reject that which they teach. I do think it would be useful to look at what was presented to Patriarch Jeremias, and therefore what he rejected. The Lutheran…
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Less so than at other times
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It is not for us to know. Be prepared every day.
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Please don't start spreading all the anti-Jewish propaganda. Israel is NOT behind this unrest. It has been brewing for 30 years.
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I have to say that as a convert it is rather confusing to say the least that on the one hand the Coptic Tradition is presented as unchanging, and on the other hand we learn that the Coptic language is not pronounced properly and that people are addi…
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Not if you are properly protected. And there are plugins that protect against browsing to sites with malware. Rather like the Christian life, when I am careful and consistent I am not likely to be infected.
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I used to hear that all the time when I ran IT for my last company. 'All I was doing was researching on tasbeha.org', they would say. LOL! I do believe you. There are a lot of compromised sites out there, not just bad ones. Father Peter
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Practical service, humility, putting others first, doing menial jobs, becoming an example of humble service. The actual altar service could be done by anyone, even a highly trained chimp. (I've been a deacon for many years so I can say that, a high…
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If your Dell got a virus then that was your fault for not protecting it. I am typing on a Dell now and run a firewall, anti-virus, and anti-malware software.
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Depends on the HP or Dell you are comparing it to.
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Yes, you need to decide what spec is important and then compare models and read reviews to see what build quality etc is like. Father Peter
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I agree with all that anba bola has said - and as an ex-protestant, together with Ioannes and others WE really know what protestantism is about. We do not judge protestants. We do not even say that protestantism is not Christian, it is clearly deri…
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I've always used Dell's, both personally and when I was buying for my company. Father Peter
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AikotiEnsok, your reference to the British Orthodox Church does not support your argument. The British Orthodox worship certainly uses a British musical style of chant, but it is wholly in keeping with the Orthodox tradition. The issue is not DIFFE…
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Dear LifeinDeath, why is it self-righteous zeal to believe that one of the greatest threats of our time is the protestantisation of the Orthodox Church? How is it self-righteous to place the Holy Tradition of the Church above our own likes and pref…
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No one should enter the Altar unless they have business there. Even if someone is a deacon they should not enter the Altar unless they have business there. Father Peter
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The service of the altar belongs to men. God created men and women with equal value but with different roles and responsibilities. We have discussed this recently on the forum.
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It does seem to me that most Jews do not have the relationship with the God they worship (some of them) that we desire with our own. And Jews would deny that Christ our God is God at all. I am not sure we take offence at this, rather have a sense o…
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I will join my prayers with yours. I am sure that everyone is praying. God bless you Father Peter