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Thutmose,You are right that Rev. 12 has "nothing related to worshipping Adam." I appreciate your time talking with me about these topics. It's very nice that there is a Coptic forum like this and that it is so active.
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I appreciate your conversation with me and responses on the topics, Mabsoota. The discussion helped me sort out my questions alot.
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Mabsoota,It's funny that you bring this up, because in his exploration of the Christian views on the afterlife, one recent Russian theologian's book (I think it was Bp. Hilarion) used apocryphal sources like the Shepherd of Hermas and Questions of B…
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Thutmose, I think it's noteworthy that whereas on one hand the Quran and some apocryphal Christian or Jewish early writings like the Questions of Bartholomew and Life of Adam and Eve have the story of the angels bowing to Adam, and on the other han…
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Mabsoota,You listed important Egyptian Orthodox writers who are common to both our traditions. Egyptian Christian traditions have much that is rich spiritually. What a discovery of spiritual and cultural treasure it was to find such early Christian …
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Thutmose,Thanks for writing back. You made a good point about the reference in Hebrews being actually or also mystically about Christ. But I think that it's also about man. So when Paul asks about the angels. “Are they not all ministering spirits, …
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Mabsoota,Thanks for asking about my background and interest in the writings. I am Eastern Orthodox and find the early writings fascinating. At one point I wanted to understand God more fundamentally, so I tried learning about ideas of God in ancient…
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Minatasgeel,I appreciate your replies. It is nice writing with you. I understand what you mean about the texts not living on, and so I am not trying to hold you to answers about them. Maybe I should introduce myself in the Introductions to better ex…
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Dear Minatasgeel,I appreciate the heads-up. Thanks also for allowing me to ask about the three texts. Let me better explain myself. I find the early Christian texts from the time of the Apostles and those who knew them to be inspiring. Some of them …
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It turns out that scholars generally think that the long passage about keeping the vision a secret and about universal salvation that I was asking about is a separate story, written centuries later as a continuation of the Apocalypse of Peter. I had…
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That's right, Mabsoota. It was one of the writings from the first and second centuries that was once widespread and respected but then fell out of use.
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Thanks for writing, Mabsoota.