the answer is very simple......
There are those strayed from the faith.....we, as the Church of Alexandria led by Pope Dioscoros, choose NOT to follow them. Read the history behind the Council of Chalcedon (search in the forum) to find the details. …
[quote author=MaRy:) link=topic=8417.msg106964#msg106964 date=1255992135]
is it wrong to like boys/girls when we are coptic. i just want to know because since i know a lot of americans and i have sorta learned from them what they do and what they li…
Well....i just confirmed.....the POPE HIMSELF said in the meeting in Alexandria, "Anba Youannis Habibi....if there is anything happening, you need to hear from the CHURCH and not anyone else."
So i guess it's self-explanatory!!!! ::) ::) ::) ::) 8)
[quote author=abosefien link=topic=8393.msg106930#msg106930 date=1255812104]
Actually this was all true, because after what happened Pope Shenouda removed him from his position as General Secretary for H. H. Pope Shenouda.
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can you please p…
i don't see the problem. what's with telling someone your face is black?!.......you are simply explaining what's his face color.
Would it kill to call someone white or black?! NO!
this is that way especially with us, Egyptians, whoa re not racist be…
[quote author=Melchoir link=topic=8394.msg106923#msg106923 date=1255777392]
Let me ask you one question; Lucifer was created by God, right? So, was he created in God's image?
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Lucifer, or more like Satanaeel, was an angel; the highest rank …
i started listening to Dr. Peter Kreeft, is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and at the King's College (Empire State Building), in New York City. He is great in these things.
His audio lectures are here: http://peterkreeft.com/audio.htm
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[quote author=I Believe link=topic=8401.msg106809#msg106809 date=1255365955]
im pretty sure there is minagir i went to FL this past summer and i went to this church and i saw it and it was huge
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it WAS the 2nd edition.....it's huge because …
there is NO 3rd edition....atleast not for now or a looong while. they have enough on there hands by publishing the "never-ending" coptic-english-arabic khidmit shamas.
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=8359.msg106791#msg106791 date=1255269690]
yyaaa. sooo... we didnt do too well.
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Hahahaha.
On the other hand, we did great. Our kids really surprised us. And we also had a good chorus.
He haven't DONE anything YET!!! When he does, he'd atleast deserve that prize. Considering the end times and the "anti-christ," read everything else about it and come back and talk about it.
[quote author=Marina6 link=topic=8394.msg106766#msg106766 date=1255056439]
hey guys,
my philoshopy professor was saying in the middle of class that God in the old testament was very racist and did many genocides. he says that God favored the Isreal…
[quote author=JustinWilliams link=topic=8330.msg106728#msg106728 date=1254708337]
However I do not know if this was because everything was new to me and I wanted to take it all in or if this would be the same experience I would have each time? Does…
[quote author=Godislove260 link=topic=8373.msg106672#msg106672 date=1254308021]
QT please do read 'On the Incarnation' by St. Athanasius the Apostolic, you will find many answerst to your questions there..
God Bless
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i have to say that th…
[quote author=Darkeye link=topic=8373.msg106665#msg106665 date=1254258886]
This person had to be:
1- sinless because if he himself sinned he would also be a sinner
2- immortal because sin is immortal
3- a part of the god because only he can forgive…
[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=8373.msg106663#msg106663 date=1254248110]
So basically, what you are saying is that His death was to repay the Divine Justice. God needed a sacrifice of Eternal magnitude to forgive the world in order to let them in…
[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=8373.msg106661#msg106661 date=1254244264]
Orthodox11 gave me the answer, I forgot what he said and then I started thinking about this topic, and now I wish I could ask him again, but he's not here.
He's left tasbeh…
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=8378.msg106641#msg106641 date=1254185857]
What is the first hymn?
When do we say it?
Any one got the text?
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probably hymns of the annunciation
[quote author=aidan link=topic=8373.msg106622#msg106622 date=1254159117]
On Sunday last my bishop preached on the cross and said, in the end, it is a mystery. However this verse sums up the Orthodox position, so I believe;
Forasmuch then as the chi…
[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=8373.msg106619#msg106619 date=1254153108]
[quote author=sodr2 link=topic=8373.msg106618#msg106618 date=1254150880]
God couldn't just forgive because He is a *just* God. His justice is greater than His mercy. [/quote…
[quote author=Marina6 link=topic=8374.msg106604#msg106604 date=1254104770]
but many of the church fathers say no since this bread might have been choosen to be the body, kinda like going in the altar..we are not supposed to
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Qoutr some fath…
[quote author=christ_rose link=topic=8369.msg106602#msg106602 date=1254104172]
HEy guys in our church we used "shere nak o pistavros fee etavesh pashois erof" as the refrain for our psalm 150 and i dont remember exactly where we got it but it may be…
[quote author=Marina6 link=topic=8374.msg106592#msg106592 date=1254098330]
hey guys,
i was wondering if anyone knows are girls allowed to eat the baraka or the "aghape" that gets passed out at the end of the liturgy if they have their period.
i was…
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=8359.msg106568#msg106568 date=1253989771]
there is allota dreaming going on in this topic O_O
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well this is the only way you can give hope for all the churches other than westside, to think they can wi…