Hello all,
Yes Psalm 109 is "cruel". And that is not the only time in the bible god is "cruel" however i dont think "cruel" is the right word. The Dictionary Definition for cruel is: Cruel-Disposed to cause fear or pain. God is not out to do that, …
hey Mina,
i think they have the text on this website: http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/index.php?a=view&id=481
in coptic english and arabic.Also when you make a request post try to make the title more informative than "I NEED HELP>>>>…
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Abouna definitely can stop people from taking communion . Even in the church cannons if you do certain things abouna can prevent you from taking communion. St. Basil said the penalty for adultery was that you couldnt take communion for …
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so looking through this thread and reading over some of the posts i thought i would share what has been taught to me about this subject. Saints who inflict pain on themselves, well i dont know where to start i dont know much about Saint …
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but some people use it as a madisen(sorry for spelling)is that still wrong?
let us remember that alcohol is never mentioned bad by the bible... yet drunke…
wow we were just recently discussing this in sunday school well what christ is saying is that the kingdom of heaven is fellowship with god and we have that within us if we choose it
aghape,
chris
hey guys,
ok now all this sounds nice but when it really comes down to it coptic is really just a language like english i mean just because its old and has been preserved doesnt make it special i mean to be honest i dont think if saint mark taugh…
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my opinion on this subject is that well 50 cent is someone i used to look up to along with these other guys like tupac and ice cube. the thing is though after a while it became disgusting they degrade women they talk about sex i remember …
hello again,
thanks for your responses the age group is highschool and i wanted to do a power point presentation on a rite or something like that someone suggested to give it on the history meanings and rites of tasbeha(midnight praise) because the…
Well the first time i saw it which was with youth meeting as an activity from a Critic point of view disregarding historical facts and religious depictions i think it was a good movie the direction and cinematics were pretty good
just my opinion,
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lol thx but the top one is in my signature its at the bottom of everyone of my posts i can post it though i see noone has yet (a bigger version of it)
aghape,
chris
hello all,
the australian orthodox church well this is a tough subject i think it is ok because whether we change the tunes or not the theology is all the same i think by saying well they have to be called the Coptic Australian Orthodox we are puttt…
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hi
well i'm not really old, but i know that u never know who god has planned for u. maybe the person u like isn't going to be the one god has planned, my ad…
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the other 50 or so r honeslty a waste of space
very familiar, 75% of the deacons as decoration lol
Or as abouna says "yi kamelo el manzar"
aghape,
chris[/quote]
hey,
im glad youve decided to become a coptic orthodox deacon coptic wont be hard to learn it is a nother language itll take you less than a week to be able to read coptic it took me an hour and you do not need an arabic background to learn anothe r…
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About him not being a saint because of dismemberment. Didn't the famous egyptian cobbler saint (I always forget his name) also gouge out his eye because it caused him t…