I second mabsoota's advice. In my experience, there are few things you can do to impress a lady more than to know how to cook (or, if you know your lady has a sweet tooth, to bake). Even if it's just a few things at first (this is the stage I'm at..…
Well, Coptic is part of its own separate branch (Egyptian) of the Afro-Asiatic family, meaning it is (very distantly) related to the Semitic languages that also belong to that family, like Arabic.
It's the same church. Because so many now identify "Syrian" with "Arab" thanks to the dominance of the Arabic language and Arab-Muslim identity in modern Syria, "Syriac" is used to avoid confusion. According to this helpful Syriac-English translator…
I wish my mother were around to vet some of the women that I've dated. :-[
But seriously, listen to your mother. You don't have to necessarily agree with her, but you should listen to her and carefully and prayerfully consider her opinions and advi…
George,
Without getting into the specifics of your examples (because I don't know enough about Coptic to comment on them) I would caution against applying categories as they are employed in English to Coptic or other languages that are not at least…
Having read a number of HH's works, I definitely agree with Fr. Peter that they require and deserve better translations than are currently available. Does anyone know if there is an effort being made to have them re-translated, or at least have any …
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dzerhemi, Google translates 'Christ is risen again' as 'Christus resurrexit' so I guess that it is indeed an early version of the translator and cannot be relied on.[/q…
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resurrexit and surrexit have the same verb ending?
Surely resurrexit means 'to rise again' and surrexit means 'to rise'?
Why is resurrexit translated everywhere I can…
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That's interesting because the Latin form of the greeting is Christus resurrexit! Which, as far as I am aware, means Christ IS risen!
It would be interesting to follow…
Most linguists have thrown out the sort "hard" linguistic determinism that was once popular in the social sciences (and is still popular in the public discourse on language) in favor of a much looser application of the Spair-Whorf hypothesis which r…
I don't know, Mabsoota. I definitely agree about loving people who are alive. I don't mean forget them in favor of dead people. But when I read a command like this that seems so impractical, I always take as an illustration of sorts, like "this is t…
It's generally best to let sleeping dogs lie when it comes to past relationships, regardless of the type. If you recognize, as you say you do, that things had to end with this girl and it was a mutual thing, then you probably also recognize that no …
Hmmm. I can understand not loving Judas, but I can't understand not trying to love Judas. Please help me, Mabsoota. I understand these things very simply, so when Jesus says to love and bless those who hate and persecute you, I would think that woul…
It is reasonable to assume that most things touted as miracles may not be, and some things not seen as miraculous may be. Isn't this a separate issue from the faith that we hold? I thought that was one definition of what faith is: belief in things n…
I remember one time when I was very young I had a preacher in the Presbyterian church (I was raised in it) pray over my leg and it started to tingle. I was maybe 7 years old. The preacher said "That's the Holy Spirit, healing you!" and I said "No, I…
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What I do not understand about this verse is that it says 'enemies' . . . are we to love a devil worshiper? How are we to love them if we should not associate with them?
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The other thing about that particular command (I learned from reading Daniel Fanous' book) is that the demons, while telling the truth (that Jesus is the Christ), would corrupt the truth by virtue of the fact that they were saying it. It's like the …
I agree. More people should be responding to these great low prices on Chinese-made Ugg boots and imitation Nintendo controllers. And, hey, 基督復活了 他確實復活了!
(Seriously, isn't everything that actually is a topic eventually responded to?)
Unworthy1, I am confused as to how what Fr. Peter has written somehow challenges God's unchanging nature. There was a time before Christ was risen, no? Say, before He was crucified and died. It is the case that now He is eternally risen, as He has d…
Thank you for that wonderful exposition, Fr. Peter! It is a blessing.
I of course had to look at it with my pseudo-scientist hat on. I even had a whole big reply with examples all typed up...then I found this.
My nomination for "non-Biblical, non…