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Let me keep reminding ourselves that we are not against Protestants as people, we must love them and do all that God gives us grace for to lead them to the fulness of the Christian Faith. For myself I prefer to say that most Protestant teaching is n…
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I have to say that I find it problematic that any Coptic Orthodox youth are being allowed to attend any Protestant meetings at all. If the youth do not understand why they may not attend these meetings then those in positions of leadership and with…
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We shouldn't think of chastening as punishment. It is not punishment at all, even if it is sometimes hard to deal with. A football coach will chasten one of his players who is not performing well. He will make him run round the track. He will make …
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There are indeed many Western saints who are not mentioned in the Synaxarium. My own church is named after St Alban and St Athanasius. St Alban is the proto-martyr of the British Isles and was martyred in the Decian persecution. It is not so much t…
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I am not sure that the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus should be taken as doctrine. I am not saying that it may not be taken as such, but it is also a parable. I am not convinced that we should say very much with any definiteness about anything…
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Dear Ioannes, Yes, I think you are right. There is a difference between the older Protestant groups and the very modern ones. But this is not to say that the older groups are more sound than the newer ones when we think of Orthodox being attracted …
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The power of the Ottomans had been effectively overthrown after the Napoleonic invasion at the beginning of the 19th century, and Muhammed Ali took control of Egypt with the support of some of the European powers. He introduced cotton as a cash crop…
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May the Lord have mercy on you, Ioannes. I pray earnestly that our Heavenly Father will watch over you and give you each day all that you need. You do have friends here who wish to support you as far as we are able. Certainly you have our prayers…
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Not everything in Protestantism is bad by any means. There are old Protestant groups in parts of the UK who only sing Psalms. That is their hymn book, and they use simple tunes which they have used for centuries. We cannot read and learn the Psalm…
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I am generally known as Father Peter. After all Abouna also means Father. As does Abba, and Papa, and Pope. Father Peter
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Dear John, I think that if anyone watches the video from the Oriental Orthodox Festival they will see entirely what you describe. Indeed when I was in Senegal for a while many years ago the music and singing of the local people was not the same a…
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Why do you think that you find yourself unable to pray to our Father? Why not use the Our Father prayer, which our Lord taught us and which is addressed to God our Father? God bless you Father Peter
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May the Lord have mercy on your friend and our brother. May the Lord touch his heart and stir in him a desire to walk with God again in a newness of life. I urge and encourage all who visit Tasbeha to pray for this one who is dear to Christ. Let…
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St Theophan the Recluse said.. You ask, will the heterodox be saved... Why do you worry about them? They have a Saviour Who desires the salvation of every human being. He will take care of them. You and I should not be burdened with such a concern.…
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Dear Ioaness, I agree with you. There are many things about which we should be silent. What happens after death is one of them. We have certain hopes and principles which guide our thoughts. But when we start formally describing what is going to h…
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As someone who was a Protestant, and has a great deal of sympathy for many Protestants, I would have to say that I am not happy with the fact that so many Protestant songs are sung by Copts, so many Protestant books are read by Copts, and even so ma…
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As far as I can see Augustine of Hippo is not in the Coptic Synaxarium, and I can't recall him being quoted by St Severus. I wonder when he became popular in the modern Coptic Church and why? Father Peter
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It was probably not true. Or at least it was not true for very long. For the first centuries there were large pagan and Jewish populations. Even when paganism began to be persecuted there were pagans, especially outside of Alexandria. Perhaps for a…
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Hi Ioannes, I don't accept the teaching of a place called purgatory at all, but many of the Fathers, and indeed the Scriptures, do refer to the analogy of fire, and of a purifying after death. When we are baptised we are brought to life and into a…
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Thank you for sharing that most moving testimony. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you safe. Father Peter
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Marduk, I think that you are being at least unwittingly disingenuous. No-one leaves a Church they believe is true to join another community, and especially not just because there are misconceptions held about that other community. So I do not be…
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Bump!
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If your friend is distant from Christ and life in the Church then confession is not his main problem. He needs to desire Christ again, and that is a work of the Spirit. Pray for him, and perhaps mention him to your priest so that he is aware of his…
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Dear Mardukm I understand that you came to believe that the Catholic Church was THE truth, but can you therefore explain in what areas you think that Orthodoxy is in error? You would not have left the Orthodox Church if you had not become convince…
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Let your priest worry about that. He will understand when to tell you to make a general confession and when to concentrate on particular issues. It is a mistake to think of sins as things we do. Walking across the road when it is not green is a c…
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The Catholic Catechism, the official teaching of the Catholic Church says... The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, S…
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The Roman Catholic doctrine is different to the Orthodox one. The Roman Catholics teach that the Holy Spirit proceeds FROM the Father AND the Son. The Orthodox teach that the Holy Spirit proceeds FROM the Father THROUGH the Son. These are entirel…
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Mardukm, I would like you to explain why you left the Orthodox Church and became a Catholic. It is all very well saying that you think that the Catholic Church has been misunderstood, but that is never a reason for leaving the Church and joining a…
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Marduk, I am not sure why you are posting this material here. It is not the place to seek to convince people of Catholicism. The Non-Orthodox Inquiries board is for people who are seeking to learn about our Orthodoxy to ask questions about our Orth…
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Well the Son is not the same as the Father. Nor is the Father the same as the Spirit, nor the Son the same as the Spirit. Therefore it matters that we keep the distinctions which have been revealed to us by God in the Scriptures, where we are taugh…