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I have to say that my own wife has often been sick and dizzy during pregnancy. Does your friend have a definite diagnosis from a doctor? What diagnosis has been given by them? I think that ilovesaintmark has drawn attention clearly to the growing l…
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But it did begin at more or less 100% christian Aidan. North Africa was Christian. Constantinople was Christian. Islam seems to have been pretty successful to me.
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But a man cannot become pregnant. What is the condition of his girlfriend? How is her life in danger?
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It's not a mistake though. It is part of a growing anti-Christian culture here. But it does seem that it is being challenged by people. Why does it matter? Because there is an opportunity in England to prevent Islamification, while in Egypt it is…
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I am not sure that the Church would consider abortion in the case of a rape. We are still talking about the life of an unborn child. And the mother's life at risk argument (thought entirely medically sound) is very, very often misused. Most abortio…
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Lol! I am not sure anyone cares very much at all for the Beckhams, and younger people don't even know who they are. A large proportion of the last Government were from Scotland. They did and do loath the English. They did plan (because the records …
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Lol! No, England is not dead. We HAVE been suffering under 13 years of an anti-Christian regime, and there is hope that things will change. It is not that the English do not love their nation, I will be at Wembley supporting the England football t…
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I do think we need to be honest about Islam, without being rude about people, and Zoxasi seems to be trying hard to make sure that he praises Muslims while criticising Islam. I think that his last post was very perceptive and I will use his compari…
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No need to apologise. I don't think anyone has done anything wrong. The thread just needs tidying up.
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I am not sure what the stars mean. Maged, do they have any meaning?
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I am not sure folk would want to have all their comments posted online. It might inhibit people from contributing.
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Yes, I have an English accent. The file should be 6:28 minutes long. Try downloading it again. I shall add some more sermons to the list over the next few days. God bless you for listening. Father Peter
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Just because a person calls themselves a Christian does not make them one. The Christian religion is properly represented by the Orthodox Church which is composed of the Coptic Orthodox, the Armenian Orthodox, the Syrian Orthodox, the Indian Orthodo…
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Zoxasi, I entirely agree with you that many more people should learn some Coptic. This applies especially to Egyptians. If the Lord grants me life and time then I will also learn more than I know presently. But I am already too busy to be able to u…
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There are plenty of teach yourself Coptic books. I have a couple. I would expect many Copts to want to learn some Coptic. I still don't believe it is appropriate in the West as the major language, and that the major language should always be the l…
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I will reply, don't think this is being ignored,
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I have found that filling my mind and time with thoughts of Christ, and with prayer, especially the Jesus Prayer, with Scripture and hymns are all powerful. There is no other way. If we wish to be godly we must be occupied with God, and with His wor…
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Please allow me to put a dampener on things, you know it is my job. :) I think that we should be very cautious about allowing Western forms of hero worship to enter into the Church. Anyone who has a service in the Church is seeking to perform that…
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It is not true at all that Christianity was spread by violence, far from it. It was spread at the cost of many thousands of Christians offering themselves to be put to death without violence. Egyptians were not killed as Christianity became establi…
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Another disturbing matter is that in the UK 10% of Muslims in a major poll conducted by a major polling organisation said that they supported suicide bombings. In the UK that means there are about 160,000 Muslims who think that suicide bombing is …
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I wouldn't worry about memorising all the names of all the Church leaders. Though we should all know the names of the heads of the Churches in our own communion. The problem is that there are rather a lot. There is for instance, just in the see of…
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Unfortunately anyone can produce a book and call it an encyclopedia and it can say anything, even downright lies. Father Peter
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If we will not pray for our enemies and will not forgive them then God will not forgive us. We are forgiven by God in the same degree we forgive others. The world is a painful place enough, it does not need more hatred and violence, especially from…
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Nestorius, following his Master, Theodore of Mopsuestia, along with Ibas of Edessa and Theodoret of Cyrrhus, all taught a form of Christology in which the Word of God was not the direct subject of all of the human experiences of Jesus Christ. They a…
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Yes, the Assyrian Church of the East still exists. Some became members of the Roman Catholic communion, but the independent community also exists, and is present in the West. It has also suffered much persecution at the hands of Muslims. They don't…
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Thanks for the interesting posts Zoxasi and John. Just a note that the dowry was paid in England until the end of the 19th century, and it was designed to provide a financial foundation for a married couple, and to provide some provision for the wi…
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Hiya Is it not the case that ethnically speaking you are not an Arab, and culturally speaking you are not entirely/completely/partially Arab either. Is it not the case that you are only an Arab in potentio because Egypt is called 'the Arab Republ…
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I am not sure what you mean about 'only we were on the MECC'? The Coptic representation was withdrawn recently because of an argument on the council. The Coptic Orthodox have been major participants on the council until very recently. It is a forum…
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I am not sure that the COC can have a position on history. My own opinion is that the crusades, like most historical events, were a mix of various agendas and motivations. One of those motivations was to liberate the Holy Land from the Islamic inva…
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If you are not an Arab then you are not an Arab. I am not a European. I am not British. I am English. This matters from a political and cultural point of view, but in my congregation I welcome anyone from anywhere as members of the Kingdom of Heav…