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There is no reason for a phone to ring in the liturgy. Certainly there is no reason for it to happen to anyone twice. If a person really has to be on call then there is silent mode. If some one, or group of people, kept letting their phones ring th…
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What do you enjoy doing, and what do you think you would enjoy doing? Do YOU want to be an orthopaedic surgeon? How would you give a year of your life in service to God and others? Father Peter
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St Jerome shows clearly that this prophecy was found in the Hebrew manuscripts of Isaiah which he had available to him. He quotes from the manuscripts saying... There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse and a Nazarene shall grow from hi…
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In terms of this thread what does 'best' mean? Father Peter
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Well I guess that those who allowed housing to be built on flood lands should go to prison. Of course I did not threaten anything beyond moderation on the thread I deleted. If I am allowed to have feelings as a priest and moderator I was rather sad…
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It is very usual that God does not take us from A to Z in one step. We very often have many lessons to learn which require us to go from A to B to C to D.... to Z. It may be, for instance, that God wishes someone to be a priest. But first he must l…
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I was taught that we should fast before confession, for a period at least. His Grace Bishop Mettaous says... ..confession is a sacrament, and as such should be practiced while fasting (similar to the rest of the sacraments) There is always value …
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It seems that a Government report said that all of the land which has been flooded was at risk decades ago but the Australian Government covered the report up so that people could build on lower lying flood plain land. It is the same here in the UK…
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My Blackberry automatically defaults to the mobile view. I've been using it for quite a long time now. It has less functionality, but if I need to do something moderatorial I switch to Opera and use the full website. Father Peter
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I think that sounds good. Congratulations. You have about 2150 words so that will be pushing the limit of 20 minutes. There are a few little things. You mean St Mark's Biography, not his Bibliography. You have used the word bum instead of bomb. G…
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I am not quite sure where you disagree with me?
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We should not hate any persons. But it seems to me to be entirely proper for us to have a clear idea of those philosophies and ideologies which have been set up against the Church and against that which is good. We would not say, 'We must not crit…
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What a word means is not always the same as a strict etymology. Orthodoxy can be taken to mean 'right belief or opinion'. Lots of English words, for instance, derive from very ancient words, but that doesn't necessarily define what it means. Wha…
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Dear Cyril These Churches are all part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church... Armenian Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox Church Eritrean Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church Indian Orthodox Church Syrian Orthodox Church and French …
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Which Churches do you mean split? The Antiochian and Alexandrian Patriarchates are still the same Church. But we need to act more like it. We are also the same Church as the Armenian, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Indian. I very much enjoy visiting and …
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In the past the Orthodox Church of Alexandria (it was not called the Coptic Orthodox Church then) was very close to the Orthodox Church of Antioch (it was not called the Syrian Orthodox Church then). Many of the bishops who were driven from their se…
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I commend and ask God's blessing on all who seek to memorise Scripture for their salvation, and especially those seeking to memorise the Gospel of St Mark. It is not a competition, because I would lose! But it is an opportunity to gain a great bles…
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I guess I would say that there is a difference between dressing simply and dressing casually because we don't care. When I was a young evangelical many of us dressed scruffy because we thought it made us cutting edge, but it was just disrespectful …
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I am surprised that Copts do not dress formally as a matter of course when attending the Liturgy? Is this a modern phenomena - dressing casually I mean? Father Peter
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There is a special offer at lulu, the people who produce the books for the Oriental Orthodox Library. http://www.lulu.com/orthodoxlibrary If you enter this code at the checkout - WINTERUK305 - you should get 25% off. It runs out on 5/1/11. Check…
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deaconmark, it has never been the teaching of the Church that Pentecostal practices such as modern Pentecostals perform should have any place in the life of the Church. We do not need to trade scriptures because trading scriptures is not Orthodox, …
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The BBC is saying at least 21 dead, which is the same scale as Bishop Suriel's blog. May the Lord have mercy on their souls and repose them in a place of rest. For those who remain and mourn may the Lord have mercy and comfort them. Let us all pr…
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It is more accurate to say that the Protestants agree with the Catholic position since they adopted it from Augustine of Hippo very early on. 1000 years in fact before there were ant Protestants. Father Peter
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I have repeated Chapter 1 again. So I think I have memorised it. Of course I will need to keep repeating it. I read somewhere that the Rabbis taught that a passage must be repeated 400 times! But my brain is old and I am now on to Chapter 2. Theref…
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Personally, I don't think that you need to discuss the doctrine of the Trinity very much, not least because you will not feel confident. It is perhaps enough to say that Orthodox Christians believe that God is not one Divine person, all alone from …
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I don't think animals have souls either, but I do think that they have simple thoughts, feelings, pain, comfort, hunger etc. My own dog can become afraid, but he can also be happy and comfortable. Industrial meat production is not healthy for us. …
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It's not real. It is so obviously Photoshop. I could produce the same pictures myself. Father Peter
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Actually, I have been a Moderator for quite a while, which allows me to remove threads and posts etc, but I have not been an Admin, which allows me to remove accounts. Now I am an Admin my name is in Red in the list of those who are Online. Father…
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Lol! Now THAT does sound funny. I don't like laughter during the liturgy, and if something takes place we all try to recollect ourselves as quickly as possible. I guess I have dropped as many items as every one else in my time. Or said the priest's…