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I would generally not advise any Orthodox to read any protestant books without discussing them with their spiritual father beforehand. Much as I love many protestants and rejoice to see some protestants moving towards Orthodoxy - as I did - and muc…
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May the Lord have mercy on you Daniel, and grant you His unfailing peace. God bless you Father Peter
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Well anyone can post anything here on Tasbeha, no-ones messages are checked before they appear. It is possible to deal with posts after they have been posted and I have removed the two controversial messages from this thread. Father Peter
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No Coptic Orthodox Christians should have anything to do with any books or videos produced by protestants, and especially those who belong to extreme groups. You really should not read these books, just as you should not look at pornography. Both a…
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The Coptic Church recognises only Abune Antonios as the canonical Patriarch of Eritrea. The accusations made against him are a smokescreen by the government to justify their attack on the church as are the accusations that the Patriarch has encourag…
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Ioannes, I do agree that we should be much more cautious and concerned about the food we are being fed. But it seems to me that smoking is a deliberate choice to cause harm to the body, just as bad as choosing to eat McDonalds every day certainly…
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Just from a human point of view smoking is a BAD idea. I could never recommend it to anyone and would always recommend to anyone who smokes that they STOP. If it is a habitual behaviour then it seems to me that it is a sin. It is a sin not in that…
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Dear Aidan I am sure I replied, because I went and dug out a load of the versions I have. I am sorry if you never got my message. I think I said that it didn't matter so much, as long as you found a version that was easy to memorise and had a cert…
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Ioannes, I am praying for you, as are others here. And I will remember you at the altar. May the Lord have mercy on you and give you all that you need. God bless you Father Peter
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There will also be some differences based on the composition of the congregation, and the background of the priest. This will determine to some extent the balance of languages used. If you wanted to tell us which church you might be likely to visit…
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It is always, always better to concentrate on the words and make them your own, rather than to sing loudly and tunefully without attention. If you can do both then that is a blessing to be grateful for. You can sing quietly so that you are making a …
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I am not sure that anyone keeps the feast on the 28th June? The British Orthodox keep it on June 29th, and of course the Copts do also, but according to the Julian calendar which is presently 13 days later, so the 12th July on the Western calendar.…
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The Church is made up of humans, and humans are often not living and acting in the grace of the Holy Spirit, therefore humans err. Yet despite the failures of humans the Church continues. Infallibility only belongs to the Holy Spirit, and the promi…
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We are surrounded by the miracles of God's grace every day, and most people, and even many Christians, are blind to them. People are not convinced by miracles, they become excited by them and demand more and more of them, just as the crowds around …
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I would also say that most often what begins as the sin of lust ends up as a habit, and as a false and defective means of dealing with some other issue. A great many of those addicted to this sin as a habit are actually seeking an intimacy with an o…
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Praying for someone is different from asking for their prayers as saints. There are many Popes who were not considered saints, it is never automatic. Most people commemorate Pope Kyrillos as a saint, and this popular devotion is usually the basis …
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In my own experience there are several phases of enquiry as far as protestants go. I am speaking of my own pilgrimage. These are not necessarily separate phases of course, and may be co-terminous. i. A first awareness of Orthodoxy. ii. An awarenes…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9363.msg115875#msg115875 date=1277239506] This is a sad day for every orthodox Christian. I would be hoping for protestants to get back to the RC, not make the catholics leave their sacraments and become protestant. …
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Let me say that the reason I think it is necessary not to generalise is that until very, very recently there was no such thing as 'protestants' as one group. Until the Billy Graham missions in London for instance a Baptist would not attend a Methodi…
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We mustn't think of sin as a list of things we do or don't do. We really mustn't because that makes our faith just the same as Judaism and puts us under a new Law. Sin is turning the will from God. So if we are in confession and choose not to con…
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Fill your days with prayer, service and study. Concentrate on one day at a time. Absolutely and completely abandon all sense that YOU can do anything about any sin, earnestly seek the grace of God for any improvement. Control your eyes. As soon a…
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We have to say that there are in fact many older preachers and teachers among the Protestants and that many go through a lengthy period of preparation. We should not describe all Protestants based on our experience of some. When I was growing up the…
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There is no real difference in any colloquial sense. I mean if we are just having a conversation. The word means the same service of prayer and the reception of the mysteries. Technically, 'liturgy' comes from the Greek for 'the work of the people'…
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He said add yeast in the recipe..
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Dear Ioannes I have no problem with us discussing fruitfully the issue of death, and the soul after death, as long, as we agree, that all of us keep a certain humility and do not insist on deriving absolute opinions from the veiled comments of the …
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Lol! That's true of some, but all converts to Orthodoxy have been something else, so it is not an absolute. And there are plenty of laid back Orthodox who think it is enough to attend church. If we begin by offering some spiritual gift from the tre…
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In my experience I don't think that people are usually convinced, from whatever background and in whatever circumstances, by someone trying to prove something they don't want to accept. But I agree with you entirely that we need to be able to prese…
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Dear Ioannes, God bless you. I was not directing that comment at you, or myself, or any of us. But it seems useful and necessary to keep repeating it. Generally Protestants are not the enemy of the Church, though there are those who do really seem…
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Zoxasi, I am not sure that would convince a Protestant because 'deacon' means essentially 'servant'. It is used also in 1 Tim where St Paul speaks of those who hold the office of 'Deacon'. That is a more useful passage because it speaks of an 'offic…
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I find the writings of St Theophan the Recluse very helpful, he is an Eastern Orthodox figure, and he wrote very widely on spirituality and was a spiritual guide to many ordinary folk. Therefore it seems to me that it is a serious matter when such a…