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I would not touch this book with a barge pole, nor any similar books. If one of my spiritual children said they were thinking of buying and reading it I would counsel them (actually firmly instruct them) not to do so. There is such a wealth of mat…
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It's not been too hard so far. I am sure it will get harder to recall it, but 18 verses is only as much as a reasonable size hymn or song. Father Peter
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I've memorised the first 15 verses of Chapter 1 of St Mark. I am presently learning 16-18. It seems to help that it is a narrative, and so it is possible to learn each section by heart. I do encourage folk again to consider also beginning this j…
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I am not a big fan of reducing the issue of will to a number, since whatever answer will be given will tend to cause misunderstanding. I think that we have to make several statements. i. The humanity of Christ has the faculty of willing as a natur…
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We accept that the Eastern Orthodox hold an Orthodox Christology, but we consider that the Eastern Orthodox formulations are less satisfactory than those we use. It is possible to understand the Eastern Orthodox formulations in an Orthodox manner. …
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Let me add, having dug through my memory and notes. The text quoted by the EO source cannot be St Timothy Aelurus because he refers to St Severus who lived and died after his own death. Patrick Gray, an excellent modern scholar of the Christologica…
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The phrase 'in thought alone' belongs to both communities. It means that the distinction between the humanity and Divinity is real but does not become a division. When we see Christ we see the Incarnate Word of God. If we could have touched Christ, …
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Dear aidan, Without exhausting the reasons someone might want to make such a change of jurisdiction (and to some extent it could also apply to a Greek Orthodox changing to a Russian Orthodox community or some other different ethnicity), some might …
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I can get rid of posts and threads but not delete accounts. Father Peter
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Try to find those things for which you can give thanks. The Agpeya instructs us: O Master, Lord, God the Almighty, the Father of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, we thank You for every condition, concerning every condition, and in every con…
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My concern with Luther is that he seems to have imposed his own personal and spiritual problems on the movement he led. Like Augustine of Hippo, his theology is distorted by his own sense of his sinfulness. Our thinking must begin with how God think…
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The Assyrian Church of the East is also an Apostolic Church. This says something of the origin of a community, it does not say that it is still Orthodox. If a Church is not Orthodox then it is not Orthodox, so to receive communion among a non-Ortho…
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A quick google shows a lot of people asking if a Catholic and Coptic Orthodox can marry, and all the answers being given, (as I would expect) say that the Coptic Orthodox would be, and is, excommunicate, if he does so. All say that the Catholic par…
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Why should I PM any priests and criticise their actions? That is for their own bishops to do. The fact is that our Church presently considers both the baptism and eucharist of the Roman Catholic Church to be defective, and has raised both of these …
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The official position is that the baptism of Roman Catholics is not accepted.
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None of this makes sense. Most Catholic baptisms are not performed by immersion and are therefore not considered valid by the Coptic Orthodox Church. A Catholic priest is therefore not considered baptised by the Coptic Orthodox and therefore is not …
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Thanks to your prayers I am safely home after a 7 hour drive. It should have taken 1 and a half.
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Some bones are preserved and some bones disappear completely. It depends on the conditions in which the body was buried. If the soil is acidic it will make all the skeleton disappear. But in a peat bog the entire body may be preserved, including sk…
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Dear Aidan, Yes, I have to agree that the enjoyment of some of the writings of His Holiness is spoiled by bad translations in some cases. This is a shame since there are many fluent, native English speakers who would always have been glad to partic…
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Why do you believe that bones never vanish? I can google countless archaeological examples that show that recent burials have completely disappeared and appear only as stained soil. Father Peter
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I am not sure what you mean? Bones do decompose and vanish. It all depends generally speaking on the environment in which a body is buried. Those bones which have been found ages after a saint has died are usually recognised from some exterior id…
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You cannot receive communion at a Catholic Church under any circumstances. If you wish to receive communion and it is possible then I guess it does not matter if the Liturgy is served in another language. I would always try an Oriental Orthodox chu…
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If there are no Coptic Orthodox Churches then a person would join any other Oriental Orthodox community. Indeed this is always the case since we are the same Church. If there is no Oriental Orthodox Church then it may be permitted, with the approva…
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Yes it is categorically forbidden. It has been for a long time.
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Mabsoota, I think that you raise an interesting set of points. Projectors have been introduced because of other perceived practical problems. It is my personal opinion that these other practical problems should be resolved rather than relying on …