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I'll post it by tomorrow :) Thanks for your patience
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I see your points Mary and Egyprincess. I think however that part of being Christian is being active, not submissive. Just because we are to submit to authorities doesn't mean we must support them. The church doesn't have political views because h…
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There's also an article by H.H. in last month's St. Anthony magazine (the one from the monastery). I can scan later this weekend and send it to you if you like. Let me know
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Thanks. That's pretty helpful. :)
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Good point SMS
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Wow! I didn't see the escalation in this thread. I only read through the first page of discussions and thought that was it. On another note, I read a line in the Orthodox Study bible notes that might help this escalation... It says, "We should not…
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To bring this topic up to date on recent events, Pope John Paul formally apologized to the Coptic Church during his visit to Egypt years ago related to this issue. For the Pope of the largest Christian religion in the world to humble himself like…
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Oh, I agree with you. There's definitely sense of pride in being Coptic whether you look at history, or the endurance/survival of the Church. However this pride shouldn't create barriers between our brothers and sisters in the Orthodox faith. The …
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BoricuaManhood I really liked your post. It is also refreshing to hear the eastern side of it. Hopefully more people will realize this. With all the threats from Islam, liberalism (i.e. homosexuality) and other non-Christian threats, it's time for…
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Mary, you're right, we don't officially HOWEVER the reason's are political, not spiritual AND there are a Coptic bishops that allow it. For example, my sister got married in the Greek church, and 2 of the Coptic bishops in the US dioceses said they…
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And in case you didn't know.... There are talks going on to reconcile the dates of the churches back to the 25th and eventually for the Western church to change their Easter dates to our calendar. Additionally, although the point was mentioned abou…
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Let me know what you think after you're done reading it.
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http://www.saintmark.com/topics/coptic_calendar/nativitydate.html And this is from a Coptic website, in case you think I'm trying to make stuff up.
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Nice points Minrew. This wasn't meant to be a post for attacking others beliefs in orthodox views. However, I DO admire the passion many of you have for traditions.
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Whether or not Christmas is commercial or not, is a matter of how families and households celebrate it. There are many orthodox families who celebrate Christmas on the 7th that also buy into your point of commercialism and believe in santa clause,…
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I actually attended Catholic private school growing up. The major difference is the view and saint mary (already mentioned). Additionally, I think (I'll try verify) the the Catholics are diaphysites in that they beleive in separate natures of Christ…
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This helps a lot. Thank you. Oh and in case you were wondering my name is Fady. What church (location) do you go to? You seem to be very bright and my guess is you're a deacon. Anyway, thank you again and keep me in your prayers. Fady
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just to give credit again. These interpretations were from the Orthodox bible...... again I highly recommend it, it answers a lot of the questions you encounter when reading the bible.
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I think Ican help you out with this one (I've been reading my Orthodox bible... highly recommended if you don't have one). First off, many of the Psalms are actually prophetic in nature (i.e. David was a prophet). We recite many of these prophetic …
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Most Coptic Bishops will recognize the Greek Sacraments (i.e. marraige) but this it not official. You should get proper authorization if going this way. Greek Baptism is offically recognized by the Coptic Church. The Greek's recognize and allow us…
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There is really no difference (theologically) between the Greek and Coptic churches. The difference occurred because of the term Monophysite vs Miaphysite which was at the council of Chalcedon. The Copts were interpreted as being Monophysite, whic…
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Our bodies are temples of God. We destroy the temple by sinning not necessarily by tattoo's or piercings. If you're intentions are purely spiritual in motive, you probably wouldn't get a tattoo. I have 2 tattooes of crosses, I was young when I got…
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Also prior to the resurrection of the lord, everyone was in hades (I'm not sure if this is the same as Abraham's prison). When Jesus spoke to the theif on the right hand side, he said today you will be with me in paradise. We either go to paradis…