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What it actually does say is this (1 Timothy 2:5):"For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus," I think protestants take the interpretation of that too far in that they are against honoring/commemorating Saints a…
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This is a copy of a related answer... Forms of the word shows up, but I don't think it ever refers to speaking to saints to have them pray for us.For Example Isaiah 53:12:"Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the…
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Forms of the word shows up, but I don't think it ever refers to speaking to saints to have them pray for us. For Example Isaiah 53:12:"Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He po…
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@Jojo_HannaWas that comment directed at me?"If anyone can help, please do.If anyone cannot, then don’t."
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Interesting topic...I've never liked this interpretation of Saints, i.e. that there is a Saint that helps with specific things, but it may be a matter of misinterpretation on my part. Maybe as this discussion proceeds, I'll learn something that gets…
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@ioannesAthanasius As you can see, this is an interesting topic and a great one to bring up. I'm not an authority, but I'd like to add my understanding to the mix. I'm sorry to say, but I disagree with a lot of what has been said here. An Icon is n…
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@ItalianCoptic I apologize for the use of the term "own". It was not meant literally, but only in response to copt333's comment, "I only said that because Jojo_Hanna thinks that the Coptic Orthodox church owns Coptic Traditions and rites." He was th…
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"Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for instance, that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others." IEP Moral relat…
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Do you happen to know why he isn't venerated in the OO Church? Can you please share your sources? Thanks
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Aaaaaand I'm confused again. So how do you read the account at Gethsemane? 1. Christ has one will. 2. Here said, "not my will but they will". This means... 3. The Father and Son each have their own distinct will. Why is this not polytheism?
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@copt333 I guess as a matter of transparency. I also think that the Coptic Orthodox church owns Coptic Traditions. Similarly, I think the Eastern Orthodox Church owns the Eastern Orthodox traditions. I apologise for my bias, but it really seems like…
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Excuse me @copt333, why would you go on an Orthodox forum, ask a question about liturgical rites and then say that the "Coptic Orthodox split off in 451"? If it was the Coptic Orthodox who split off, then they would have no credibility and there is…
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... (sorry, correction) ... Miaphysites believe that Christ's divine and human nature are so perfectly joined that they prefer to count it as one nature. Miathelites believe that Christ's divine and human will are so perfectly joined that they pref…
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@ShareTheLord I think I just may be starting to get this. I understand miaphysitism vs dyophysitism because in both cases we are talking about the uniting of the divine nature and the human nature in Christ. Both of these views express the belief th…
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I still have the same question. There are a couple of existing discussions you may want to take a look at if you haven't already. 1. What is heretical about the specific phrase "en duo physeon" ("in two natures" or "of two natures")?2. If I am OF tw…
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There may be a better source for that metaphor, but this gets very close.
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... I just realized something. It depends a bit on when St Spyridon was canonized. If he was canonized after Chalcedon it would make perfect sense that the OO don't recognize him. that would be about 120 years after his death.
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@mabsoota St Spyridon was from Tremithius which is in Cyprus. St Epiphanius was the Bishop of Cyprus 300 years prior and is remembered by the Copts on 17 Bashons. I know that is a bit of a time gap, but the Christians in Cyprus were still in communi…
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This is interesting. St Spyridon is most definitely a saint in the EO Church. According to the attached source he lived from 306 to 337 AD. Not only pre-Chalcedon (451 AD), but even before Constantinople in 381 AD, and he was 19 years old for the C…
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@ioannesAthanasiusDo we hate pride/self righteousness, gluttony, greed, covetousness, gossip, envy, or lust? We allow sinners of all kinds in the church. I know this because if we didn't, the church would be empty. What's more is that we allow peopl…
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@minatasgeel @ioannesAthanasius Can you please help me to see what context I'm missing? I agree 100% that gay people have the right in the orthodox church to repent and to be loved. In a very particular sense, I agree that the church should not norm…
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My concern is very simple and perhaps arguably a little naive... Gay people live a lifestyle that is considered sinful by the church. If we love them, and would like them to repent, it will take a lot of work on their part. We are asking them to cha…
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If we are talking about behaving like Orthodox Christians, that is a time for love, not anger.
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Sorry if this is not very relevant, but it feels like an interesting thought.The groups of two and three knots also resemble the groups of fingers on your right hand when you make the sign of the cross. This, in turn, represents the orthodox doctrin…
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What a strange story... This makes me very curious about a bunch of different things. I guess at the top of my list of questions is, how does an Orthodox Church acquire relics? I assumed that there would be a rigorous process whereby the request wou…
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I like the answer @clay gave a lot. Maybe knowing the outcome isn't the whole point. Several times Christ compared his people to a growing, fruit bearing crop of one form or another. "Knowing what is going to happen" never stops a farmer from doing…
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It sounds to me like this is something weighing you down spiritually, so either way you will want to confess about it. I recommend looking to your spiritual father for guidance.
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That's wonderful to hear. Participating in a baptism is a wonderful thing even as an altar server or as a member of the congregation. If you believe as an Orthodox Christian and want to be baptized, I am 100% sure your priest is going to be extremel…
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@SaintJaneDoe :) The sound is healing. I haven't done anything like what is in that video, but that penetrating feeling when just holding a nice steady note is kind of undescribable. Γειά σου ;)