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You are right ilovesaintmark. I was not picking on you .. I am just trying to be clear. Thanks.
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Orthodox do not have the concept of the Catholic dedication or devotion. So, I have to say that categorically we do not have the dedicated months. The Orthodox focus on a certain event is totally different than the devotion the Catholics have. Aga…
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During the apostle's time, there was no written book called the NT. They preached from the OT along with the events that took place while Jesus was on earth. We as Christians are bound by both the OT and the NT for both form the map to being saved…
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According to the Church, one must be fasting to take communion and is also abstaining from food for at least nine hours.
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No we do not. The devotion to the sacred heart and the precious blood are heresies that the Orthodox do not accept.
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If Adam did not know what death was, how would God have forewarned him of something he had never heard of? Let me elaborate, there are many warnings of hell and the gnashing of teeth but we have no knowledge of what that is except that it is a sepa…
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PRE-FALL Man was mortal but incorruptible. Ok .. Would Adam have experienced death, being mortal, had he not eaten from the tree? If the answer is yes, then we are in agreement and nothing to argue about. If the answer is no, then how would mort…
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All created beings, be they man or animal, are mortal. However, all created beings, be they man or animal, were created incorruptible before the fall. As a result of the fall, everything was transformed from incorruptible to corruptible. I think we …
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Here you present another problem: If there was no death before the fall, then man and animal are equal in their immortality. The difference however was man created after God's image immortal and animal was not. This immortality was tarnished by th…
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The corruption here is both the corruption of the flesh and the eternal damnation that I eluded to earlier in my last post. My question still remains: How would Adam reach heaven if he was to live forever in the Garden of Eden? Was the Grden of…
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The notion that man would not have experienced death before the Fall is against against God's plan, the Bible's teaching and logic. First, to say that man would have lived in the paradise or the Garden of Eden forever is mixing the Garden with hea…
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Were the dinosaurs extinct before or after Adam's creation? Were animals created to stay alive for eternity? I find this absurd as it equates human nature with the animal one.
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Dear lightening, My comment was the general one. W often forget to council our ritual books that are basically a confession of the Curch's belief in a prayer form. The liturgy of baptism contains nothing of the original sin idea. However, it spea…
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Relationship between man and God is based upon love and not fear. God created man so that man may enjoy His company and that God may "channel" His love towards man. Yet, God put a barrier around this relationship which is obedience. Certainly Adam…
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Satan is the epitome of sin, the originator of sin , pure sin itself,the very essence of sin The first part of your original question rests on the premise that Satan is the essence of sin. This is not correct in light of what the Bible teaches. Th…
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Liturgies are a VERY IMPORTANT source in studying dogma. In the liturgy of baptism there is no mention of the original sin. The theme is that the baptized has been transferred from death to life. Please read it as most of us may not have had the …
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If anyone wants to learn everyday words in Coptic, visit www.speakcoptic.org
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To my knowledge it has not been.
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Many of the Coptic psalis and doxologies that are written before the Middle ages do rhyme as it is an essential element in the way they were written. Unfortunately, as Coptic was replaced gradually by Arabic and Coptic literature decreased, composi…
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One of the reason people are not interested in learning Coptic because there i no national pride. We, as Copts, did not maintain our ethnic identity for political reasons. Another reason is the lack of usage within the Church and the way seminaries…
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The Jews are persecuted because God has rejected them. They are not persecuted because of religion but rather because of their ethnic identity. Their persecution is not a new thing, it has been going on since they were in Egypt. In the Old Testamen…
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One of the important and fundamental differences between Orthodox and Protestants is the way we view the Bible and the Church. We, as Orthodox, submit to the Bible and the Church and do not rationalize everything or say that the Church and the Bibl…
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The summary of this discussion is: Priesthood in the OT as well as the NT is preserved for men. Through man came the woman. Meaning that her life or existence is dependent on him. Through man came salvation, the 2nd Adam, who brought life back t…
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Origen Statement "This passage teaches that there were women ordained in the church's ministry by the apostle's authority." Yes the apostles dis ordain women and in the Coptic Church there are women who are ordained. However, we must understand th…
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Let us take Theoderet's quote: "These people were companions of Paul in his sufferings and even shared imprisonment with him. Hence he says that they are men and women of note, not among the pupils but among the teachers, and not among the ordinary…
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I have provided you with the information I have. I could care less whose attention you are seeking. It amazes me how someone who repeatedly refers to the fathers, tradition, etc. can so easily push them aside when it becomes an inconvenience to your…
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Unworthy, I am not seeking your atttention. I have aked you for Origen's reference but it seems you cannot or unwilling to provide it. When you site a a quote jt is ways important to give a reference. You did so with. Chrysostom.
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Junia was never named an apostle but rather she was well known among the apostles. There is no Church Tradition that she had ever received a priestly rank. In the Orthodox Church, there is no internal nor external evidence that ANY woman has eve…
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Junia was never named an apostle but rather she was well known among the apostles. There is no Church Tradition that she had ever received a priestly rank.
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In the Orthodox Church, there is no internal or external evidence that ANY woman has ever conducted the sacraments nor has ever received the rank of priesthood.