well the Psalms are poetry but your goig to have to go back to the original hebrew inorder to understand the poetic devices
there are some good books by CH Spurgeon on this topic one is the Treasury of David which is a comentary on the Psalms and t…
true but like the bereans in Acts 17 i must look every scripture and seek out the truth
i thought that it was first writton in Arabic and then translated partly b/c arabic has no G and in one section it says the Creek Orthodox but i think in transl…
so the pope made a typo? wow isnt that kinda .... bad
like if this were the Roman Catholic pope me brinning up a typo i would be considerd a heritic b/c the pope is infallable
your not bothered by this typo?
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wow were when why wow thats so cool dont you think :)
no i have not heard of that verse were may i find it?
i have realy on r…
ok so i went to the website and like my brain like was all confused why can i not read the letters? is that coptic aaahhhh were does one learn coptic any how
could somebody tell me what the story is about
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but to follow up on what u said, because it didnt seem clear.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN TRANSUBSTANTIATION just in case anyone misunderstood
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For me i have read the book by St. Ansel of Canterbury called the Monologian and in it St. Anslem uses logic to come to the conclusion that there must be a Supreme being
for an Orthodox this book may not be a good read partly due to the fact that S…
HH Pope Shenouda III says this "According to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began,... but now is made manifest (Rom 16:2-5)" p12 The Nature of Christ
when i looked up Rom 16:2-5 in my bible it did not say this h…
Yah it is interusting this subject
in the book by HH Pope Shenouda III on the Nature of Jesus he quotes a passage from Romans and it is not found in my bible i was wondering if it is found in your bible the passage is Romans 16:2-5
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o ok sry for the typo
i understand why they are not found in the Protestant bible but like i have read some of them and like the book called bel the dragon like to me well it seems quite odd
now do the Ethiopian Orthodox use the book of Enoch?
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i suppose then my next question whould be what do you mean by intersession like what do you hope will be accomplished by praying to the St? or just ingeneral what are things that you have asked in prayer to the St.
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does a graven image have to be wood and stone? im just asking here im not condeming
i know that some of my anglican friends tell me that they bow down and pray to Mary
is this bad according to the comandments of not putting God first and praying …
wow i had no idea this would be so intence! :) thanx one and all
i hope that some day i will actualy have time to read some of these books you suggested
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hhmmm neXt bible hhhmmm well you know im not sure about that all i know is that i have a NET (New English) you are right that they translate the words the way they feel best fits English language (isnt that what all translations seek to do?)
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yes thankyou u have as always been vary helpful
now may i tell you what i use and why?
i use the NET and in that the translators have taken the Greek Hebrew and Aramaic texts and translated them then they give a defence for the translation why the…
Adam was given work to do in the garden before the fall God created mankind to do work and be gald in it so i think in heaven we will be working and be glad in it work can be worshipful if it is done with the right heart attitude and b/c we are in h…
so your not bothered by the fact that it is put out by a Protestant publisher?
im just asking cuz some people seem vary upset they said that the study notes were vary Protestant and vary basic...
personaly i think i would like to own one but im not…
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So I'm guessing we should stick to the Orthodox Study Bible because of its translations? It has the detrucanonical books that are usually missing. The New Testament is from the…
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its kinda like that bible code i keep hearing about ...
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nooooo. The Bible Code app…
I Thessalonian s 4:11,12
to aspire o lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you. In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need
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I believe that some people are prone to sin naturally but not everyone is prone to sin in the same way naturally we are born sinners whether or not we are born gay , a mass murder or a petty theeff is merely speculative I see no evidence for either…