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Yes. It is wrong but I wouldn't call it an aberration. If you compare it to family practices, would you consider it an aberration? If a child bypasses his father's suggestions or decisions by appealing to the mother, is it normal behavior? Yes. Shou…
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I seriously had to pick up my chin off the ground when I read AntoniosNicholas' link to an article by David Merchant on "An Orthodox Philosophy of Music" which he posted yesterday on this thread: http://tasbeha.org/community/index.php?p=/discussion/…
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Does eastern Canada mean east of Toronto (i.e., Montreal)? I thought Bishop Mina's diocese was all Vancouver, British Colombia and all the way east to Mississauga. If this is the case, where is the Archdiocese of Central Canada going to be located g…
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I'm not sure I can answer when. The Wiki article on chorepiscopos says (at least for chorepiscopos), it was mentioned in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History. I think the mechanism for titular bishops developed over time. Every time the sovereign ruler …
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And what makes you think "bypassing Sayedna's suggestion or pastoral decisions" doesn't happen to diocesan bishops? It does. As far as I know, all the "mission churches" are under the direct supervision of the archdiocese, with approval from the pat…
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I doubt HH Pope Shenouda III changed his mind. From my experience, he was pretty clear that he wanted nothing to do with charismatic, evangelical worship. I think it is counterproductive to have Protestant songs for converts who left a Protestant b…
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EsmoEpchois,Excellent points. I think the archdiocese needs to incorporate smaller diocese into it (like the Greek Orthodox archdiocese of North America incorporates 8 metropolises in it) but this process usually takes 50 years or so. Maybe HH Pope …
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Thanks guys. Cyril, great idea. Thanks for taking the initiative to come up with an alternate link. I hope you all can comment, even if you agree. I for one am eagerly waiting minasoliman's knowledgeable and delightful replies.
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I hope the attachment works. I also hope that we can have a fruitful discussion.
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Apparently the link to Ayad's book is not working. So here is the book. Boulos Ayad. Coptic Grammar, Translated from French to English and with an Introduction, Youssef Kamal Printing House, Cairo, Egypt. 2004
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In addition, Mina, every diocesan bishop must appease local and Egyptian politicians. It is not an exclusive duty for the patriarch. Consider for a moment another scenario. My father and my brother live in Florida. I rarely see my father. It is not …
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Mina, I'm still confused. The rubric you referenced speaks about the 29th of the month rite for the 10 qualifying months. It says nothing about the 5th Sunday. The teaching you described speaks only about the 5th Sunday falling on a month in the fir…
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qawe, I am afraid there might not be another answer to your question. I believe Coptic Reader had a typo. If there is another reason, I hope someone else can explain the rubric in question. Sorry for not being more helpful.
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Cyril, we all understand how you feel. But let me attempt to answer your questions. There is no single exclusive type of mission. Missions range from feeding the poor in a soup kitchen to preaching God in the remotest area of Africa. But mission is…
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Ophadece, thank you for refraining from commenting. Let's keep language out of this. I think it is a typo. It should say 29th of Baramhat to 29th of Hatoor. What it is saying is that Je aktonk is said on on the 29th of every Coptic month in the C…
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Don't believe everything you see or read. Can you give us a reference or a picture or anything for us to examine it. I once saw a Coptic metal staff that looked like the Islamic crescent moon on a cross. It turned out to be an over exaggerated omega…
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The easiest thing to do is to copy the post you want to reply to into Word (or some other program that can work with Unicode), change the color of the original post (as minasoliman stated) or use italics and underlining, then save as pdf. When you …
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NickOther forums with the BB system also spend a lot of time and effort to maintain. The difference is we don't have the man power and resources to "moderate" this forum like other sites. Many other sites have 10-20 moderators who are constantly del…
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EsmoEpchois wrote"When I actually speak to American born converts, they consistently tell me they don't want services changed into English."Do they not want it changed because they enjoy praying in coptic or because they like the way it sounds, even…
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"God will understand and accept my sacrifice of praise and it is still communication" If you are not fluent in Coptic to the extent that you are unable to have a normal conversation with your parents...do you really contend that such prayer (prayin…
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@qawe,"Words + other aspects of worship > other aspects of worship only"Do you have any evidence that this is nothing more than your opinion? It is this type of attitude that is the problem. I already showed you that God reveals Himself in ways w…
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"Granted, but chanting in an intelligible language is far superior."God understand what you consider an unintelligible language. Anyone who uses this language you call unintelligible (theoretically) understands the language. And if praying in an int…
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"The mentality that Coptic is essential for our salvation. I'm going to say it a fourth time: "we should force anything on any body, especially a foreign language”. No one is saying Coptic is essential for our salvation. "I would not argue whether …
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"The revelation of Christ is principally through the words. All the other ways in which Christ is revealed (eg tune, the sound of Coptic) are secondary." Really? in·ef·fa·ble; inˈefəbəl/adjectivetoo great or extreme to be expressed or described in w…
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I already did. And I almost finished translating. When I have it ready, I'll share and comment. It has easily become my favorite Coptic fraction. I'll explain soon.
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I'm going to say it a third time: "we should force anything on any body, especially a foreign language”. No one is saying Coptic is a holier language or more rooted in Christianity. No one is saying Coptic is the ends or the only reason for evangeli…
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“I am dumbfounded by some of the statements above.” Thank you for proving my point: One person’s acceptable level of Egyptian cultural influence is another person’s abomination of desolation. “Persistence in using the Coptic dialect is unrat…
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Hold on. I'm working on it.
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@minasoliman, Most of what you wrote is agreeable to both of us. Let us discuss some points. minasoliman wrote: "So I'm not saying to change into the culture, but to change into the language of the group. And I only advocate 50% of another la…
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@ophadece,If St Paul was not discussing reaching out to everyone in their own language for them to understand, especially in 1 Cor 14, please support your counter-argument with references. Saying I'm interpreting biblical passages my own way, is not…