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Here are search results for Enoch among the writings of the Church Fathers: http://www.ccel.org/search/fulltext/title%3A%28ANF%2A%20OR%20NPNF%2A%29%20AND%20Enoch It has a lot of relevant results. You can replace the term Enoch in the search to what…
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“But the contrary,” it may be said, “hath come to pass, for in many places they are convicted of discordance.” Nay, this very thing is a very great evidence of their truth. For if they had agreed in all things exactly even to time, and place, and to…
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Hey bigwayne275, The main reason the Orthodox Church doesn't encourage uninterpreted tongues is the passage below. Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understandin…
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God willing, it will be back up by Wednesday at the latest.
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Hey PK, Here is what H.B. actually wrote: http://www.theholysynod.copticpope.org/appendix1.htm (it was under appendix 1) I also don't believe that it was fully due to translation issues. You can tell the apology is still reserved by the language,…
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[quote author=PopeKyrillos link=topic=11593.msg140282#msg140282 date=1309148564] Unfortunately though, union just isn't realistic with them due to their view of our church. I searched really hard for the website which has the Chalcedonian Patriarch …
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There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without significance. Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. …
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Hey Knowledge that Glows! Colleges want you to take classes that are challenging for you (but not over challenging) and to see that you are working hard and taking classes you like. If you can handle an AP class, then take it (as long as you aren't…
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Here's the link to the commentary Fr. Peter talked about http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/cyril_on_luke_01_sermons_01_11.htm I remember seeing H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy speaking about this verse on CYC and he said that St. Athanasi…
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[quote author=ophadece link=topic=11430.msg139086#msg139086 date=1307463140] Ekhrestos anesty Dear anba Bola, I think I missed you and missed your opinions, as I didn't mean at all to allude to using Coptic over other languages (at least in this thr…
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[quote author=Hadrian Liem link=topic=9984.msg139084#msg139084 date=1307460552] Dear Most Reverend anba Bola; To answer your question, I would like to request you to read this statement of Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria to Anba Bishoy, Metrop…
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ophadace, Please listen to this podcast: http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/svsvoices/2011_commencement_address. It is from an Eastern Orthodox source but it effectively addresses the problem of languages and church hymns. [quote author=ophadece l…
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Bigeee, I understand you are going through a lot right now. Please understand that what people are doing to you is not Christian, but you must be strong and put up with it. You can't say, "Well here is the cross I'm honored to carry, and well... I'…
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This refers to the period of 120 years between then and the flood which God gave mankind to repent. Here is what St. Ephraim says in his commentary on Genesis: [quote: [quote author=St. Ephraim] This generation will not live nine hundred years li…
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Please, guys. Relax, you don't know what Henrik.Hank's motives are. Please do not assume his motives are wrong, but rather that you are taking him the wrong way. Right now you are just showing to him that we aren't loving people, and are setting a b…
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Unworthy1, The most appropriate word is presbyter, with priest as a close runner-up since it used as a synonym to presbyter. The translation of elder is not technically incorrect but very misleading. I suppose the reason for this translation is bec…
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Unworthy1, The problem is, most of the time they are described just as apostles. St. Peter is not called a bishop in the Bible (if I recall correctly). Nor was anyone called a priest in the NT. So when Junia is labeled an 'apostle' and Barnabas is …
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There was definitely a structure in the first and second centuries St. Ignatius of Antioch writes in his epistle to the Smyrnaeans (chapter 8) See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would th…
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None of these refer to the priesthood. Certainly there were women who were Apostles, certainly there women who were deaconesses, that is undisputed. Men and Women are equal in the Church but are appointed different roles. In fact the greatest saint …
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Hey PopeKyrillos, Fr. Peter gave some good answers about the topic on this thread: http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,10239.0.html Some of the thread isn't related but later on it addresses the subject. Definitely read Fr. Peter'…
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Stavro, [quote author=Stavro link=topic=11275.msg136607#msg136607 date=1303920289] Never take this approach of opposing the consensus of the Fathers. The Bible is not self-sufficient nor the ultimate authority, the Church's interpretation of the Bi…
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=11305.msg136541#msg136541 date=1303768130] Our Lord was saying that we must not test God (by throwing ourselves off a roof) and not that Satan must not tempt him because he is God. [/quote] ;D, I spent almost …
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If what you write is true Stavro, then we can say that clearly HH Pope Shenouda has misunderstood Fr. Matta. Clearly all of the things that HH refuted are heresies. If I was in HH situation and I thought that this was what was being taught, I would …
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[quote author=George_Mina_Awad link=topic=11305.msg136524#msg136524 date=1303744107] But wasn't Christ's answer of “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’” (Matthew 4:7) more than enough to reveal the fact of His divinity to S…
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I agree 100% Zoxsasi. There is no reason to not be reading in the native language and still be reading in Coptic. I wasn't really clear on your situation, before. Sorry!
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On Repentance St. Ephraim the Syrian “The princes of evil have blinded me with their passions and by their cunningness they have robbed me of the beauty of my youth. What can I do, now that I have lost my purity? I will cry out to Christ, that He m…
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Why is it cruel. If it is also being done in the native language, then it just gives us extra time to meditate. You're ignoring the fact the psalms even when sung in English take about 10 minutes each. I wish it was that we are asking for the servic…
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Fr. Peter, I don't think you were mentioned on the page. Zoxsasi's just in a light-hearted mood I guess ;).