"His divinity parted not from His humanity for a single moment even a twinkling of an eye..." (St. Basil's Liturgy)
His divinity did not die; rather, He experienced death in His human flesh. But because He is God and full of life, death could not ta…
With regards to marriage, I acknowledge that I have erred in saying that the union is metaphorical. It is a union that is sanctified by God in which the Holy Spirit comes and descends on the bride and groom and unites them in holy matrimony. I agree…
Mina,
You said: "At the same time, can you separate the attributes of God from His essence? That's the point I am pushing for."
They are different! It is one thing to say I am created in the image and likeness of God and its another to say that I s…
Mina,
You said:"There is one God, and we become one in the Father through the Son by the Spirit. St. John teaches this in the gospel in the prayer of Christ, "I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in th…
Mina,
I am not sure we are on the same page. I will try to be as blunt as I can be (bear with me, I am no theologian), I am only trying to learn and gain more understanding in the topic. When you say man is meant to be deified: I am having trouble u…
Hey Mina,
I commend you for opening this forum and getting the facts straight. With that said, I feel that most people reject the idea of Theosis based on the fact that people tend to believe it refers to the idea that members of the body of Christ …
It is said during the kiahk midnight praise and its name is The Great Hos or "al hos el kabir." The text is here: http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/view/206
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You're right in saying that it's possible, but neither does the Spirit nor the Body and Blood dwell within or enter into our bodies in His hypostatic form.
Oujai
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Dear Amoussa01,
Hydrostasis doesn't only refer to physical bodily form, but to the Person. We don't contain, or indeed aren't capable of containing the Holy Spirit.
During…
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Dear minasoliman and Amoussa01,
Sorry for using the term, probably mistakenly, as I didn't think so deeply as both of you. BUT (in capital letters) I hope neither of you is…
The argument by the "oupnevmians" is very faulty (and almost sounds Islamic). If their claim were true, what is stopping them from claiming we are not partaking of the flesh and blood of Christ? We can even take this a step further and ask what is s…
St. Paul says otherwise:
1 Corinthians 3:16
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you ar…
I just want to say that I think you are a good person and that many people care about you (especially on this forum). More importantly, as your name indicates, God loves you and He cares for you so much more than anyone else in this world.
Secondl…
If you have an android or iphone, you can find it in the app store. It is the best app and includes not only liturgies and the service of the deacons but nearly all church rites (and it is constantly being updated). I recommend anyone who is Coptic …
I agree not every month has a standalone theme but there are some outside of the fasts and feasts that do have their own theme. I do not know the theme for Hatoor...
like for example...thout---second coming........paope--the power of Christ.........kiahk--prep for Christ's incarnation
themes in reference to the readings...
This is a selection of psalms (known as the "odes" or the "hos"-meaning "praise") that are prayed in the beginning of the Kiahk Midnight Praises. Each occasion has its own selection of psalms related to the occasion. For example, the Resurrection ha…
All you have to do is really google it...it can solve almost all your problems!
here are some places for starters:
www.tasbeha.org
www.copticheritage.org
www.copticorthodoxy.com
www.coptichymnsinenglish.net
http://www.saint-mary.net/mm/
http://…
I was told that there were communion melodies that are also based on the sunday gospel readings, can anyone verify this? If so, does anyone know a reliable source? I really love the idea of having the gospel response correlate to the actual gospel, …