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This is a question that I have not been able to answer yet. It is the constant tradition of all Orthodox not to bow the knee on Sunday. This was made a canon after the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. Since there are some persons who kneel in …
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I have removed many messages from this thread since they detract from the topic which the thread is about. Let us keep to the topic. And please let us all be charitable towards one another. There is no point insisting on being Coptic Orthodox if w…
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Ophadece, Again, let me stress I am not in a position to wave a wand so my opinions are of very, very limited value. I would want to say that you are now part of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the British Isles, which means that you have some diff…
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Ophadece, I guess that if you spoke to a lot of British people in general, not in regard to this particular issue, they would say that you have chosen to come and live here in Britain therefore you should be willing to become British to a reasonable…
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Surely the answer is to modify the tunes in English so that the words in English suit the tune and vice-versa. I think the situation in the UK is rather different to that in the US and Canada. In both places there will always be a need and great va…
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We use forms like that in the British Orthodox services. Here is our edition of the Agpeya... http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/glory-to-god---pocket-prayer-book/3470238?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/3 There are so…
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There is no need to look at Protestant sites, just the commentaries of the Fathers. www.archive.org www.earlychristianwritings.com www.tertullian.org/fathers http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=1&q=ancient+christian+comm…
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At the moment I am busy trying to make sure I can pay the mortgage this week, and I guess others are too. You know that people DO answer questions here. Why not do some research on our behalf and find out what the Fathers say on this passage and po…
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Probably a spammer though as the profile is advertising.
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This world is of very little importance apart from how we live. It is a preparation for the unending life to come. There are unbelievers who seem to do well in this life. But their riches are nothing more than ashes and rust compared to the knowled…
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I don't think that the angels have lost free will. They do not cease to be true agents of God's will. But they are given such a gift of grace and such a vision of the divine beauty that they do not choose anything other than God's will. This is si…
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I wonder if you can share your feelings with your priest, not telling him what he should be doing, but telling him that you are finding it hard not understanding the liturgy and not being provided with any spiritual nourishment? I get approached by…
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I hope that as many as are able will fast strictly with prayers tomorrow for these things that John_S2000 has mentioned. Sometimes there is a need to speak, sometimes a need to act, but always there is the need to pray and ask God Himself to speak …
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And following on from John_S2000... If God is able to create matter from nothing then He can form that matter entirely as he pleases. Science is always unable to say that matter came from nothing, or rather it makes even the nothing into a somethi…
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Dear Shereen I am glad that you have been able to visit the forum and share some information about this documentary. It has been very professionally and respectfully produced and I can wholeheartedly commend it. It does not sensationalise, it does…
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Its only 11 dollars from the studio via Amazon.
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You have not answered any of the points I have made. :) Here are a few more. How is it possible to create a mature universe without an inferred history? It is not possible. What you are doing is telling God how He MUST have acted. Everything you…
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All Saints Day was established as a commemoration in Rome in the 8th century. It had nothing to do with pagan celebrations. What we have seen happen in the US and then be imported to the UK is essentially a modern, commercial corruption of the da…
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There is nothing wrong with it. But it needs to be for all suffering Christians and it needs to be organised and advertised in co-operation with other Christians. Otherwise no-one will know about it and others will wonder why people are being asked…
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It is very easy to criticise the nations in which we live, but in fact we have a great freedom in the West to worship God, to live as He commands, and to preach the Gospel. We should not easily condemn this freedom, even if others abuse it. In fact…
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The blurb on Amazon is not really appropriate to the documentary at all. Which is respectful and contains lengthy contributions from many Coptic Orthodox bishops and priests. Father Peter
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It is a great idea to raise the profile of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the continuing persecution it faces. The questions I have about the idea are: i. How will people connect the idea of wearing a cross with the Coptic Church unless it is a sp…
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It's for sale on Amazon.
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There is a trailer here...
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He never made that statement. He never appeared on any of the TV programmes suggested in various versions of the hoax. None of it is true.
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This is an internal Catholic synod of Middle Eastern communities. It is not a gathering of our Orthodox Churches. Father Peter
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Someone else asked about time. There is time in the world to come. Indeed creation necessitates time. Only God exists beyond time. Therefore we may ask, if God will create the new universe in an instant then why not this one? We know that we wil…
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If God created the world 10,000 years ago it would not affect the laws of nature one iota. Do please re-read what I have said and see if you understand what I mean. The creation of the universe at the Big Bang does solve the problem of what happene…
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He didn't say that. It is an outright lie. Read snopes. It is not true.
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It is a very old load of rubbish put about by extermist groups. http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/procter.asp Father Peter