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Interestingly, St Augustine in his book On Christian Doctrine (Book I), states He has given, therefore, the keys to His Church, that whatsoever it should bind on earth might be bound in heaven, and whatsoever it should loose on earth might be loosed…
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[quote author=imikhail link=topic=11091.msg134186#msg134186 date=1301155303] I personally believe that the word "Armenian", "Coptic", ... are for ethnic identity when it comes to the laity. Of course, it has a different connotation for clergy. So, i…
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I can tell that my question/s on this thread seem odd, especially because I am not revealing all the details. There is a specific person that may benefit from the answers given to the questions I am asking here. But this person wants to get the answ…
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Ok, I think I understand now. One more thing though. You mentioned "You can formally associate yourself with a congregation by receiving communion and joining yourself to the spiritual life of that community." Without delving into the reason(s)…
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Thanks Father Peter, that seems to make sense. Regarding Hala Sedki though, can you clarify how she "converted to the Syriac Orthodox Church and then reverted back to the Coptic Church. Accordingly, she legally got annulment of her first marriage. …
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Thanks for your replies everyone. To be honest though, I sort of knew all that and the replies still haven't answered my questions. I guess what I am trying to ask is is it possible to formally join a sister Oriental Orthodox church. I think I found…
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[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=11091.msg134138#msg134138 date=1301108316] why would you? we are sister church. we are in communion. [/quote][quote author=imikhail link=topic=11091.msg134143#msg134143 date=1301111365] I am not sure what you …
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I started a thread but decided I to want to delete it. I coudn't find a delete button so I erased what I wrote and put three dots instead. I do this sometimes with posts too e.g. if I post something and want to delete it.
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Father Peter, I sent you a pm (personal message) that may be related to this thread. Please read it and reply to it via pm.
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Thank you very much for your reply Father Peter. You mentioned that [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10239.msg125589#msg125589 date=1293564237] Indeed although I do not generally turn to John of Damascus, he does desrcibe how rationality mea…
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Father Peter, Can you please answer the questions in my first post, even if only briefly? Answers to these questions are important to me and I would very much appreciate your answers to them. You don't have to answer of course, but I just wanted to…
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Thank you very much for your responses. I would appreciate more responses to my above questions (as some of my questions still haven't been answered), as well as the new ones in this post, so if anyone wants to write more responses, please feel free…
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Father Peter, I am not sure if your statements here [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10239.msg125078#msg125078 date=1292952477] I am not a big fan of reducing the issue of will to a number, since whatever answer will be given will tend to cau…
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Father Peter, My understanding is that Christ had two natural wills (the divine natural will and the human natural will) but only one personal will (the divine personal will, as He is only one Person [the second Person of the Trinity]). Again, …