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+ Irini nem ehmot, Let's also not forget how St. Moses ended his life. The berbers were coming to attack the monastery and he refused to flee saying, 'those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword' (in reference to his past life and the fit…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, From St. Gregory the Great - Epistle XXXIX, to Eulogius, Patriarch in Alexandria 'The figs which the Lord had sought were the fruit of the Synagogue, which had the leaves of the law, but not the fruit of works. For the Creator of…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, It's his opinion. He's entitled to it. We are entitled to disagree. Are piercings unnatural? Sure. Why? Well, one isn't born with pierced ears. One must undergo a procedure to get their ears pierced. Are piercings sinful? No. Is …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11645.msg139691#msg139691 date=1308287773] Haha, you really think I have it out for you Ioaness. I don't. Cephas, what I am asking is does the context matter or is all of this normative? For…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Bravo, you can regurgitate words. Now, add the proper historical and cultural context, and you'll be on your way. Who were the Fathers writing to? What kind of society where these people living in? What was the typical attire of …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I think we should read the Fathers in the same way we read the Bible, in its proper historical context. There are spiritual lessons to be learned and those are what we are to focus on. 'The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life…
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He was. Ioannes is just illiterate.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, My reading of St. Cyril is that 'the Prophet' and the Messiah are one and the same person. As St. John Chrysostom says: 'For they expected that some special prophet should come, because Moses said, "The Lord your God will raise u…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I have a .pdf copy of Dr. Jeannie Constantinou's thesis that includes a translation of Andrew of Ceasarea's Commentary on Revelation. PM your email address if you're interested. The translation of the commentary begins on page 28…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11526.msg138848#msg138848 date=1306958765] Thomas Aquinas' explanation makes more sense intuitively. John the baptizer already said he was not the Messiah, why say it again in another way? [/qu…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, St. Cyril's Commentary on the Gospel of John said: And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ…
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+ Irini nem ehmot St. John Chrysostom's Homily 16 on the Gospel of John said:John 1:19 "And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?" 1. A dreadful thing is envy, beloved, a dreadful…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=servant33 link=topic=11375.msg137877#msg137877 date=1305355941] [quote author=imikhail link=topic=11375.msg137621#msg137621 date=1304853383] Sacraments are essential for salvation and cannot be performed unless ther…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=George_Mina_Awad link=topic=11375.msg137813#msg137813 date=1305259080] If it's alright, I have a question on a somewhat related note and from skimming through the 13 pages of this thread it doesn't seem like it's be…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, In the Coptic Church, I don't believe so. It is done to this day in the Greek Orthodox Church. If you go to orthodoxchristianity.net you will find some women on there that are called presbytera. Here are some articles from Orth…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I'm not sure I see this 'evidence' as damaging at all. I think we both can agree that there were female apostles though they had not priestly functions. So that takes care of the issue of St. Thecla. As for Episcopa Theodora, the…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Hello again Ceder, I wanted to briefly address this portion of your first post: [quote author=zolo2006 link=topic=11396.msg137583#msg137583 date=1304810301] There are also some whom say that the word probably makes the sentence…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11375.msg137591#msg137591 date=1304821915] [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=11375.msg137577#msg137577 date=1304802710] + Irini nem ehmot, Unworthy1, I'm not sure if you have already done this or…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Here are two commentaries I found that I hope are useful to you. The first is from St. Ambrose: NPNF2-10. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters said:Chapter X. St. John did not absolutely forbid that prayer should be made for tho…