just a coment. i agree with Godislove260, the word coptic is used in reference to our faith nowadays merely because our church is the only dominant user of the coptic language. it isn't really used in reference to ethnicity anymore. if it wasn't for…
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well do u close the door while ur praying? Do u close ur eyes while ur praying?…
Coptic Servant and Mike for Jesus,
Why don't you try keeping a spiritual journal? Write down how you feel. Get it out on paper. Maybe write personal notes for our Lord. Write of your depair, your distress, your joy, if you feel abandoned, . . . …
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i jus tripped over this
i figured this would answer your question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prominent_Copts
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Why are so few of these famous Copti…
So you're saying that St. Mary did not sin? Though she did inherit the nature of sin and had the potential of sinning, she, because of her purity, did not sin?
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Actually, a Coptic priest was telling us something about Melchizedek the other day. Supposedly some ancient manuscripts from one of the monasteries in Egypt - near Nag Hamad…
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I know i am a little late in responding i just want to ask one more question.
How can you differentiate between humilty and low self esteem
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Sorry, I didn…
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I am confident, he has no proof for anything. One time he was saying that Adam and Eve were only a legend because Cain and Abel had no sisters.. therefore couldn't multipl…
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[coptic]+ Pi`[/coptic]
Are you sure they were from different tribes? Zachariah was a Levite, that'…
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Dear God's Kid,
Melchizedek appears in Genesis 14:18-20; he is both a priest and a king; he reconciles the justice of God (the king's business) with his mercy (the function of…
You should definitely correct the teacher, but in a respectful manner. Maybe you could even correct him in the form of questions, rather than saying outright that he is wrong.
About the religious discussions, make sure that you are solid in your f…
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rit....correct me if am wrong but the stain of sin is what we inherited from the sin of Adam. not sin as it was made clear in previous posts.
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Yes, you are right. The…
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Kristina,
I agreee, some christians responded to the da vinci code, but their reaction was nowhere near as comparable as the muslim response to the cartoons. When the cartoons …
I got this in an email. I didn't read all the responses, so I don't know if this one was posted yet, but here it is. . . . Get your tissues ready . . .
>A good reminder: take time to appreciate what you have now.
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>On the last day befor…
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I guess im saying....what do you do when you're soo far away from God and need help to get back up while your best friend (almost brothers and sisters) are pulling u …
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For the fact that she come ou…
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For the fact that she come out of him, that means he is the head of her.
As it says here:
Genesis 2:22-23
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the…
Why don't they read one of the sections (divisions of a chapter) that the Bibles now have, or if the one for the day was kind of short, they could do a couple?
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Knowing that Fairuz is a Maronite and not Orthodox, I was surprised to see that track 7 (Ya Yasoo AlHaya Noazemok) was the same as the Lamentations sung on the evening of Gr…
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For the fact that she come out of him, that means he is the head of her.
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Do you mean that because Adam was in the Garden of Eden first and knew what was going on, t…
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He wasn't actually punishing them or us but just telling them what will happen next. If you think about this for a moment, if Adam and Eve were still in Paradise, we would hav…
Another question, during this service, were the bride and groom clothed in the outfits for their wedding? Did they stand in front of the whole Church like they do for the wedding?
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yea I want to visit i heard it has a the staircase for the sermons (dont know what it is called)
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Maybe you're talking about the other Church in Staten Island, A…
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What is "akd amlak"?
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The word "'aqd el-emlak" literally means "Contract of Property". This wa…