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Thanks for taking the time do complile this. It is an excellent resource. Father Peter
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I'm just shutting down for the night but I think I can recall several accounts in the desert fathers with explicit instruction about how to bear oneself in a conversation. I'll have a look tomorrow. Father Peter
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Dear Ioannes, I am not going to dialogue with you on this topic during Lent. You know what I have asked you to do, but you seem intent on persisting in pushing this topic. Father Peter
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Ioannes, You are incorrect. I have not asked that this thread be closed, but that it not be pursued during Lent. In fact this post goes back over a year. I have also asked you to cease posting on various topics over Lent. The difference is that y…
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I would like us to leave this topic during Lent please. Father Peter
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I am not sure why this question is of any relevance to us here, and especially during Lent? Father Peter
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Yes, one can say that God cannot do certain things. And many of the posts in the thread show that the Scriptures teach us that God cannot do certain things. He certainly cannot do self-contradictory and illogical things. And he cannot do anything wh…
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God is in Hell. Whatever that is. How can any place exist in which God is not present? The separation from God is not a matter of location but of personal relations. We are separated from God in our sin, but that does not mean that our very beings…
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There are many commentaries on Psalm 151. Just go to books.google.com and search for Psalm 151. But not much from patristic sources. Father Peter
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Dear Anba Bishoy I think you have misunderstood me? I have not said that there are things which God cannot do, or that he would cease to be God if he could not do them. Quite the contrary. The Scriptures teach us that there are things which God ca…
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Hi mabsoota, The question is rather, why would the saints not pray for us? Let us imagine that you have a priest who has prayed every day for your salvation. He has taken great care of his flock for 30 or 40 years and then he reposes. How can we i…
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Matthew 19:26 is talking about salvation, and when our Lord goes on to say with God all things are possible he is still talking about salvation. It seems to me that we can all think of things that God cannot do. We only need to think of one thing to…
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Abounasarecool, Who says God can do all things, except people who come up with these human philosophical 'paradoxes'. God cannot do evil. He cannot cease to exist. He cannot cease to be a Trinity. There are a whole load of things he cannot do whi…
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Why is it a paradox? It is not true that God can do all things. He can only do those things which are consistent with his divine nature and being. It is only a paradox if we accept the false premise that God can do anything. Father Peter
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I know that list was published in your Church newspaper, and I am not disagreeing with the sentiment, but it is not part of our Orthodox tradition because it only works with a Protestant Bible. The Bible was not divided into our modern chapters unt…
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We need to remember that our Fathers grew up in a time when there were many pagan cults who all used signs and symbols, but they did not become obsessed with considering them. If we remember the passage - Resist the devil and he will flee from you,…
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This is automatic spam generated from India. The signatures are adverts for mortgage companies. I have removed the messages. Father Peter
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There is undoubtedly some commentary on Psalm 151, but not in English as far as I can see, and not in any easily accessible patristic text. Even a Greek collection of commentaries on the psalms did not have anything for Psalm 151 and so used a simi…
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There is a modern book on Contemporary Coptic Nuns. I don't know how useful it is. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Contemporary-Studies-Comparative-Religion-Hardcover/dp/1570030340/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267988400&sr=8-1 Father Peter
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I do agree with epchois, We must be careful not to become obsessed about these things. There are bad people in the music industry. Some people in the music industry may even be dominated by Satan. But many more are not. Many more are just musically…
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Begin with what we are all taught. Have a rule of prayer, bible reading, and study. Worship regularly. Receive communion. And ask God every day how you can serve him. Ask him to show you ways of service, and to give you all the grace you need to …
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I thought the Egyptian team played well, and all of the English fans were pretty fed up with the England team at the end of the first half. I think though that Egypt dominated because England were not playing their best in the first half. The Egypt…
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Dear Fady, I am glad to address you by your name. Let me say that I am not insisting or even suggesting that everyone must or should do the same. And some people are in situations where they want to ask questions which they are embarassed to ask p…
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It is hard, but becoming an Olympic athlete is hard. The refining of precious metal in a furnace is hard. The shaping of a precious jewel is hard. Our Lord has plans for us, that we might shine like that jewel, but none of this can be obtained or…
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I am not quite sure why you or anyone would be so defensive in hiding their age and gender? I must admit to finding all this anonymity rather unsettling since in nearly all my internet activity in forums I tend to just use my name. Being unwilling t…
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Well it does rather depend on the post and it can be very relevant indeed. Everyone can easily find out about me because I am not anonymous, but if someone is providing advice in a difficult or serious matter and is only 14 years old then that coul…
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Are the dialects as different as English and American, or more distantly related like Dutch and German? Father Peter
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But we should seek to be obedient because God is God, not because of anything we might get from him. I know you don't mean this, but what you say sounds a little like - I will love God if he gives me reasons to love him. Even if we never have any …
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"Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify our Father in heaven". We don't need to speak very much to be doing God's work. Generally when we speak we say too much and draw attention to ourselves and not to God…
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Sodr2, that's a really good point, and very important. Love is not a feeling. Indeed in the Christian life feelings do not matter so much at all. Those feelings which do come to matter are the fruit of deep and spiritual experience over some time.…