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Pi Onkh, Have you read all of this thread? Or are you just commenting on the last post. There has been a great deal of talk about empire in this thread and culture and how the Coptic church culture is the origin of Christianity. I am not sure wha…
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I hope that we will restrain ourselves from all forms of pride and cultural arrogance so that we are not guilty of that which we accuse others of. The list of achievements of the Coptic Orthodox Church which has been listed seems gravely deficient …
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I must say that I find their stance against ecumenism a bit of a red herring. The Coptic Orthodox Church is entirely conservative, and yet is able to have fellowship and open and honest discussions with anyone who is also serious in intent. I am th…
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I would not worry about these comments. You can do nothing to change such people's opinions. We must be entirely positive, seek to understand our own theology correctly, and produce educational materials for ourselves and for those interested in ou…
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Dear Aidan, I must say that I have found that the educated and theologically literate Catholics do seem to have a genuine and open-hearted interest in Oriental Orthodoxy, and do seem interested in seeking ways forward towards understanding even if …
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I have not found this to be the case. On the contrary, I have found that the Russian Church is among the most resistant to efforts towards reconciliation between our Orthodox Church and the Byzantines. I have never heard, and find it unbelievable…
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May the Lord have mercy on you and strengthen you, and all those who have recently asked prayers here on Tasbeha for themselves and for their loved ones. May God bless you all Father Peter
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Hezekiel, There are some advantages for the BOC in reaching British people, but there are also disadvantages. Our resources are much smaller, for instance, so we cannot do as much as we would like. I have to work to earn a living because my congreg…
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Dear Hezekiel You make some useful and helpful points. The date was set at a Council meeting last year, and the main factors were avoiding Lent and Pascha on the one hand, and Pentecost on the other. This may not perhaps be the best means of select…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9236.msg114473#msg114473 date=1274118534] I think it would be easier if we just spoke face to face. [/quote] Well invite me to tea then. Father Peter
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But I can't say that I have ever seen any educated Copt suggest that we become God according to essence. I am a member of lots of forums where Copts post, and I have never heard a Copt say that. If we want to find a neutral source of patristics th…
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Hi Zoxasi. Good questions. But we must be careful not to simply absorb the teaching of late Eastern Orthodoxy if we do not find it in our own authentic Orthodox Fathers. Hardly. The essence/energy distinction has nothing in reality to do with whet…
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We have never accepted the Byzantine teaching on the distinction between energies and essence. I have never been happy with it. That does not mean that the terms are not used by our Fathers and that the idea does not have some value. But there is n…
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There is a useful article here.... http://erkohet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:intrototheosis&Itemid=14 It is 'Introduction to the Early Fathers on the Doctrine of Theosis' By Professor John Charmley…
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Why not? It seems to have EVERYTHING to do with that verse. When someone is baptised and born again they are made clean and must not be considered unclean in any way. This IS what the verse is saying. It is nothing to do with ritual prescriptions…
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Well it is reasonable to think in terms of the baptism of others giving them a new start and making them clean. But Cornelius and his household had not been baptised and yet St Peter was being asked to treat them as clean. It is probably best not t…
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I am not sure what you mean because you appear to have said exactly what I said? Where do you see a difference? Father Peter
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St Peter hesitated to deal with Gentile believers on the same basis as Jewish believers. He was still thinking like a Jew and considered that he would be contaminated by mixing with them. Jews, for instance, would not even eat from a dish that a Gen…
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A person who is baptised is washed clean and begins a new life in Christ. Their state is purer - if we want to make a competition of it - than a Christian who was baptised many years ago and keeps sinning. Indeed to even bring to mind the past and f…
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I guess there are lots of things that could and will be added, but I am working at the moment as I guess lots of others are. What are your reflections on the passage? Father Peter
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Last post. I must stop. I had an internet problem all morning so I am catching up now. I don't particularly agree with the more complex popular Catholic view of purgatory. But I do think there is a purgative process after death, which may be instan…
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I'm going offline now. Why doesn't someone see what the Ancient Christian Commentary series says for this passage? It is available on books.google.com. God bless whoever searches. Father Peter
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The Jews thought Gentiles were unclean. Father Peter
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Personally I don't see that such a view would be scriptural. Our Lord suggests that a divorce might be allowed - but not required - for adultery only. It seems to me that we marry our partners as they are, and must live with them as they are, just a…
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The penalty for sin is death. Adam took one bite of an apple. I am not sure why you think that because we do something we think is small we are better than someone who does something we think is bad. We are the same. We are all deserving of death …
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Have you not watched the short film about him? He responded to every situation with the words 'Thanks be to God'. It seems to me that such a response is the best, but it is not one that we can always find the strength to offer. Nor is it always th…
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I will read the article later. Just busy with work at the moment and have been without internet for much of the time. The whole reason that the Eastern Orthodox separated from our Orthodox Church is because of Chalcedon. This is why so many of our …
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I thought I would add a list of contents so people can see what is in it. Preface 7 Introduction 9 An introduction to Orthodox Christology 15 Eutyches and the Oriental Orthodox tradition 37 The Orthodox view of Ibas of Edessa 69 The Orthodox C…
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But Chalcedon was a dyophysite council. It is the council which insisted that Christ is 'in two natures'. Why do you think that it would suggest that Leo was a miaphysite? The Greeks see us as heretics because they have painted themselves into a c…
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Hezekiel, Yes, there were too few there. Even though it was a blessing. Next year we need to try and make sure that more bishops are able to clear their diaries, and that laity from Oriental Orthodox congregations all over make the effort to come.…