[quote author=Severian link=topic=13616.msg158753#msg158753 date=1344631983]
[quote author=Marys link=topic=13616.msg158750#msg158750 date=1344630371]
Any idea what CopticHymns.net is down? It says their account has been suspended. (I, of course, us…
DearRem,
These are some of what you wrote in this thread,
“The Syrian and Coptic understanding is that the original Trisagion was given by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea (along with the Myron). See Youhann Nessim Youssef's "Notes on the Trisag…
Dear Rem,
You speak with authority; use human logic to interpret the Holy Scripture and write long post, but your understanding of the Scripture is incorrect at best. There is an orthodox golden rule in interpreting the Old Testament that it should…
Dear Rem,
The following scriptures from the Old and New Testaments are almost identical with the exception for the sitting
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled th…
[quote author=Joshuaa link=topic=13535.msg158515#msg158515 date=1344192876]
sherene_maria, is our church about taking sides? Brother against brother? We take our offerings and sacrifices, but not to argue over them.
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Dear Joshuaa,
Our C…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=13535.msg158504#msg158504 date=1344126569]
Conclusion:
“Holy God Holy Mighty Holy Immortal” is the original formula addressed to the Son. Its source is Isaiah 6:3 and the Tradition of Christ’s burial.
The additi…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=13535.msg158479#msg158479 date=1344068412]
However, the Eastern Church did condemn such usage. Thus, they introduced the trinitarian formula. [/quote]
Dear Imikail,
It is troubling that the Eastern Church condemn…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=13535.msg158464#msg158464 date=1344037218]
If I were participating in an Eastern Orthodox liturgy I would address it to the Trinity as they intend to.
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Dear Father Peter,
If a priest of an Eastern Or…
how can a Coptic Orthodox believer ask an Arian person for intercession. To whom that one will intercede, to the Word of God Incarnate or to another god whom I do not believe on.
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=13535.msg158448#msg158448 date=1344024660]
In Constantinople it was used as a Trinitarian hymn, but in Syria, where it originated, it was a Christological hymn and was used as a Christological hymn even by Chalc…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=13535.msg157811#msg157811 date=1342598555]
A prosopic union is such as Theodore of Mopsuestia proposed (and his followers). Prosopon has the sense of face or mask, and so Christ is understood as being the manife…