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Part 2 For the record, RO didn't say he hated Abouna Zakariya. No one did. RO said he hates Islam the religion, not Muslims the people. People responded that hating a person or a religion is not Christian. Ironically, the Scriptures suggest the oppo…
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Part 1 p,While I understand what you meant by using Gandhi as an example of how Christians should behave, he is by far the worse example. Using Gandhi as an example of Christian behavior is like using Judas Iscariot as an example of Christian loyalt…
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Ray,I have not read the canons of Ibn al asaal but I have read canons by Patriarch Gabriel Ibn Turiyak and Cyrill III Ibn Laqlaq. Coptic Church canons aside, I had a similar conversation on ecumenical canons with the Chalcedonians. Their view is tha…
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There is no complete Coptic Old Testament in any format. It is fragmented. There are of course fragments throughout Coptic services, especially Apocalypse night and Pascha. There are some books like Legard's Pentatuch, Tattam's Job and Minor prophet…
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@mfb219,Again I reiterate that it is unfortunate of what is happening to you. But it seems to me that you think the Church is against Upper Egyptian immigrants. I don't know you so I can only go by what you wrote. If your view of the Church is a soc…
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mfb219, Your situation is most uncomforting to hear. Bullying is unacceptable in all forms. But there is a few things I would like to share. 1. Do not leave your Coptic Church at all. The grass always seems greener on the other side but the r…
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I just reviewed HICS Theophany recordings with Fr Metias. He does the Adam difnar as annual and the Batos as the "fast joyous" tune (i.e., not Kiahk Commentary of the Doers). From the evidence so far, the festive tune is Batos only and there is no …
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These texts are not simple Greek loan words. 1. Following accepted bilingualism theories of morphosyntax, bilingual switching between Language 1 (L1) to Language 2 (L2) must occur in recognized points that allow for "islands" of bilingualism. In oth…
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Ann, First of all, it is unacceptable for any type of torture or bullying. God be swift with His justice on everyone who hurt you. Second, all those many nights crying to the Lord did not go to waste. You are coming back to the Orthodox Church and I…
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metouro,I already asked you to consolidate your posts into one so we can follow. It should go without saying that repeating multiple posts is not acceptable. There needs to be some etiquette here. Out of love, please abide by what we are telling you…
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Well Thursday of the Pascha is technically a minor Lord's feast. Since all of the other Lord's feasts are in festive or Palm Sunday tune, it makes sense to make Maundy Thursday too. But apparently, there must be more pressing reasons to keep it annu…
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Mina,Just for clarification, I was talking about certain things I've seen in old manuscripts and Ibn Kabar's, The Lamp. I was not talking about current practice. Current practice has become more standardized but it wasn't like this prior to 18th-19t…
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Yeah, but about half the joyous Pauline is the annual tune. And there are quite a lot of books that say Thursday Pascha doxologies are annual (among other hymns). Aren't we splitting hairs here? Yes there is a problem with "alhan intolerance" that i…
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I will check some old manuscripts. Keep in mind, Chiooni is not only said during Resurrection feast liturgy. It is also said for the Resurrection psalmody (it is one of the added commentaries) and I believe the added parts of Resurrection psalmody w…
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It is the same tune as the Kiahk's Exposition/Commentary of the Doers. Both hymns have a long and a short way (the long way is the Exposition of the Doers tune). It is recorded by HCOC and many cantors. Ibrahim Ayad says it for the Resurrection feas…
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Thank you Mina. I was wondering when you were going to help us. A few questions. Using your specific example of a rock,1. Can a rock have two abstract essences? Can a specific rock have rockness and softness? Put another way, if we speak of rockness…
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St Dioscorus never used the word ousia here. He is not espousing two essences. He espouses two natures. No one person can have two essences without making himself plural. It's a logical impossibility. If St Dioscorus was espousing two essences, ever…
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I still have a problem with saying two essences. I think all Chalcedonians would have a problem with the phrase and concept of two essences. Anyone who claims we mean miaousia when we say miaphysis is not correct and we should not see any need to pl…
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oops. Sorry baempi is right. "Have mercy on me" is "nai nee".
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Yes your Coptic sentences are correct.
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childoforthodoxy,Can you elaborate on this passage by St Gregory of Nyssa? I do not see how it addresses the questions of will(s) of the Trinity.
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Sorry for not responding sooner. You bring up a good point. I guess there would be 100 people out there who pray Aripamevi as if they were personally speaking to Christ without understanding the Orthodox meaning of communal prayer. This is different…
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This is in response to Zoxsasi's comments concerning one will for the Trinity. I don't think it is proper to say the Trinity has one will. I believe each hypostasis of the Trinity had a will but it never existed in opposition to the other persons of…
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Metouro,For future references, can you place all your comments in one post (assuming you haven't hit the maximum character limit)? It's really hard to follow and respond to your comments. A few things.1. Outside of Fr. John Romindes, no one speaks …
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Metouro,You wrote: "I don't understand why we can not simply say this to the Chalcedonians instead of repeating the misunderstood, One Nature from two."1. They will laugh at you for using the term ousiai since it is grammatically incorrect to begin …
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Zoxsasi,Just as we believe in one composite nature of the Incarnate Logos, so we believe in one composite will and energy of the Incarnate Logos. Just like Christ retains the properties of both natures, so also Christ retains His two will and two en…
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Part 3You wrote: "The choices are not “treasures of the Orthodox church” and “pseudo-secularism”. The choices are: holding on to a Coptic tradition and history in America or slowly replacing this tradition with an authentic American tradition that w…
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Part 2 You wrote: "And don’t get me wrong, I am not talking about replacing Nayrouz with what is done in churches on New Year."But you ended your message suggesting we celebrate New Years on Jan 1st, not Sept 11th. This is exactly the poison of Prot…
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Andrew, Let's examine some comments. You said:"However, I don’t agree with your comments on ethnicity. Analogizing between African Americans and Coptic Americansto their ancestral tradition TODAY is apples and oranges. Analogizing AA (today) and CA …
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Don't apologize, I enjoy the debate. I guess any Protestant song could be understood as a reflection of mankind instead of an individual personal struggle. However, the intent of Protestantism is not to reflect a process of mankind but to subvert ma…