This is an artificial distinction. All our teachings come from Christ, and are handed down through the apostles to us. Whether they are recorded in the Bible or in another part of Church Tradition (notice I said *another* part! since the Bible is pa…
@RemnkemiThere cannot be a 21st century unity between the Alexandrian patriarchates without a unity of all the OO with the Greek Alexandrian patriarchate, i.e. what was allegedly planned in the 19th century cannot happen now. This is because in the…
@Stavro
How have the Chalcedonians failed in North America? They seem to be going rather well.
And how have the Copts established themselves in India? Wouldn't this be uncanonical since there is already an Indian Oriental Orthodox Church?
@minasoliman, why does Pope Matthew use Aristotelian language such as 'accidents'. Isn't this the reason we reject the term transubstantiation?
PS give me some time to digest your heavy PM, and *if* I don't get indigestion, I'll try to reply ASAP.
@Tenacpi esna onkh
Thanks!
so ethouwab would be with a 'b' even if the next word begins with a vowel?
And does everyone agree with @Tenacpi esna onkh's simplification, because, if so, I think I'll just stick with that, rather than confuse myself.
@ophadece
I believe on Sunday there is also no prostration in the liturgy since Sunday = resurrection
However thanks for clearing the Saturday confusion up
@ophadece
Then doesn't that mean that we also cannot kneel during the liturgy on most Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays? That sounds bizarre to me though.
Also on the same page:"The Coptic church nowadays observes Saturday as a festal day on which fasts and prostrations are prohibited all the year round except Holy Saturday"
On another note, I also found this interesting:"But the Divine Liturgy on Hol…
@ophadece
That's not very clear because if it's just bishops I read it's actually 'enepiscopos' (not 'niepiscopos') and if it's just metropolitans it's just 'emmetropoliteees' (not 'ni metropolitees').
I understand that pi is singular and ni is pl…
Is it the same as what you said if it is one metropolitan and many bishops?
And if it's only bishops it's 'enepiscopos'?
And if it's one metropolitan and one bishop it's 'nem nenioti emmetropolitees nem pi episcopos'?
Hey guys, I have another question, is nim ghar said on the 29th of the month commemorating the resurrection? Even if it's a weekday outside the holy 50s? Coptic reader says it's not said, but that doesn't seem logical since it's a je ak tonk day.