The Church excommunicated these teachings. Although a person got excommunicated, this is very sad and maybe one day he may return, the Coptic Orthodox Church is not fighting a person but an ideology. So it official stance of the Church that these ne…
I am only saying what the Church teaches and what the Church says about the new age doctrine. Even if people dont understand the issue, that's the blessing of obedience. The Church had theologians discuss this issue and they have said that it is a h…
Fr Dr Pishoy has a PhD in the highest professional degree in church ministry granted by an academic institution. Father also teaches Pastoral Theology at St. Athanasius Theological Seminary (SUS Diocese). Fr Pishoy is also a Coptic missionary. All o…
With all respect, every person who has worked to become a PhD did so with many struggles. We should be glad that we have priests who are experts and who can be a source of information for others. Even if someone doesn't like the person, they must be…
You see why it is important to understand every word in its context and concept.
If you also listen to the sermon on Partakers of the Divine Nature, you will hear the truth of this nonCoptic teaching and how we are to correctly understand the verse…
If we are obedient to our Church teaching we will also not misinterpret things or adopt the western or hindu teachings.
Look again at what is said to correct the new age teaching:
What is the meaning of the words: “He took what belongs to us, an…
The supporters of the Western doctrines have forgotten that the Church has preserved the correct understanding and the Synod decided to stop this non Biblical teaching. The Western Doctrine also caused the new age and other strange unorthodox teachi…
If you want to be a missionary and you want to save souls, you should avoid confusing people with this Western teachings and ideas that the Holy Synod banned. No one who is a loyal Coptic son or daughter would question the wisdom of this decision. W…
Footnotes
122 Coptic Orthodox Church, “North American Mission and Evangelism Conference” [minutes given at seminar for the 1st Annual North American Mission and Evangelism Conference, March 18, 2014], 1, Coptic Orthodox Church, Titusville, FL.
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2.2.2 Points of Agreement
There was one key recommendation made during the conference — maintaining the centrality of the Liturgy in the life of the Church — pertaining to that which should not be adapted within the new environment. It is my content…
2.2 Recommendations to Continue Unchanged
In order for the Coptic diaspora - which has been called out of Egypt - to be incarnate in North America, the Church must adapt to its new environment Of equal importance to the recommendations towards adapt…
2.1.2 Points of Agreement
During the N.A.M.E. Conference there were a number of positive recognitions of the committee, which will contribute to the further development of a Christocentric, American Orthodox Spirituality. Amongst these recommendatio…
2.1.1 Points of Disagreement
There are two points of discussion from the N.A.M.E. Conference that will be considered for further review. The first pertains to the nomenclature that is used in identifying culturally integrated churches. Some of the n…
1.2.3 Notable Point: Liturgy
During the conference sessions, there was special attention placed upon the role and significance of the Liturgy. Although it was contended that the reverence in the liturgical worship seems to have attracted North Ameri…
North American Mission and Evangelism Conference
On March 18, 2014 at the North American Mission and Evangelism Conference (N.A.M.E. Conference), the Coptic Orthodox Bishops from North America, along with eleven priests from parishes through the Un…