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[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=11458.msg138114#msg138114 date=1305668469] Dude. You totally said everything I was just thinking about :D literally, almost word for word...I actually cannot offer any advice since I have the same issue...I love …
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Please pray that God helps me overcome the many temptations I am faced with every day, and to forgive me for my weakness.
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I prefer praying in the dark. In natural lighting as well; when praying the morning hours, it is so much more glorious and uplifting to let the natural light from the Sun that God made stream in.
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Who the Roman Catholic church declares to be a saint has no standing whatsoever with us.
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[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=11331.msg136972#msg136972 date=1304204648] BTW, Anba Boula is in Saint Mark's Church jersey city right now....watch/listen to the broadcast http://www.copticchurch.net/live/index.php [/quote] It's awesome that …
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From what I understand, the Church has now for long years been attempting to convince the Egyptian government to pass laws allowing religious marriages to be governed separately from civil marriages, i.e. to allow autonomy when it comes to marriage …
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11331.msg136967#msg136967 date=1304203376] How is it necessary to be abused by a husband to receive salvation? I am very confused!! [/quote] The alternative is to become a Muslim in a civil situation in Egypt.…
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I have a similar flat-mate at the moment as the OP, albeit a boy. He just seems to lack common courtesy when dealing with the flat and everybody's things: he is continually making use of everybody's dishes and neglecting to do any washing-up himself…
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[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=10990.msg133179#msg133179 date=1300306711] + Irini nem ehmot, I was curious, does anyone know which canon (if any) dictates the frequency of partaking of the Eucharist? [/quote] I believe the 9 hour period of abstine…
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Please pray for a my big module exam next Thursday, that God will aid and strengthen me though I am not worthy of any help from Him. JG
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10957.msg132739#msg132739 date=1299864256] How can you be so sure that you're not going to get disappointed with what you get in heaven??[/quote] Mate, I don't know about you, but if I were to get the lowest of the …
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Steward* I'm feeling very pedantic today, forgive me.
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[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=10934.msg132674#msg132674 date=1299775916] I don't think fava beans make you feel light. [/quote] If you're G6PD deficient you certainly won't.
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Thank you Father Peter, very eloquently put, I totally agree :)
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[quote author=epchois_nai_nan link=topic=10952.msg132642#msg132642 date=1299750612] So we must only be using a list of approved Orthodox metaphors? Are you seriously suggesting that the next time a Church priest decides to use a metaphor in his serm…
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[quote author=epchois_nai_nan link=topic=10952.msg132638#msg132638 date=1299748785] [quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=10952.msg132636#msg132636 date=1299747254] I don't believe we should create our own titles for the Holy Spirit, or any member of t…
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10941.msg132633#msg132633 date=1299746631] I am not sure that it is a rule that loan words in any language should be pronounced as in the original language. In English none of the Greek loan words are pronounce…
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I do not see any benefit in terming the Holy Spirit (the Divine Person) with such a pointless and demeaning term. Nowhere in the long history of our Orthodox Church has one of the fathers talked of God himself as being a "wild goose," nor likened an…
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[quote author=jydeacon link=topic=10941.msg132545#msg132545 date=1299637874] [quote author=JG link=topic=10941.msg132501#msg132501 date=1299626780] [quote author=copticuser20 link=topic=10941.msg132495#msg132495 date=1299624830] So why does Wagdi Bi…
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I don't think they "want" anything. It's just an inherent evil that has pervaded through society. And it's source is the religion. How can you separate something from itself? Islam IS the society.
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[quote author=lightening link=topic=1722.msg132582#msg132582 date=1299674316] [quote author=anba bola link=topic=1722.msg132546#msg132546 date=1299640443] Salvation of a City and Leading a Holy Life St. John Chrysostom "If only ten among us be right…
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I totally agree with you. Lord have mercy.
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It's... I'm kind of lost for words. Anyone care to tell me the number of times this has happened? It is surreal in a way. Is Islam about peace... I would laugh if this wasn't utterly heinous.
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[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=10948.msg132572#msg132572 date=1299662187] JG: So to refer to something that is a mystery as a miracle is not necessarily wrong but an insufficient description?[/quote] I would say that referring to a mystery as b…
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[quote author=dzheremi link=topic=10948.msg132570#msg132570 date=1299661970] I think Father Peter is right (of course) that a miracle is necessarily an event, whereas a mystery is not necessarily an event. [/quote] Very well put! :)
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I don't think you've minsunderstood. I think it would be OK to refer to the bread and wine becoming the Body and Blood of Christ as being "miraculous" - but it is more correctly defined as being a mystery i.e. the "mystical Body of Christ." Miracl…
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The bread and wine becoming the Body and Blood of the Lord is a mystery, not a miracle. Like Fr. Peter said, a miracle is outwardly manifested, a mystery's meaning is only perceived through the Holy Spirit. We do not outwardly see the bread and wi…
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Sometime people substitute the word sacrament for mystery. They can be viewed as being synonymous. I have never heard people substitute sacrament for miracle though. The Lord's Incarnation was a "mystery of godliness" [1 Tim 3:16]. We also freque…