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We don't seek emotionally uplifting things, but rather spiritually uplifting.
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Not to sound ignorant, but how do we know the difference? If something is spi…
Hehe, point made. I was using it loosely, looking primarily at the words, taken from:
"Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
By th…
Now that I think of it, I remember hearing about a homily by St. John Chrysostom where he said that the Christ Himself was even merciful toward the animals, which is why He asked for two donkeys instead of one before His entry into Jerusalem- so as …
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what im saying is that there is a Coptic Orthodox Prayer for dead animals. A hegumen just to…
Remember that the sacrament is called repentance and confession, not just confession. I won't go as far as to say your confession isn't accepted because I don't know the answer to that, but you should make every effort to live a life of repentance e…
Interesting thoughts. Very logical. I'm starting to change my mind.
Don't forget:
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The reason I read through the article again is because I tend to end up being wr…
Here's a thread that might help.
As far as gays, we leave everything to God's judgement, but we do not support the sin.
Be careful in these discussions. If they are not fruitful, avoid them.
I have the same trouble. I try to remind myself that it's irrational.
The way I heard someone put it is: Abouna isn't going to say," Wait...you did WHAT?! Hold on, I gotta call H.H. about this one!"
What's the worst that's gonna happen? Even if yo…
My response from the "all saint and all souls" thread:
I had begun to budge from my position that dressing up as saints and celebrating the saints instead of Halloween is ok, but after more consideration, I still can't find a strong enough reason t…
Actually, I think that's the opposite of how we should look at it. We're not doing it because we feel bad that they're being left out, and so we're letting them conform a little bit. That would be spoiling them. Any celebration of Halloween is wrong…
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I have to agree with Jimmy. The reason we go do the All Saints' Day (we go to the same chuch) is so that kids don't go out trick or treating and dressing as demons. Let's…
I don't think there's anything wrong with observing it though, In my church (and I'm sure in many others) we have an All Saints' Day celebration in place of Halloween, and the kids dress up as saints and learn their stories, and still get their cand…
Thank you Joshua and thanks Cephas, you've given me a lot to read and my hands are a bit full right now, but I'll look through the quotes you've provided when I can.
I agree with most of you- I've been in college for a very short time, but God has already bailed me out of more than a few predicaments, and I feel like it's just to give me a small push to do work on my own (I basically have no work ethic, and I'm …
The reason this has been confusing me is because Christ is God. So how can He be standing between us and Himself? If the One in the middle is of the same essence as the One at the end, what is the middle man really doing?
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On a side note, I always thought it was called a Monk's Consecration.
Ordination implies rank, and I don't think becoming a monk is a rank. It isn't higher than a congrega…
Not a Coptic shirt, but this is one I own (I'm actually wearing it right now).
Called to Duty
In case you can't make out the verse, it's 2 Corinthians 10:4
Cy86, that doesn't seem to be a contradiction at all to me. Refraining from imposing the truth we know on everyone does not mean sitting back and letting a law pass (when we have a say in it, and we usually do) if it seems unjust. If someone is doin…