Psalm 2 of our Father and King David the Prophet.
E;be ou han e;noc auws `ebol ouoh han laoc auer meletan `n han pet souit
Why did the nations rage, and the peoples meditate on vain things?
Au`ohi `e ratou `nje ni ourwou `nte pkahi
The kings of the…
The 3 instances of "Christ is risen" in the New Testament always have Pixrictoc aftwnf (I looked up the NT in Coptic). The 'Himself' part is ignored or incorrect.
And if it is reflexive then could it not just be an emphasiser that it is Christ Himself who has risen or is risen.
Exactly, this is/could be true. This would make the 'Himself' part unnecessary. Like you, I await Remnkemi's view. I'm not clever eno…
imikhail, your translation of the Coptic seems different to Remnkemi, and to the scholarly translator of the Coptic New Testament.
Pi,rictoc aftwnf
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that's because the final f in aftwnf is the reflexive 3rd perso…
Thanks IloveSaintMark. Your comments make me clear that I'm glad to be Orthodox and not a protestant. It is important to resist this kind of stuff to prevent our Church being corrupted by postmodern ideals and morality. Even I thought at the beginni…
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Everyone with even a penny in their pocket is obliged to give a tithe.
A tithe is a minimum amount.
The issue is whether one wishes to do so or not; plain and simpl…
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you could write how compromising by doing the will of the state has messed up the orthodox church, like when there has been corruption from (eg.) the roman empire that cont…
I think the discussion about forcing people to pay tithes has been done wrongly (you both agree I think). The Church (I presume) is not in favour of using violence to force those who do not pay tithes. This is the point. This is where we differ with…
Memory eternal.
I'm really furious.
And I'm also furious about the Western media portraying this as: Fights BETWEEN Copts and Muslims while the Muslims are the aggressors and the killers..
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Fady, in the books i've seen its not fetavmasf but fetasmasf, [...]
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F-et-a-s-masf can't be correct right? The sigma refers to a woman, the fai to a man. ophadece?
It doesnt work. It does not bring economic stability.
The only 2 things independent European states need are:
Open borders
Free trade
We do not need a giant political collective with no internal democracy, no checks and balances. The collective is…
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Surely Copts should be studying both, or even prioritising Sahidic so that the early Coptic texts can be made available in English? Who knows both here on Tasbeha?
Fa…
Of course I know that we use Bohairic. It's a shame they don't teach Bohairic here, so I didn't have any choice but to accept Sahidic Coptic :-)
Thanks for the explanation, it's clear now!
I am using a book called: C.H. Reintges, Coptic Egyptian (…
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Thanks, Zoxsasi! Babylon, the prostitue is about to burn. I also urge all Christians to abondon the so-called Muslim states. Look how Obama has become a Muslim ambassador, w…
Welcome to the Church!
Like Pharaoh714 said, there are a lot of Coptic Hymns on Youtube. It takes some time to learn them, but for me it helped that I just put them on my Ipod and listen to them during travel etc. Good luck :-)
God bless you.
"The wages of sin is death." Some people get aids/hiv while they didn't sin though.
That's why I can understand the position of the Bishop, but saying is a 'just' punishment is too blunt, because from a human POV any punishment from such a disease …
I care a lot, but I don't want to file a law suit or get a lawyer. That was my point. Of course I hate lies & slander, but a law suit won't change the situation at all. They'll keep thinking what they think and that's it.
Get a lawyer?
- pro:
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