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Hi Aiden, Thanks for the link. I was interested in re-reading that book also. Unfortunately, if my memory serves me well, isn't this missing a few more sayings from the desert fathers? It seems a bit shorter than what I read before? [/quote] Hi t…
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You must have found it online www.coptic.net/articles/ParadiseOfDesertFathers.txt I downloaded it but a book would be good if anyone knows where one is to be had
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Catholic monks seem to have a cushier life than most lay people. Perhaps destitution or even poverty isn't the point. In the Orthodox church you have the example of fools-for-Christ who are also monks. What aboutsowha?I read about them in a book a…
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This isn't entirely my arguement being a member of the Russian Orthodox church. I'm labouring under the assumption that we are not too separated and that one day, God willing, we will be united. Having offered my credentials I would mention that no…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=7020.msg93679#msg93679 date=1218278436] Aiden, You are saying that because they are in schism with us, their sacraments are NOT valid. marriage is also a sacrament. Therefore, by virtue of this logic, it would im…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=7020.msg93665#msg93665 date=1218235330] Hi, Im not sure where this thread goes, but I just wanted to know: Do we believe that the Catholics DO in fact partake of the Holy Body & Blood of Christ during Communion…
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Dear All The Orthodox Study Bible is now complete with copious patriatic notes and not just NT. As recommended, the commentaries of Blessed Theophylact are avilable in English though, as far as I know, only the four gospels. They make a brilliant …
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I recently saw a programme where an Anglican minister lived as a hermit for a week above St Antony's. The hermit/monk who looked after him spoke immaculate English but it didn't sound as if he had an Australian accent. Could this be Anba Lazarus?
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Thanks very much for that. Why are saints such an example and an inspiration since I, for one, lead a carnal life in comparison ?
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Hello Since a lot of the theological heavy weights seem to have abandoned Tasbeha could I suggest you have a look at the Oriental Church threads on www.OrthodoxChristianity.net. There are also some interesting posts from Roman Catholics. Everyone …
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I think St John Chrysostom said that if a man came to us on horseback (read Mercedes, or some such in modern parlance) and asked for alms we would be obliged to give. I have also been told that instead of just forking out to beggars we could engage…
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First of all I know monasteries where there are cats and dogs. I visited on in Cyprus that had a LOT of cats and I know a small monastery in England that has two dogs. So if you have it you had better look after it. Secondly, and more importantly, …
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Christ is Risen! He flourished in the 14th century and particulary opposed the Scholastic teaching of the time and supported the hesychasts on Mnt Athos. He has a special Sunday in Lent to himself and, although his teaching might be agreeable to O…
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Somebody said that praying daily is like practising a musical instrument if you are a professional. You need to keep at it whether you feel like it or not. A monk told me to bat thoughts away during prayer like a ping-pong player bats his celluloid…
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I'm interested in this thread mainly because it's hard to understand and I feel I ought to understand. May I ask another question? Years ago the Roman Catholic church said that Anglican orders were invalid, i.e. you couldn't receive the Mysteries f…
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I can't really critisize a web site(orthodoxinfo) which helped me to become Orthodox of the Chalcedonian type. However, I have had cause to take the webmaster to task for his extreme anti-Muslim views and secondly for the published articles on the …
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http://eocf.free.fr/essai_union.htm God bless Aidan
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In the creed we affirm our belief in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We also confess one baptism for the remission of sins. Historically some ecclesial bodies are not in communion with one another. That doesn't alter the fact that there i…
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Thank you God and thank YOU jsangel23-your post says it all. God bless you
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I'm interested to know about more historically recent Coptic saints, say, in the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Who were they? My favourite is the 'Chalcedon' saint, Aidan. He was an Irish saint who, the 6th century ca…
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Thanks acopt for your post. The problem I have in understanding is that Christ our Saviour forgives all men for free. Yet in order to be saved we need to appropriate this to our lives. Do we appropriate his forgiveness to our lives by unconditional…
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This discussion could proceed forever but there is one point I would like to remind everyone about. There is One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church, not several. If the Coptic church is the one then the others have some other status-maybe they are …
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How much missionary activity do the OCs engage in I have opted to leave the RC church and join the Orthodox church and I feel very keenly the lack of missionary spirit in my church. England, where I live should have a clearly available and witnessin…
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Thanks all, keep them coming. I am pleased that someone (Orthodox 11) has my perennial lenten reading, Unseen Warfare and the Arena at the top of his list-not books to be taken lightly. On the subject of St Seraphim of Sarov, I believe there is a …
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Well, I would like some clarification here please. As I understand it, when I partake of Holy Communion I am partaking of the Body and Blood of the God-Man which sustains me 'unto everlasting life'. I can only separate Christ's Humanity and Divinit…
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Dear Friends Although I don't believe that most people have any real information about religion these days I agree it is worthless to preach directly to them. However we have to witness to them, we can't just ignore them,we may even have to preach …
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Yes Anglian, I could hardly agree more. In my case I joined the Orthodox church after being a Roman Catholic. I joined the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad despite being warned by a Greek nun that they were schismatic. She said I shouldn't be re-bapt…
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The Body of Christ, that is the Church can only be one but unless you are going to perform a trick with words or church structures you have two orthodox churches. Not only that but in my Church some people 'wall' themselves off or refuse to accept t…
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Since both the EO and OO can't be the one true church unless you have some belief in the branch theory, how do I decide which is the correct one. Here in London there is a Russian Orthodox and a Coptic Orthodox church near to each other. The singing…