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  • I am posting this challenge: Give me any verse or an event in the whole Bible that shows clearly a functioning priestess. Give me one Church canon in the Oriental Orthodox Church that shows clearly a functioning priestess. Give me one evidence th…
  • Either you lack reading comprehension skills or you are admitting there is no evidence for the priesthood being reserved to MEN in the New Testament. Which one is it? Well it cannot be both, which one do you think? I will leave the answer to your gr…
  • You have not provided any evidence. Rather you are pointing to a lack of evidence. Anyone can play the same card and say there is a lack of evidence in the New Testament of the priestly rank ascribed to strictly males. How can you provide evidenc…
  • Simple evidence. Were there any priestesses in the OT? You are waisting your time and enter into a debate that is, in my view, fruitless. Priesthood in the OT as well as the NT is preserved from men. Through man came the woman. Meaning that her l…
  • Very good Reminkimi I think we are in agreement.
  • Actually there were priestesses in paganism. Christianity reserved priesthood to only males .. this is what God instituted.
  • "I want someone to answer the question, "how can you live forever in the past tense"? Your only taking "we lived forever" as physical life but it also could mean the spiritual life which is more appropriate given the context of the hymn. Romans 14…
  • I meant do you have it recorded in English
  • we only say banoudi in Coptic and Arabic. Do you have it in Eng?
  • Do not confuse yourselves and stay within the Church's teachings.
  • And I agree to that, except all those dressed must be able to continue to communion.
  • [quote] Even though it looks like the past tense in (Arabic and Coptic and English), the context tesll us it can't be past tense.[\quote] Context is different than the tense of the verb. Per your rationale, the verses I listed had all the past tens…
  • I appreciate your greater knowledge of Arabic. However, Ophadece seems to believe it is the present tense. And the Coptic implies the present tense. We are arguing a mute point. Your knowledge of Arabic is near to null. Do not argue over something …
  • I agree menatasgeel. But specifically for the Apocalypse, deacons are not dressed. So, men can read. Of course the correct rite is for the arch priest should be the one to read but this is not practical. So, they allowed the laity to read and now …
  • The verses you referenced about the word "believed" are predominately the present perfect, not the simple past. Let's take the first verse: And he [Abraham] believed in the Lord. How can this be in present perfect?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??? ??? If the…
  • Remenkimi, "fa' 7ayayna" must be the present tense because the sentence references time "ila alabad" (forever). I appreciate your interpretation. However, .... Arabic is my first tongue and I have studied Arabic in Egypt till high school. This may…
  • can read the Bible during apocalypses (Good friday night/saturday morning) I know that this takes place but it is not right.
  • @ Remenkimi, the Arabic verb is in the present tense with a future nuance... Ophadece, If you are referring to the verb "fa' 7ayayna" it is really in the past.
  • Note: It is important to reference several translations to get an exact meaning. Next Verse 6 Greet Mary, who has worked hard among you. 7 Greet Androni'cus and Ju'nias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners; they are men of note among the apostles…
  • Ok let's take verse by verse: 1. Romans 16:1-2 "I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has …
  • not everything in the Bible is applicable to us. What do you mean? Why is it written then?
  • You keep bringing up leadership of women in the Church .. will you clarify in what sense? Is priesthood? Is it teaching? Is it leading prayers? What is it?
  • ut the question has still not been addressed. If women were counted equal with apostles and had the gifts of of prophesy, etc., why should they not be allowed into the priesthood today? Please limit evidence to that from the NT. Prophesying has not…
  • And I'm not compairing. Like Dzheremi said, Arabic is not genetically related to English or Coptic. So if the Arabic is past tense, the English and Coptic can still be present tense. But I don't know enough Arabic to tell. Wrong. Our Arabic prayers…
  • Remenkimi, The verse I listed is past in Coptic. That was my point. Now are you telling me that there is no "believed" in the past tense in the English translation. Here are some verses for you references. Genesis 15:6 And he [Abraham] believed…
  • But here you are dealing with translations. This does not mean that the verb anonkh means that it is present. Or the verb "annahdi" means it is in the present. These are in the past. Translation is different. In addition, the translation is an int…
  • I don't think the preterite is absolute as you might believe. It isn't in English either. By definition Preterite in English is past tense. I find it strange for a verb to be in the past tense to indicate something else than past ... Could you pl…
  • I understand that Coptic is not original but one of the earliest translations as Latin (older than Latin). On scholarly works, Coptic is listed among the original languages of the Scriptures and is studied as such. Again, this is not my opinion or …