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Among the Orthodox, liturgies are already diverse. So why would it change? The only thing would be an official lifting of anaethemas.
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Purgatory is a very very old doctrine. It existed before the Third Council in the Church of Rome, and was actually discussed on some level before the official Third Ecunemical Council.
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Greetings. Hope you are edified by this forum. Would you be willing to give a brief account of what it is like in Algeria, and the Christian witness there? I am quite interested. GB
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Have you talked to anyone? The very fact that you think people will go out of their way for you shows that not just God, but others love you and feel you are worthy to aid. You have relationships for a reason; they aren't just to derive enjoyment, b…
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[quote author=Coptic Servent link=topic=6110.msg81182#msg81182 date=1200776955] Does anybody know if we could actually change our future? I don't mean literally, but this question has gone through my mind a lot, if you don't understand or comprehen…
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I am not substatiating it, nor criticising it per se; just saying we have to be genuine in the way we try to God's will. Not everyone is going to visit orphans AND visit the elderly AND the oppressed AND the widows AND feed the poor AND fight for ju…
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Remember the story of the Good Samaritan? The first two probably talked about injustice, the poor, etc. but only the Samaritan when he found one went out of his way to aid him. I think the point is not to lament over them, but to be the open Hands a…
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Please read the Old Testament. The volatile times the choosen of God lived were indeed turbulent and there was no shortage of Prophets that expressed despair only lined with an impalpable hope. Read Lamentations for a glimpse of the contrite spirit …
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I do this all the time, so don't take this the wrong way, but try to put posts in the correct category :P This should be in "Hymn Discussion".
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It's not important the change that you are trying to effect; its the journey that you took to get there. Trust me, this is just the beginning of many trying times that will demand that you reflect on your life, judge it, and recourse it. These are t…
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[quote author=Coptic Servent link=topic=6141.msg81497#msg81497 date=1201487913] I'm really beginning to get sick of life, and several times I've thought of committing suicide, don't worry I just thought of it, I never tried to, because I know if I d…
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I invite you to read St. Athanasius's On the Incarnation http://www.orthodoxonline.com/incarnation.pdfI will just quote a relevant part: For God had made man thus (that is, as an embodied spirit), and had willed that he should remain in incorruptio…
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I haven't even heard of these phones...Nokia, Samsung, LG, Ericson, 3- that's all I know. Wow.
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Sometimes "rich" people are with "rich" people, because they tend to be similar in other things too. The best thing to do, I guess, is reach out to all. That said, I left Church as soon as the Absolution was said today. Be part of the solution and…
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People have to realize that what Darwin said on the matter is of no corollary. We are talking about Neodarwanism. Much has changed since Darwin- he did not understand genetics, inheritance and mutations could not be understood until Mendel, his cont…
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Actually, it you who has been influenced by Western Theology. We do not inherit the "Original Sin", but we live with its consequences. Since we knew the Law, it became possible to transgress the law, and hence sin was borne. However, we do not inh…
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In the Catholic Encyclopaedia: Gr. Melchisedek, from the Hebrew meaning "King of righteousness (Gesenius)] was King of Salem (Gen. xiv, 18-20) who, on Abraham's return with the booty taken from the four kings, "bringing forth bread and wine, for he…
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[quote author=Orthodox11 link=topic=5210.msg70777#msg70777 date=1178709662] According to St. Ephraim the Syrian "this Melchizedek is Shem, who became a king due to his greatness; he was the head of fourteen nations. In addition, he was a priest. He …
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http://t8s.biblos.com/john/1.htm Go to verse 28.
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[quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=6129.msg81415#msg81415 date=1201170062] There is a book by HH Pope Shenouda about this subject and also (or another book) about immediate salvation (in a moment / instantaneous salvation). Anyway the titles are no…
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There is no shortage of literature that has debunked the "sola fide" idea. The problem with the whole debate is there is this rather Legalistic way that pervades their thinking. It complicates the relationship of - faith and works - salvation and s…
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There are two elements of man: soul and body (Gen 2:9). Man's body, although connected to mortality, remains that which the immortal soul is united. Both were created by God's command, and are essential elements of man's nature. God has given this t…
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The lie of omission. I have done that many times- too much to count. Your father is responsible for you- it is his role as head of your house- just as Christ is the Head of the Church. Thus, it is imperative that you should disclose anything that th…
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Guys, please reconcile before Communion.
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Actually, I think there is a bit of a case against the Deutrocanon, since some even prominent Church Fathers were reluctant to use them in their works. Some Protestants, especially Lutherans and Anglicans are very knowledgeable about Church histor…
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Can I also comment at your frustration with your Protestant peers? You seem to either think, or allow that you have the burden of proof. This is a common thing I still fall into. However, this is not logical. We practice and teach what has been con…
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The faithful of whom the Church is comprised, as St Paul stressed "...called to be Saints" (Rom 1:7). They are saints because of their calling by God, and by which they were separated from the rest of the people/nations. They were baptised for the r…
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What some people don't seem to understand is that the Scriptures are only seen sacred and fit for doctrine because it was written by holy men through the Holy Ghost, and the Church acknowledged its inspiration and deemed it necessary to be in the ca…
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To be fair, they believe we are monophysite because we did not delineate between nature and person.
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[quote author=Stavro link=topic=4601.msg77571#msg77571 date=1190921389] [quote author=sleepymusician link=topic=4601.msg63234#msg63234 date=1163473741] Joshua Harris isn't setting a moral code or a set of rules for us, all he's doing is telling us f…