Dear brother John,
[quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=9357.msg115620#msg115620 date=1276687729]
Commenting on your reply
However, in my heart and conscience, I did believe the Catholic Church to be orthodox. So if I did not follow my conscience, I…
Dearest Father Peter,
I agree, that was a good and concise explanation of the Orthodox position. But it was an equally erroneous explanation of the Catholic position.
1) You keep saying that the Catholic teaching on Original Sin is in error. I h…
Dear brother Childoforthodoxy,
If we assume "original sin" to be true in its existence as is conceptualized in the Catholic mindset, then Christ certainly did not take what is ours, except that we can say that He took some sort of body that was sepa…
Dear brother John,
Again, the Orthodox Church, including the COC, believe in the immaculate conception as having only one possible meaning: that is the unique miraculous conception of Christ by the Virgin Saint Mary the Theotokos through the Divine …
Dear brother Theophilus,
Thank you for your kindness and your question.
The Catholic Church adheres to a principle called invincible ignorance. In effect, this means that if through no fault of your own, you do not come to the full knowledge of t…
Dear Childoforthodoxy
Again, thank you for your kind words. It is a joy to have this discussion with you.
I thank you for your reply. I quoted the Eastern Orthodox source because the basis of the understanding of the "corrupt nature," that which yo…
Dearest Father Peter,
Forgive me for being dense, but I think I finally understand what you’re asking. What I think you’re asking is: “If you did not feel there was anything wrong with Coptic Orthodoxy, why did you leave the Coptic Orthodox Church…
Dear brother Geomike,
[quote author=geomike link=topic=9357.msg115568#msg115568 date=1276624156]
Well to me it sounds like you are saying that Mary was perfect and without sin.[/quote]
Now this puzzles me even more. I have always believed as a Cop…
Dear Childoforthodoxy,
Thank you for your kind welcome. I am glad to have your acquaintance. I pray my response to your worthy post does not put you off.
1) I admit I am not here to learn of Coptic Orthodoxy. Indeed, I have not let go of any of …
Dear brother Geomike,
[quote author=geomike link=topic=9357.msg115558#msg115558 date=1276620058]
Thank you for explaining to my small brain. To my understanding brother, the Coptic Church does not believe in this. She was a normal human being like…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=9357.msg115554#msg115554 date=1276614617]
I am not following any of your thoughts. They seem like a waffle of ideas trying to make things fit, and they just do not. I believe there are issues which you are n…
Dear brother DimyanCoptic,
I went through the exact same thing you went through in my college years. I went to UC, Berkeley on a scholarship. I got hit by a car crossing the street in my sophomore year. I was forced to drop out of school due to my…
Dear brother John,
[quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=9357.msg115549#msg115549 date=1276610766]
Attempts to exploit others' good intentions is commonly seen. What preserves the Apostolic Orthodox Tradition is the spiritual vigilance of the orthodo…
Dear Zoxsasi,
[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9357.msg115544#msg115544 date=1276606757]
Not only that Ioannes, but the Catholic definition of the Immaculate conception (as with all their incorrect dogmas) has evolved. First it was "Saint Mary was …
Dearest Father Peter
I am not sure why you are posting this material here. It is not the place to seek to convince people of Catholicism. The Non-Orthodox Inquiries board is for people who are seeking to learn about our Orthodoxy to ask questions ab…
Dear aiernovi
[quote author=aiernovi link=topic=9357.msg115537#msg115537 date=1276572694]
In response to your question, our Church does not attempt to explain dogmas of other denominations. Instead, the Church goes to great lengths to explain the o…
Dear brother GeoMike,
[quote author=geomike link=topic=9357.msg115534#msg115534 date=1276571687]
Can you explain a little bit about what Immaculate Conception is.
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Thanks for your question. I did not want to immediately go into it because I…
Dear Zoxsasi,
Thank you for actually responding to my original inquiry.
[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9357.msg115521#msg115521 date=1276556819]The immaculate conception means that Saint Mary was born without the original sin.
That is absolute…
Dearest Father Peter,
Thank you for your questions.
[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9357.msg115501#msg115501 date=1276548999]
Can you describe why you came to leave the Orthodox Church and become a Catholic? I am not sure what you mean ab…
Dear all,
Thank you everyone for your responses. But I only saw one response to my question, "What is the Coptic Orthodox understanding of the Catholic teaching on the Immaculate Conception?"
Are there any who would like to respond?
Blessings
Hi all,
I am new here. I'd just like to add a few comments to this old thread (I chanced upon it when I was doing research on the I-net for something else)
1) The Common Declaration of HH Pope Shenoute and HH Pope Paul VI (of blessed memory) in 1…