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[quote author=Chirsts' servant link=topic=10058.msg123164#msg123164 date=1291262256] IN relation to non-coptic books, I check if the author in the book constantly backs up his argument(s) using the bible, lives of Saint(s), and sayings of the father…
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Lol! I thought I was being clear without needing to be too clear. If an argument is starting I think that generally those becoming involved in the argument should take a break. Father Peter
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All of us, on all threads, both now and in the future. It was not addressed to anyone in particular.
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I don't believe that the Church has ever required that those who engage in such activities marry. I can find no obvious evidence that this has been the case, even though the Church has been insistent that such behaviour is sin. Indeed Roman Christi…
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If we see an argument starting then can we just drop out of the conversation for a little while. Whether it is our fault or not. There is not much value in posts that are written out of agitation of heart, and still less those written in anger. I s…
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Minagir, I am not sure that is what the scriptures teach. 1 Corinthians 6:15-16 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not…
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I can be very amusing on other forums where I am anonymous but as a priest I have to always be on duty so my humour quotient is lower.
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I would say that we should concentrate on Orthodox (not just Coptic) books and we should ask the advice of our priests about reading other books. When I became Orthodox I had many popular Protestant books that I had to throw away because they contai…
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I must urge caution in purchasing and reading any Protestant book. I cannot recommend that any Coptic young person read any Protestant book apart from the close supervision of their spiritual father. This does not mean I think all Protestant write…
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Hiya I have explained that it is not usually possible to work with hypotheticals about God. I did explain how God could perhaps be eternally loving even apart from the Trinity. But He IS the Holy Trinity. Try reading my post again. Father Peter
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May the Lord have mercy on you.
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If you are thinking about getting your priest or senior deacons, or friends, a Christmas gift then do consider these two books.. http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/orthodox-christology/10969273 http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-council-…
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But why would the tune be the priority in Orthodox hymnody? Surely the most important aspect is to understand and internalise the text so much that it becomes an expression of a person's spirituality, so that even a technically poor cantor can offe…
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So what was the traditional means of passing on the knowledge of hymns before there were conventions and CDs and mp3s etc? Father Peter
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So who teaches the hymns correctly and according to the proper Coptic pronounciation? Father Peter
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9987.msg122983#msg122983 date=1291079301] So how comes when I said that IF God was not TriUne in Nature He would not have been ALL-Loving that you disagreed? And others disagreed also?? [/quote] In our discussion he…
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Dear LifeinDeath Thank you for that quotation. I was not criticising your post when I said that True love is not a choice, rather I had in mind what you quoted. That real freedom is freedom from sin, not freedom to choose to sin. Who is the free p…
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Yes, this is the teaching of the Fathers. The Trinity is the expression in nature of God's eternal love. Before anything was, God was love. This is why the doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not something irrelevant to ordinary Christian life, but is…
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I would be surprised if there were not, as it is a feast of the Theotokos. Can someone post the texts here in English? Father Peter
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Go to books.google.co.uk and type in Sahidic Coptic and there are quite a few to choose from. I am starting to have another look at Lambdin now. I'd be glad to hear recommendations from others. Father Peter
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Of course. Here it is in the Synaxarium. We commemorated it last Sunday in the British Orthodox Church. http://www.copticchurch.net/classes/synex.php?id=93 Father Peter
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The lecturer uses Introduction to Sahidic Coptic by Thomas Lambdin. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ACnYTRXRg-8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Introduction+to+Sahidic+Coptic&hl=en&ei=nPfzTKXsFoTs4gbG_PSiBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&am…
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Isn't it the case that the important documents of the Church are in Sahidic? I mean the writings of St Shenoute etc? I didn't think that the Church switched to Boharic until quite late? Is that so? There is a lecturer at one of the local universiti…
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There is very little which should be said about the relationships of the Divine Persons within the Trinity. It is beyond our comprehension and to have too much curiosity tends to lead to error. We can certainly agree that the Persons of the Holy Tr…
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I don't think that anything could overwhelm Christianity. Communism hasn't, Islam hasn't, Arianism hasn't etc etc. The gates of Hell will never prevail. But we do need to begin our reflections with what the Church teaches and not with what our own …
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When the Word of God became incarnate he did not cease to remain what He was, and was always God, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit. But agreeing with you, in his human state he entered personally into the experience of humiliation and l…
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I think that people need to be careful when they start deciding for themselves who they will exclude from the Synaxarium of the Church. As Zoxasi says, we are Orthodox so we venerate St Constantine, and seek to find those aspects of his life which m…
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Stavro, I will ask you again to moderate your tone. I have moderated your last post for abuse and will begin to remove posts if they continue in the same vein. You may disagree with our Pope, bishops and priests, but being rude, aggressive and ab…
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Dear Stavro, You seem very aggressive, which is not helpful when posting on a public forum. I am not at all sure why you have chosen to take such a negative view of the conversations which our fathers the Bishops, and His Holiness himself, are eng…
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But we do know that in Aramaic, the source of this word, Abba does mean Father. Now it may well be that at later periods perhaps the Copts chose to use this loan word as an honoric, but I don't get that sense at all in the normal use. We speak of t…