copticlovin, welcome.
Your post is quite strong. I do not know if I would classify anything that was said as hating on other churches, or jealousy, or any of that...
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Now, whether or not God will count the sin against you depends on whether:
a. You are truly, deeply so…
Now, whether or not God will count the sin against you depends on whether:
a. You are truly, deeply sorry and really ask God's forgiveness; and
b. You vow to never (or rather, try your absolute hardest) commit the sin again.
You are forgetting that God still remembers what they did...
If you mean that they confessed the sin, and so they would not get punished by God later, then at that point it is your turn to forgive just as God forgives all.
I would like to add, as far as confession, that we have to remember that during confession, our sins are transferred from our account to the Lamb's account. From there, when It is sacrificed and we partake of the Holy Communion, we are COMPLETELY AB…
Who don't you just do the Holy Psalmody in the language that you prefer? Don't discourage those who do it in Coptic...from the way you talk, you make it seem completely and utterly useless.
By your logic, you are saying that all the Biblical scholars who study the New Testament in Greek didn't actually learn Greek, because they did not hold conversations in it.
As far as "And finally, if Teoi Enhikanos means "u are worthy" - what does…
I would like to add what my father of confession said with regards to this issue...
The goal is to draw clear lines around what you want to avoid, and maintain those boundaries. Of course, no physical contact would take place, but if you know and t…
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St. Dioscorus is a saint in our Church who defended against the Dyophysites at the Council of Chalcedo…
joe,
Thanks for the recognition, but I do not deserve it. I have learned far more from you than you have learned from me.
Always remember me in your prayers!
Severus
That way of parenting in this country leads to disaster later on.
Just keep trying to convince him. Get Abouna, his Sunday school teacher, and his parents involved, no matter if you think they will care or not...at least then, you can say you did y…