Dear Taylor,
In Protestant Christianity, there is a deep feeling of God doing all the work. Even our faith is a gift from God. Our faith is not our work, but a gift from God and therefore God's work.
Excuse me for interrupted this thread which se…
Dear Friends
This verse about the Council of Jerusalem has puzzled me because it seems to enjoin to eat meat prepared in the Jewish manner (kosher) yet no Christian body that I've ever heard of seems to interpret it that way, certainly not the Orth…
Difficult Male/Female Relationships
from Life of St Columba by Adomnan Of Iona
Once when St Columba stayed as a guest, a layman came to him and complained that his wife had an aversion to him, so he said, and would not allow him to lie with her. T…
I'd be interested to know if you could privately venerate Catholic saints. Years ago on tv I saw a Coptic monk with a picture of St Therese of Lisieux on the wall behind him.
I'd also like to know about the status of EO saints. One Coptic Bishop wr…
I have it on a cd given to me at the Coptic Centre near London, England. You can probably get it there. If no joy let me know and I'll send you mine.
Aidan
Dear Johannes(John)
Just telling them won't do. And anyway, who made the big bang if not God? More importantly, who keeps the world going and who provides for us?
I'm Russian Orthodox and I find this question interesting mainly because I would like to see the various orthodox churches making a joint witness to Christ in a world that seems to have left him out.
Yesterday I asked a theologically trained priest …