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Cyril,Thank you for the references. You are really good at finding these things. I'm jealous of your abilities. They always make me think and reexamine my stand. I know the meme was not meant to be offensive. But at best it is hypocritical. It is m…
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Ray, I so very much miss having you here. Welcome back Prodigal Son. I wanted to bbq the fatted calf for you but since we are fasting, would you settle for bbq salmon and swordfish steaks? Regarding the picture of HHPS3 holding the lamb rather…
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I can tell you the translation is wrong and the Greek orthography is wrong. Ramez will have to correct me but it should beΩσαννα εν τοις υψιστοις Ευλογημενος ο ἀνελθών ερχομενος εν ονοματι κυριου Ωσαννα εν τοις υψιστοις Ⲱⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ ⲉⲛ ⲧⲓⲥ ⲩⲯⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ. Ⲉⲩⲗⲟⲅ…
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Mina,I don't know if anyone or even any Christian Church has the fullness of all dogmas in their writings. The interview Cyril provided about Sebastian Brock shows that the Latin West has built a tradition of canon law, the Eastern Chalcedonians bui…
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HE Metropolitan Bishoy's comments, and I have not read the article myself, is an example of intellectual, rhetorical boxing. It attacks a person (in this case St Isaac the Syrian) "rather the content of the argument". Now, HE Met Bishoy's article ma…
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Mina, I wanted to thank you for your post. I believe there is some room for discussion but I don't want this to turn into a discussion where people take sides based on who is more convincing, rather on the content of the argument. And I don't want …
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Drew or Mina, does this also apply for Apinav shopi vs. Offeratory Alleluia "Al al-orban"? Can we say the offeratory alleluia on weedays during these 3 fasts mentions? What about Sundays during these fasts?I see no reason why Apinav shopi is limited…
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Praying for the dead and offering sacrifices on behalf of the dead for the remission of sins or purification are obviously allowable. It is the idea that one can transfer out of Hades that is a problem. Heaven, Hades, and earth are all going to pass…
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Mina,Thank you very much for your comments. I hope we can engage in a fruitful discussion since prayer for the dead seems to be a controversial topic and clarification (or at least dialogue) is needed. Using the quote from St John Chrysostom that yo…
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@mabsoota,Quite contrary. Most of our discussion with Coptic deals with modern linguistic theories about Coptic, which is complicated. Coptic is relatively easy since it is natural. English on the other hand is much harder because it is constantly i…
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We had 1500+ years to get our heritage worked out and disseminated properly and we didn't. The problem is us, not anyone else. Either way, a heritage in the truest sense cannot be plundered and copyrighted. People have tried but we are still here wi…
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Bishoy_Labib,The manuscript I am studying now was written no later than 1627 AD. It is Sahidic with many psalms (over 2/3 of the manuscript is from the Psalms) and it has plenty of word divisions. There is some standardization of word separation and…
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In the area of biblical criticism, every bible falls short. Every translation falls short. What makes us assume there is one good version of the bible? Even the Septugaint OT in Greek has multiple versions. It has taken almost 100 years to get the v…
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No scolding necessary. The thing is we do have sources for this time period. They just happen to say the opposite of Rageb Moftah has claimed. One of these days, I'll prepare an article with all I found on Pope Cyril IV.
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@Amoussa01, If you're interested in Historical Liturgics, start out with Anton Baumstark's Comparative Liturgy or On the Historical Development of the Liturgy Then work your way to any works by Paul Bradshaw and Robert Taft. Keep in mind, almost all…
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Typing (or retyping) a dictionary will take years. It won't work. You need to find a suitable OCR or some sort of automation program. Secondly, using Excel is a bad idea since Excel is not designed for database storage or input. The excel file will …
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Pope Cyril IV did not ask Fr Takla to add Greek hymns to the liturgy in an attempt to unite us with the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria. This is an unsubstantiated claim that has been perpetuated by the late Ragheb Moftah. The only evidence (wea…
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Childofaking,Why does it seem wrong to say, "What do you think" vs. "What does your reverence think"? There is nothing intrinsically disrespectful by simply saying "What do you think Fr". This is an example of how Arabic culture is applied artifical…
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Yes, but "odsak" is not a formal title, it is a greeting. "Hi Reverend John". Officially, every priest simply changes his name. (for example, pre-ordination name becomes "John the priest" or "John the Hegumen") Just like the Pope is officially calle…
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Why complicate things? How about "Father"?
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I don't mean to sound like a pessimist, but what exactly is "at risk hymns"? The way things are going in the Coptic Church today, "at risk hymns" are all hymns. While the new hymn institute is a move in the right direction, it does nothing to addre…
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It is not self contradictory. Haphazard changes occur all the time in biology. It happens also in anthropology, linguistics, music, and all fields of social science. Science doesn't tell us what uniformity or universality shouldn't be. It is not pro…
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Ophadece, I would not deny your assessment is necessarily wrong. We see a general trend for neglecting rites and services then inventing reasons (like I said before). However, one thing we must keep in mind. As Baumstark showed in the early 20th cen…
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I just checked a manuscript from the Digital collections at the University of Bonn that had an 1888 AD manuscript of the Coptic wedding rite. The book is called "Kitāb rutbat al-iklīl al-ǧalīl ʻalā mauǧib tartīb al-kanīsa al-qubṫīya al-urtuduksīya a…
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Let me first say that I am not a liturgist. Ramez is the person to answer. But keep in mind that most of the Coptic liturgical rite is not studied at all. There are fragments of critical research here and there. Most of these studies deal with the l…
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Well if he makes a trip out to Texas or New Mexico, he will have no problem there. Tell him to go meet Dzheremi in Albuquerque. Dzheremi is European and speaks Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Coptic and English. Or if he wants, he can visit our church in …
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While I will not justify Sarah Palin's stupidity, nor will I consider her an actual representative of a Christian political party, is it possible that your own prejudices is clouding her message? I think she intended a pun on the word. Baptize has …
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@minatasgeel,Can you take a look at this and fix it for Abouna? And if anyone else has the same problem, contact Mina.
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I'm going to reiterate what Ramez has eloquently said time and time again. Rites and customs were always part of a whole liturgical theology and practice. If a local custom has a unique change, the basic theology should remain intact. Instead, we ar…
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Which book by Fr Shenouda? Christology and the Council of Chalcedon or one of his Arabic books?