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Think about this. RO mentioned the Episcopal Church. Their bishop Katherine Jeffers Schori is fighting dioceses within the Anglican community that are leaving the Episcopal Church over homosexuality and female ordinations. In responses, she has spen…
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But to say the Episcopal Church is not Christian needs substantiation. Their beliefs are erroneous, thus not Christian. Case closed. All of their beliefs are not Christian? Some of their beliefs? All of their beliefs held by their hierarchy are not…
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The Episocpagan "church"'s presiding Bishop. Take a look at the things this woman says. They are not Christian. Period. Closer to Atheism, really. Ray Hmmm. The only unequivocal statement we can make is that the Atheist is not a Christian. But to s…
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Mina et all, I am a little concerned with your (plural) statement that the Oriental Orthodox Churches are wasting their time. I understand your apprehension, however, how do you define a church that does "not even have an inner unity with each other…
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He is being facetious. It is the Episcopalian Church but he changed the last part to pagan instead of palian.
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We are faced with a dilemma. To the atheist, Islam and Christianity are no different. All are just as "oppressive", all have committed ethical crimes against humanity. All claim the truth. Both the doctrine and moral action contradict what the have …
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That is because you have your internet browser set to read Latin (or some other non-Unicode) encoding instead of Unicode or you don't have a Unicode font that has Coptic in it. (Install New Athena or Antinoou fonts or Arial Coptic). If after you ins…
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The first is Greek and the second is Coptic. I don't lie. Ϯⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲙⲓ ⲁⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲓⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ϫⲏⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ. I don't speak Coptic fluently (just a little).
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It seems like we sort of came up with the same response. "What is the ultimate purpose of our Christian religion? What is the famous theological formula we LOVE to say, particularly in our Orthodox churches, to connect the purpose of the incarnati…
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Ah yes, but even if animals do operate on a genetic basis, we simply can pinpoint genetically and biologically many of the actions and feelings we engage in, and it can be corroborated with some of the other species. It could mean that while we are…
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Why? I based my answer on your answer. Wait till Minasoliman answers. If it is a good answer, it's yours. If he butchers it into pieces, it'll be my answer.
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"Even if love is axiomatic from an experiential pov, it can still be explained by its benefits. Species thrive more on altruism than on individuality. Thus a whole communion is better fit to survive more and give more offspring based on helping and …
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The DaVinci Code may be a good fictional novel but it is ridiculous because David Brown portrayed it as fact and people began believing and buying into this conspiracy theory. I'm not sure Zoxasi's original question was answered. Here's my attempt.…
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Ray, My guess is that it is a "new" attempt to explain the "brothers of Christ". Just like many have claimed Jesus had physical brothers, he also had physical sons. Just like his brother's names were often confabulated and conflated (i.e., multiple …
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Literally, "Amen it is, O Lord God". But a more accurate translation that liturgical books have always translated it is "Amen so let it be, O Lord God."
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That is hilarious mabsoota. And so true. Oh if we can all sort our understanding and align our lives with God's will. Amen eseshopi Pchois Vnouti.
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Ophadece, I don't think he meant that at all. I think he was talking about the Transfiguration. While being apostles (highly esteemed since Christ took them privately), they also were willing to setup tents for Christ, Elijah and Moses. Being a tent…
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I think it is the lack of any theological or logical reason that has reduced the diaconate into what it is. If we want to elevate the diaconate, then we have to find a solid theological foundation for the clerical rank.
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Thank you for the information and for correcting my misunderstanding of female deacons anointing females. This makes sense but is it really necessary? Male priests have anointed females for many years without deaconesses (at least in diaspora, if no…
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No. I've made myself clear about that so I won't divert on that tangent. If you want to post it on the other thread, I will answer in more detail. We are here talking about the female diaconate and female choirs.
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Middle age is at least 50. There was a time in history when the middle age was 450. Those were the good old days. I wonder how many red sports cars Methuselah would have if he lived today at his age?
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Thank you meansasamy. I have been looking for these also. Thank ifahmy for reading my mind and opening this thread.
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Mina, I have two followup questions. You said, "The Didascalia places them in liturgical importance for the completion of the baptism and chrismation of women, with the words of the bishop or presbyter residing over it, and chrismating only the head…
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@mcarmichael,I was trying to use your previous comments for productive and spiritual benefit. It is not ok to joke around like this. Please remember this is an Orthodox site. Everything we should do and say here is for the glory of God.
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I have many tapes also. I just have to find them. Whatever aiernovi doesn't have, I can probably find.
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@mcarmichael,I believe I understand what you were trying to say and what you did say does play into the conversation. Correct me if I am wrong. A Google search revealed 4 different meanings for Joe Six-pack festival. I was not able to find any natio…
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First let me clarify that I personally would not attend a Ramadan meeting in a Coptic Church. Heck, I don't even partake of one of my favorite childhood customs (eating hotdogs from street vendors in NYC) because all the hotdogs are "halal" meat. Ma…
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Removing the pagan mythical beings is evidence that the Catholic school (and myself) are not indulging in any masquerade. The issue here is not that these holidays have had a mythical or pagan origin. This is where I differ from Bishop Youssef's mes…
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Fine, Ophadece, if you think ramadan meals in churches is not appropriate Christian behavior, then address with the priest or bishop. But be prepared to explain why ramadan meals are not charity. I have shown why Halloween is not Christian and why a…
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My son goes to Catholic School. There are no Halloween treats. They have a saint project and they have a procession around the school singing "The saints go marching on" with the icons they made in the saint project. I'd prefer if they sang Eporo bu…