[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=11081.msg138225#msg138225 date=1305789257]
I am not sure I understand. Could you explain more? Why would the persecution of the Jews make them averse to believing in Christ? The persecutions of the Jews were not ca…
Lol no, I don't think anyone at our Church wrote it - but actually I've never heard it sung anywhere else so I'm not sure ... some of the wording makes me think that it was translated from Arabic, so maybe its an old Arabic hymn?
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LOL - Heisenberg, who developed the uncertainty principle, was a Christian.
There's nothing about the uncertainty principle that suggests God doesn't exist, unless you believe that God consciously and actively CAUSES everything that happens in the…
[quote author=✞Stavroforos✞ link=topic=11191.msg135090#msg135090 date=1301810516]
I would like to be comfortable with the concept of death because in the medical field I have to deal with it from day to day. I don't want to be depressed everyday bec…
You click the 'font' button above - the red 'A' on the right. That'll give you two html brackets in the text editing box - just change Verdana to CS Avva Shenouda
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This will be a completely unhelpful post because not only am I not answering your question, I'm adding another to it :)
I've heard that the Resurrection Re-enactment is an Eastern Orthodox tradition which we've only been practicing for about 150 ye…
[quote author=Tishori link=topic=11133.msg134916#msg134916 date=1301635412]
Let's not forget, a sermon can not be "Protestant-ish" unless it is inline with Protestant Theology. The same goes for a "Coptic sermon". Just because he doesn't have a cane…
I attend a (technically non-denominational but essentially evangelical) Christian group at my university - they have a weekly Bible study which I attend, in addition to the Coptic society's Bible study (and occasionally drop in to the Catholic socie…
Hmm thanks - that was the impression I was getting. But is there any good reason to think that James 'the brother of the Lord' was also 'the son of Alphaeus'?
"For You are He who looses the bound and uplifts the fallen, the hope of those who have no hope, and the help of those who have no helper, the comfort of the faint-hearted, the harbour of those who are in the storm. All souls who are distressed or b…
[quote author=LifeInDeath link=topic=10973.msg132990#msg132990 date=1300141915]
Speaking of the Eucharist - I wonder how God will unite us since we seem to be so good at fighting with one another.
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I think you're right - I don't understand …
Does anybody know of any good articles or studies on the subject of communion arguing for the authenticity of the Eucharist as we practice it? It doesn't have to be Orthodox in origin - Catholic sources would be fine as well. It would be good to hav…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10962.msg132799#msg132799 date=1299949213]
Flavian was not killed at Ephesus. He was still sending letters to people months after the council. The very famous and scholarly Church historian Henry Chadwick believ…
[quote author=Pharaoh714 link=topic=10962.msg132777#msg132777 date=1299899776]
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Wow, this guy really needs to get his facts straight.
I'm not very familiar with the history (so correct me if I'm wrong) but I don't think anyone claims tha…
I'd just like to put forth C.S. Lewis' approach to this issue, since it agrees very much with me. In 'The Last Battle', a righteous Calormen soldier who worships the pagan god Tash encounters Aslan, who for those who don't know, is Lewis' representa…
[quote author=jydeacon link=topic=10941.msg132423#msg132423 date=1299615134]
Without it, you are in essence saying, Jesus Christ fasts for us, not fasted.
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Just a small semantic point - I don't think you can use the infinitive of a verb wi…
[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=10952.msg132636#msg132636 date=1299747254]
I don't believe we should create our own titles for the Holy Spirit, or any member of the Trinity for that matter, that is not biblical. Just because I think a certain ani…
I don't really agree - you're not claiming that It/He IS a wild goose, only that the metaphor of a wild goose is apt in some respects: in that He/It is 'wild' and untameable and graceful etc., obviously you're not referring to the animal's frivolous…