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No, I don't think so. There has never been an absolute rule about the form of baptism, but there is a matter of what is best and what is in obedience to one's bishop and Tradition. The question should rather be why is the priest - especially in our …
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When my son was baptised we used the font of the local Anglican Church where we had been made most welcome to pray and occasionally hold liturgies, and we know the priest there very well, he is a family friend. He has a large font which was deep en…
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There is a video here.. If this is typical then it is very different from the Western forms of affusion which may be criticised for lacking a sense of being 'baptised-plunged-immersed' in water. The priest in this video is careful to make sure th…
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This is interesting. I find it most surprising indeed. Do we have some video anywhere of an Ethiopian Orthodox baptism? Is the practice different in Africa to in the US or other Western countries? Baptism by affusion, which is a definite pouring o…
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We should not be asking who is going to heaven, and it is not a Coptic heaven in any case. That is entirely for God to decide. I have to say that the view that the Roman Catholics have the same sacraments as us, though they have different doctrines…
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Hi How do you know the two roads lead to the same destination? It is indeed possible for a Roman Catholic to be Orthodox despite their Roman Catholicism, and if they are then God will have mercy I am sure. It is indeed possible for an Orthodox to …
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Are you saying that you are in a place where there are no Orthodox Churches at all? Or within any travelling distance? You seem to be ignoring what I have said several times. There is a place for Christian fellowship with Roman Catholics. I am not…
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QT, I will not try to convince you one way or the other. If these things are not important to you then that is the case. I am a priest, and a student of our Fathers. I can do no more than watch over those Coptic Orthodox in my care. You are enti…
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Dear Meghalo I am not sure that there is an 'official' position, not least because within the ecclesiology of the Orthodox Church there is a great discretion allowed to the bishop. Personally I believe that the main issue that the CoC has with the…
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Yes, the differences are so important that you should not have communion there, and it is the responsibility of the priests and bishops, and the responsibility of each of us as we become mature Christians to both be aware of the reasons why we may n…
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Dear user00 It is a matter of fact that many Oriental Orthodox are blessed by their priests and bishops to receive communion at an EO Church, indeed many Ethiopians do so. It is not ideal but at the level of the laity, rather than the clergy, it is…
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Thank you for your reply. A couple of points. Even though I do believe that the matter of formally dealing with the divisions between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches is something that must be dealt with in an 'ecumenism from above', never…
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I have always understood these passages in several ways.. i. That the term God of gods is a honorific in a particular historical context and does not describe a polytheistic universe. In the same way that a judge is called 'your worship' but is not…
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None of the Palestinian Christians I know support Israel. Father Petre
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Well if people are happy describing themselves as Irish-Americans then there is no reason not to describe yourself as an Egyptian-American, or even a Coptic-American. Father Peter
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How would you address your own priest? Father Peter
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Many of the Arab people were Christians. There is a significant record of bishops of various Arab groups from the time of Nicaea through to that of the holy empress Theodora and beyond. These Christian groups also suffered from militant Islamic Arab…
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There are many questions here. I will try to answer them as best I can. i. Are those who are not baptised in the 'Orthodox' Church not going to heaven? We must remember that the Coptic Orthodox Church is merely a local community of the wider Orthod…
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Many of the spiritual teachings of the Church have developed over the early centuries. The fasts were not as long as they are now in the earliest times, but Christians were also often facing the death of a martyr and this must have counted much towa…
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Dear Melchoir Can I ask which Church you are a member of? Many thanks Father Peter
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Your account also shows that we are best keeping silent when we want to ask where the grace of God is, or is not. It is always better to judge ourselves saying, I alone deserve the eternal punishment of hell, than to point at others and say, this pe…
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May the Lord have mercy upon him, and upon you all. I will remember him at the altar. Father Peter
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I am Father Peter, it does seem to me that you are wrong. Jerusalem is important to Jews, Christians and Muslims. It has a varied history that links it irrevocably to many different empires, states, governments and people. As part of that history t…
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I don't know why it makes you angry. The fact is that the Holy Sepulchre is full of un-Christian bickering and fighting. It is well recorded in very recent years that there have been many fist fights between members of the Christian communities. W…
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It was also you who urged us to pray for the Assyrian (Nestorian) Christians of Iraq who were being persecuted. [quote author=Melchoir link=topic=7619.msg100070#msg100070 date=1234027476] Nineveh is in the air: Islamists are driving Iraqi Christian…
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I am not sure what you mean? You are saying that it is a crime to pray for those who suffer for the name of Christ who do not belong to an Orthodox Church? Which false Gods are being worshipped by those who worship the name of Christ and are willi…
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Dear Hezekiel I am aware of a great many non-Orthodox groups who are aware of the persecution suffered by Orthodox in many places, and who remember those Orthodox Christians in prayer. I am also aware of a great many groups that do not distinguish …
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I am very sad to hear any Christian make statements rejecting offering prayer for Christians who are suffering. I do not believe that mabsoota has any concern for the political situation in Eritrea but is wholly concerned for the suffering of Chris…
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There is no chicken and egg problem. Evil does not exist. It has not reality as a thing. It is a deformation of the will that turns away from God. Sin is not making one choice rather than another, it is a motion of the heart and will away from God…
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I can't speak to the tense of the Coptic, but it is universal in the English language in all Orthodox, Catholic and Episcopal traditions to say 'Christ IS risen'. This seems to me to add something important to the sense of 'Christ has risen'. He …