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  • [quote author=smile4ever link=topic=5684.msg77622#msg77622 date=1191014259] this is the agreed statement on Christolgy with the Chalchedonians   We believe that our Lord , God and Saviour Jesus Christ , the Incarnate-Logos is perfect in His Divinity…
  • Where did i say that Chalcedonians are Dyophysites??
  • this is the agreed statement on Christolgy with the Chalchedonians   We believe that our Lord , God and Saviour Jesus Christ , the Incarnate-Logos is perfect in His Divinity and perfect inn His Humanity. He made his Humanity one with his Divinity wi…
  • First of all i would like to thank u John for providing a source ,although i couldn't get a copy of this book online but just knowing that such a book exists is enough to use as a source..thank's very much. Dear Safaa, i agree with what u said ,but…
  • i think you have mixed between the EO church and the Assyrians who consider Nestorius and Theodoret as saints and they honour them , but i don't think they beleive in the heresy of Arius..just Nestorius.
    in EO Comment by smile4ever September 2007
  • which Pope do u mean? Theophile or Cyril? About Pope Theophile and his role in the burning of the Serabium...it was mentioned in some coptic sources , unfortunately i can't remember any of them right now... Let's stay focused on St.Cyril's case ..…
  • i know..this clarification is for the other readers who mau have not read the other thread on Theosis  :P
  • [quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=5754.msg77360#msg77360 date=1190379839] [coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic] [quote author=smile4ever link=topic=5754.msg77301#msg77301 date=1190327937] Christ became man, so that man may become God not sure that it…
  • you are right ..that's what i heared too ..some sources mention St.Cyril as the killer , others say it was a monk close to St.Cyril..and even the motives aren't clear....... About Alexandria Library: what i know is that pope Theophile not St.Cyril …
  • Christ became man, so that man may become God not sure that it's ok to say such statement... please explain what do u mean exactly .
  • My mother language is Arabic so i looked up this word "NAJESS" in the arabic dictionary (Al Wajeez) :  it means filthy and in the islamic law NAJASSA are things like urine, blood and alcoholics that prevent a muslim from praying... you must know tha…
  • thank's Georgios for the link.... also began to learn coptic by myself... but after some years i noticed that when i learn it by myself it´ll never be so good as if i learn it from someone professional... and so i entered Higher Institute of Copti…
  • [quote author=Nestor link=topic=5730.msg76989#msg76989 date=1189872598] All Eastern Orthodox celebrate the Nativity of our Lord on December 25th. Of the six Greek Orthodox churches - Constantinople, Greece, Cyprus, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria…
  • the 7 spirits of God are mentioned in the book of Revelation in 1:4 and 5:6. there are 2 opinions about them: 1- some say they are the 7 archangels. 2- the other opinion is that they refer to the Holy Spirit who works in a prefect way (7 is the numb…
  • Muallim Sarkis is the author of [coptic]Ari'alin[/coptic].. He lived after the 14th century because Ibn Kabar (1324 A.D) never mentioned this psali in his book "mesbah el zolma fi idah el khedma" (litteral translation= the lamp of darkness and the e…
  • I proved this to my Coptic friends. I said to them to tell me what was Coptic and what was not Coptic in their culture. A lot of things they do, or take for granted "Haram" and "not haram" have NOTHING to do with Christianity. NOTHING. But they are …
  • ya 7abibi wa7da wa7da (step by step)..that's too much  :D lol well , i can't answer all of that , i'll tell u just some of them freeze: yetgamed demons: shayateen - [coptic]nicatanac[/coptic](nisatanass) angels: malayka - [coptic]aggeloc[/coptic…
  • Aghapy Karas 1 Doubt has anyone come across matters where word from the bible, commandments, are not enough. sheer knowledge is not enough for the renewal of mind. it is not enough to perfect the faith. and in some cases it can reach a point where w…
  • [coptic]nofri pacon Gewrgioc...nanirohi[/coptic] i'm an alhan freak too .. keep posting coptic words , it keeps the language alive .i learnt coptic by myself :books , forums..but i have to admit that my vocaulary is still limited to what is used in …
  • first of all : Congratulation Here is what S. Paul wrote to Timothy (who i think was a deacon)... as far as i know St.Timothy was a Bishop not a deacon Hey, is it true that if a priest condemns you to go to hell, then you will? if he has a good re…
  • Why don't you explain the stuation to her father of confession and ask him to tell her in his way that you consider her just a sister for 2 reasons.. -maybe when she hears it from a priest she would get the idea that your are serious in not being i…
  • i'm glad this story helped you as it did for me .. i congratulated the sender of the original post because as it was clear at the end of the story  that whoever who struggles against this sin will be be glorified in Heaven if he doesn't surrender.…
  • [quote author=Orthodox11 link=topic=5730.msg76593#msg76593 date=1189205535] [quote author=john_paul_elia link=topic=5730.msg76529#msg76529 date=1189068509] Why the Coptic Church does not correct the Christmas Day to 25 December? [/quote] To summari…
  • [quote author=ophadece link=topic=5730.msg76581#msg76581 date=1189173416] Dear smile4ever, Thanks so much. Yes, you did answer my questions down to every detail. I really appreciate that so much. It is like one member said before "we learn something…
  • Let me ask you though: who changed the calendar? Is it the Christians during Pope Gregory era? Or was it the government? frankly i don't know exactly but i think astronomers did.. as a matter of fact considering that we talk about the middle ages i…
  • so here is the math 1582 (the year of correction) - 325 (the year the council of Nicea was held) = 1257 years 1257 x 11 minutes 14 seconds  ( the differnce in one year)=10 days so people slept on 4 October 1582 and woke up the next day to find th…
  • i'll try to explain it but forgive me if u find any mistakes concerning English..... what u say would have been true if we follow the Gregorian Calendar but actually the coptic church uses the JUlian Calendar which depends ona a star called "Sirius"…
  • keep praying and doing what u do .. wanted to add just a few practical things that worked with me : 1- don't pray just for yourself on this but pray for  all who are under temptation .. try not to be self centererd 2- when you feel like u are really…