more info on the great eskeem here:
https://sites.google.com/site/copticorthodoxjerusalem//what-s-happening/popetawadrosiireceivestheholyeskeem
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Peniot abba Anthony = our father *Abba* Anthony
Re your mercies O my God, I have seen 2 different teachings. According to CopticReader, it is said any day. According to http://www.suscopts.org/deacons/hymns/kiahk_rites.pdf it is only on Sunday.
Habibi, nothing is perfect....hymns are just another way for us to be closer to God if we care too much about the hymns instead of their effect on ourselves than all of our services and chanting and learning is in vain.....
That's true, but that …
@Remnkemi
"It definitely did not mean that a layman has any authority to forgive a clergyman pre or post-mortem. Of course, if Mina meant the second interpretation, it becomes stupid."
Why does one need some sort of 'authority' to be able to forgiv…
Just for fun:
The company Adobe Systems was named after a certain Adobe Creek in California.
California was once part of New Spain (Spanish North America).
The word Adobe in Spanish means 'brick'.
It entered the Spanish vocabulary via the Muslims in…
Do you have anything to substantiate your claim that I'm an invalid? Or you do like to come to forums being useless and insulting people?
To add to @minasoliman's question to you, @Kahan:
Apart from the heterodox ecclesiology you seem to hold, do y…
Before the Fall, they were physically immortal.
God is the source of life, both physical and spiritual. Thus separation from him has both physical and spiritual consequences.
Only humans are created in God's image, not animals, which is why a human…
@mikeforjesus
I agree with most of what you said, but this discussion is not about who's going to heaven or hell. So if you wish to discuss this, I kindly ask you to open another discussion so as not to spam this one.
The author is obviously Protestant. No further information is provided from CopticWorld apart from what I have posted above, except that the article is sourced from 'The Christian Post'.
"coming together with what unites them—faith in Christ—rathe…
A Diverse and Powerful Egyptian Church
Nov. 17, 2014, 4:32 a.m.
In June and July of 2013, Tahrir Square became a place where history was made. This Cairo, Egypt landmark housed the largest outpouring of protest against the radical Jihadist agenda …
@CopticStrength
It's got nothing to do with martyrs.
Both statements are true:
1. You MUST be baptised to be saved
2. It is not impossible for the unbaptised to be saved (for nothing is impossible with God)
Christ gave us rule #1 and we must neve…
It's about some weird pantheistic Eastern religion.
I have not heard of them before.
Why do you want to stop them? Personally, I can't think of a good reason to do this.
1. No
2. At this point in time, definitely Yes this is what is almost always taught in practice and no hierarch has ever publicly shown any sympathy whatsoever to theistic evolution (however, this is *very* slowly changing at the grassroots level - …
Qawe,
Why, exactly, do they receive baptism?
Ray
We don't (re)baptise Catholics anymore. I'm sure you know that. So I'm not sure what your question means.
I have not gone through this, but I will give you the standard response:
Firstly, you should convert out of personal conviction, not just for the purpose of marriage.
Basically, you need to get in touch with a priest who will guide you through the p…
Excellent article. Playing "atheist's advocate", the rebuttal could be that this article makes it think that non-believers in God are unable to love. But on the contrary, there are atheists who have shown a lot of self-sacrificial love towards oth…
Thank you for that. HG Bishop Raphael makes an interest point about maleness I have not heard yet.
Wow! I have just been inducted into the exclusive "people who bring up theological things that minasoliman has not heard yet" club. So has Anba Rap…
Christ's "maleness" is half the story I think. The theology of the maleness of Christ has been highly developed in the Roman Catholic church. We have yet to find if this is true in our own tradition as it is in the RC tradition. At the very least…
@Amoni
I actually agree with everything you've written.
But I wonder whether you actually believe this: "priesthood, for example, is a male role, and should never be otherwise"?I don't expect you to admit this publically since it would undermine you…