[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5684.msg75975#msg75975 date=1187897995]
So if a EOC converts to Coptic Orthodoxism he only confesses, he isnt rebaptized?
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No. he would just need to be anointed with the miron to fullfill all the sa…
[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5684.msg75972#msg75972 date=1187896854]
For instance, baptism is required by immersion in water in order to obtain salvation.
Im pretty sure that the Eastern Churches require Baptism by immersion, yet we are…
[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5684.msg75969#msg75969 date=1187892090]
So does the Coptic Orhtodox Church acknowledge the Commuinon of Other Churches? I mean do we see their bread as the Body of Christ?
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no. that's why you are n…
[quote author=Orthodox11 link=topic=5678.msg75967#msg75967 date=1187891268]
[quote author=minagir link=topic=5678.msg75952#msg75952 date=1187884580]
we recognise them as Legitimate Apostolic church, not a sect, not the full truth...... Orthodoxy IS …
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75957#msg75957 date=1187886503]
why do Catholics celebrate Christmas and Easter (it is supposed to be called Ressurrection Feast...remember?) at different times? The reason for this is because the pagans at t…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75954#msg75954 date=1187885148]
Yes perhaps it stopped the age of the martyrs but it ushered in the DARK AGES!!!
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what r u talking about. that wasn't around that time or even in his rule.
and as for…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75949#msg75949 date=1187883919]
The reason we are talking about these Catholic objects is because Roman Catholocism represents Christianity in the world today. And guess what? We recognise them as a LEGITIMA…
[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5678.msg75946#msg75946 date=1187881303]
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
What about sun worship? Wasn't praying to the sun what set Moses the Black on the path of Christianity? Christ is 'the light of the worl…
these, if am not mistaken, are fans that symbolize the cherobim and the seraphim...atleast in ouorthodox church. i dono knew about the catholic but am sure they have a sympolism. every church is effected by calture. and am sure they have an explaina…
[quote author=Conqueror link=topic=5678.msg75919#msg75919 date=1187843257]
I see alot of discussion on this topic, yet can anyone prove the theory of the different Gods all having the same birth date and similar life as Jesus false? I find it hard t…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75911#msg75911 date=1187835089]
you are right. I must close my eyes and pray to Jesus so that he may have mercy upon me. This video is a tool of a certain group of people to discredit Christianity and the Am…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75907#msg75907 date=1187828178]
Just what if the Christian faith was adapted from ancient paganism? Huh? What then?
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It didn't ya habibi. now u r really effacted by the video.
[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5684.msg75901#msg75901 date=1187812012]
OK so waht about Max Michel....the heretic, i mean he was "ordained a bishop" and im pretty sure its not rightful, so do the people who partake of the Holy Communion f…
[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5684.msg75889#msg75889 date=1187803096]
This also got me thinking:
When Origen was ordained a Priest against Church Law (cuz he was a eunuch) he had to perform a Mass, now during his Mass, did the bread and…
[quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=5678.msg75882#msg75882 date=1187799399]
I do not see why should a faithful Christian refute or even debate irrelevant philosophy that is self-contained and that has no widespread (or even limited) media impact. Mo…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75880#msg75880 date=1187798963]
how do you know its fake? cant prove it can you?
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it's fake becasue of all ur sarcasm in what u've said. u just put a statment that u thought is rit and than played wi…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75875#msg75875 date=1187798546]
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75856#msg75856 date=1187795386]
That was a trick statement. Just wanted to see if you would catch that one.
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TRICK STATEMENT
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[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75866#msg75866 date=1187797174]
Let us assume that the following statement is true:
"There is no Truth"
Then there's at least one thing that's true: the statement "There is no Truth".
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the statment …
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75861#msg75861 date=1187796253]
That was an error:
What I meant to say was that if the all encompasing truth was that there is none at all then that in itself is truth.
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why do u have to make our liv…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75856#msg75856 date=1187795386]
That was a trick statement. Just wanted to see if you would catch that one.
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lol....i guess u call urself "genius" for a reason.
even thoo it was very basic math st…
[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5678.msg75852#msg75852 date=1187794622]
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
There is no TRUTH eh? Interesting statement, but fundamentally flawed. Why? Because that statement either includes itself or excludes i…
[quote author=Klara link=topic=5685.msg75850#msg75850 date=1187794464]
the other religion i usually encounter is Muslim faith. i told my colleague that the religion was evil and he answer that we must respect all religions. i think i was wrong to sa…
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75834#msg75834 date=1187787287]
The question is...
are all of these claims correct?
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i know part of the egyption things are. but he he left out the part of the person started the beliefe in one god. …
[quote author=elepti link=topic=5678.msg75829#msg75829 date=1187783061]
So how do we answer to this attack? Hmmm?
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lol. ur having to much fun with this ya habibi.
but i would just say that all of his sources are as untrusted as christiani…
[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5684.msg75813#msg75813 date=1187763820]
"The Tall Brothers were cut off by Pope Demetrius the 12th for choosing to follow Origen, so why would the Author refer to them in such a positive way (im not saying t…
[quote author=gregorytheSinner link=topic=5681.msg75795#msg75795 date=1187726213]
ya but at that time the Emperor imposed Patriarch Gregory the Arian, was not wanted and most Copts refused to acknowledge him
but in todays case
Many of the Eriterian…
[quote author=bballdude23 link=topic=5664.msg75792#msg75792 date=1187722085]
Epsalias are not general glorifications that we sing with [coptic]Deute pentyc[/coptic] or [coptic] K`cmarwout[/coptic]
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ur right. i didn't say anything against th…
[quote author=bballdude23 link=topic=5664.msg75790#msg75790 date=1187719992]
But an Epsalia is not a glorification.
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Psali = Praise.
Praise and glorifications are very close in meaning.
[quote author=bballdude23 link=topic=5664.msg75788#msg75788 date=1187718115]
The Psali for St. Moses the Black isn't a glorification like [coptic]Rasi ne `w };eotokoc[/coptic] because Psalis are used in Tasbeha, not in glorifications. If it was a gl…