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[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=9651.msg118821#msg118821 date=1283369748] in the Bible, on the other hand, there is not only information about how to live but countless rich stories [/quote] Can I vouch, as lover of telling stories to the ver…
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I'd be interested to read that. . Did you write it yourself in Amharic? Did you translate it into English before publishing?
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It occurred to me that books don't have to be specifically Christian to be of value to a Christian, although this might not so often be true of books written in order to scare people. For example, I'm just finishing some books by the Victorian nov…
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You can get C S Lewis online-favourite would be Amazon. Also check this out http://www.biblio.com/c-s-lewis~108759~author Older works like the Father Brown stories by G K Chesterton might interest some people and of course Tolkien was a Christian …
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http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnessing/101_questions.htm If you are interested in debating with JWs, and we all know how difficult that can be, here is a site that will supply clear, unanswerable questions for them. But as we also know no one was eve…
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C S Lewis wrote novels for grown-ups as well as children's stories. I don't know whether they would be acceptable to modern people. I'll try and think of more
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No, it's Ge'ez the language of the Ethiopian Church with whom the Copts are in communion
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That's the one! Thanks. Incidentally, it was another Fr Lazarus, this time of the Russian Orthodox Church (although an Englishman) who influenced Fr Matta El Miskeen (see the preface to Orthodox Prayer Life) in his monasticism. Is this what Matteo8…
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He was also interviewed by a French journalist in English on Blog Copte but I can't find it. Anyone know what I mean?
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I rose early to take a two and a half hour journey to Fr Peter's church in Chatham so I can speak with first hand experience of the BOC liturgy. I suggest that seeing things on Youtube, although better than nothiing, is no substitute for actual bod…
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Can I just add a note. I have seen one or two facial tattoos on women's (Ethiopian or Eritrean)foreheads in London but when I visited the country(ies) last April I saw only one on a woman and none on men. Why don't they feel the need?
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Meanwhile the JWs go plodding on.... Ioannes, your stance makes me think you are unsure of your own faith even to the extent of having its name tatooed in Amharic on your neck! Have you examined every belief in the world and found it to be wanting…
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I don't think we need to make any negative statements about Mohammed. The fact is that Christianity and Islam don't teach the same things, therefore, if you are a Christian you cannot hold Mohammed as a prophet. Christ and Mohammed are in no way equ…
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I couldn't agree more about Chesterton,(He also wrote a book called 'Orthodoxy'' but not exactly what we mean by the word, its a brilliant defence of Christianity nontheless) Here is another interesting book, I think I heard about it on this site; …
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I have noticed in my (Russian Orthodox) church that parents bring children up for Holy Communion who are screaming as though they are being taken to the dentist. I call this Communion aversion therapy since one imagines this is what might happen (av…
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Thanks for that comforting explanation. There is a hint of Gaiaism which isn't incompatible with the belief in a transcendant, creator God but fits more comfortably with Indian religions and philosophies. Evolution relies on mass death and catastro…
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I believe it does matter whether we are descended from apes or not. If the theory of evolution is true then we got here by chance, or at least God started the ball rolling then went into partial retirement (Deism). This runs clean against our faith…
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I was thinking of starting a thread 'Why I am NOT a Jehovah's Witnesses' but I think Fr Peter's idea of a booklet might cover what I meant to say. But to say what I meant to say anyway; people treat the JWs with contempt and dismiss them (unjustifi…
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I was told by a Russian Orthodox monk that even minutes after our confession we sin so we stand before God as sinners. (I was also told by an Ethiopian monk that Ethiopian's don't communicate very often!) Can I share this prayer with you I say fro…
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Who is in the coffin if it's a spoof and not the Pope?
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If, as you so unhesitatingly say, its a fraud, what is going on? Is it a man who looks like the late pope pretending to be dead or what?
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This link ( French voice over)http://blogcopte.fr/ (look under Monastere St Antoine)
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Further to HTB question. I recently attended a Coptic liturgy. I sat next to a young man who was holding an annotated bible to which he frequently referred and prayed in a way more appropriate to a protestant form. He attended communion. Afterward…
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Bless, Father It seems unusual to choose the OO church over the EO. I read the prejudice before I was acquainted with the facts and it wasn't until the monastery I was baptised in went into schism that I attended a Coptic liturgy. So, I would like…
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If there is One,Holy,Catholic and Apostolic church how does one assess churches with which one is not in communion and has not been since time immemorial? The EO churches take their stand on more Ecumenical councils than the OO churches. One of the…
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It seems my post was trumped by Fr Peter's. I thought the Russians might be the best hope for reconciliation although reconciliation is low on most people's agenda. When I told my priest I liked the Agpeya and use it occasionally he warned me about…
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My guide in Axum (where the Ethiopians believe the original Ark is housed) told me that there is a copy in every church symbolising the Mother of God who bore Christ through Whom grace and truth came; whereas the original Ark housed the ten commandm…
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My priest, who is a great one although he struggles with expressing himself in English, told me the Copts had some differences in their belief in the Holy Trinity. What I think he meant was the different Trisagion prayers which might imply some theo…
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Thank you for all your posts. I'm back now after visiting the main centres of Christianity and receiving blessings from numerous priests as I made my way around. I'm hoping to have gained spiritually from the whole experience but I'm not sure if I …