LivenotoneviL said: "how could the Divine Nature of Christ experience death?"
I think at some point, we need to come to terms with the fact that the Incarnation is beyond our limited understanding. If we could fully rationalize everything, then we w…
Hi Livenotonevil,
I think the crux of the issue is what you [or Leo rather] mentioned above: "it does not belong to the same nature...".
As you may probably already know, we believe in one nature out of two natures (composite). This is in line with…
I found this amazing quote from St. Basil and I had to share it...
“God certainly knows the things we need and generously
provides all we need for the refreshment of our bodies. Since He is good, He
sends down His rain upon the just and the unjust a…
“These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him;…
CopticApostate,
Best not to speak of things you have no knowledge or experience of. This man is clearly asking people who are of the faith, not those who left or try to belittle it. Keep your disrespectful “answers” to yourself.
Your indoctrinatio…
The book will not be available in soft copy until the summer. However, in the meantime, i recommend listening to this sermon by a bishop of our Coptic church who serves in the U.S.
https://soundcloud.com/his-grace-bishop-youssef/why-did-god-allow-ki…
RaafatAbualazm said:
"So I guess you don't read the thing literally I believe."
"Do you think that your God was a merciless killer? How can you reconcile this with what you deem to be the nature of God."
Excuse me but I ask that you please show som…
The purpose of prayer isn’t so that God can do what I want. It is for me to conform my will to His will.
Prayer when offered with love and sincerity to God, is meant to change me and allow my love for Him to grow. The more I love God, the more I c…
Hi,
There are so many errors, I do not know where to begin.
For starters you need to read this: http://www.suscopts.org/messages/lectures/sacrament12.pdfand this: http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/father/fathers.htmand this: http://www.suscopt…
Hi,
The best book on the subject is by far this one: https://s3.amazonaws.com/stmaryscopticorthodox/books/liturgy.pdf
Another one is this: http://www.orthodoxebooks.org/node/78
Here are some really nice power point slides on each part (scroll all th…
Hi Daniel,
The antiphonarium is considered part of a veneration of a particular saint and is chanted in vesper praise/midnight praise/veneration service. It has an adam/vatos introduction which is chanted antiphonally (meaning back and forth between…
Yes it is a sin. I am working on preparing a series on this topic at church. If you are interested, I can send you the notes I have. Also, I think this website will be of use to you: http://orthodoxcounselor.com/Articles/healing_from_lust.htm
God bless your efforts! I cant wait to download it when its done! by the way....I see a lot of typos and strange words in the pic you attached....may want to fix it ;)
Yes Christ was never not at the Right Hand of the Father but I was speaking in His human form. Christ, as we know, became man and chose to come down in our realm which is subject to time and space. This means He Cannot be at two places at once (I am…
Mina,Thanks for the article! I think I will need to sit down and read that thing carefully...One other thing.....When you say "Christ rode on a donkey today" I am having trouble understanding this in the literal sense...I mean Christ right now is at…