In my church Tasbeha is half Coptic half English. I am still learning to read Coptic, and I follow with the English on the screen too. :)
My favorite Tasbeha hymn is the Friday Theotokia (go to Tasbeha on Thursday nights because that's when they h…
Not topic relevant, but you mentioning Tasbeha made me remember.
I never attended Tasbeha much until I started college in 2014. Until recently I never really loved it. It always seemed so long (which is weird because the liturgy is longer) And then…
Last year I wrote a poem about how I had doubted. It concluded with "You continued to hold me in Your loving arms, even when I doubted You."
I know it doesn't feel like it. I know you feel alone or forsaken. Sometimes it feels like God is an etern…
I don't know if this is relevant, but sometimes with a capsule people will empty it's contents into a drink or Apple sauce or something like that. Would this still apply, since the capsule still contained the medicine within It?
So regarding Mary's role in Salvation. I don't think we have the same view as the RCC who refers to her as the Co-Redepmtrix. What do we say about her role, especially what is different from the RCC?
I know we don't believe in the Immaculate Conception, but don't we believe in the Assumption of Mary?
But also, how do they know when he says something that comes from the office of Peter? Is it whenever he happens to be sitting in that chair?
Unfortunately conditional infallibility is bit infallibity. It seemsike it's basically saying, "If he happens to be right and it's something about faith, then it's infallible" (Unfortunately some of the things they think are right are not like the I…
Interesting. I have known that we celebrate both, but I was very used to hearing the Feast of the Nativity also called the Feast of the Incarnation, so I was unaware that we celebrate the Incarnation at both times. Thank you. :)
I know I'm Coptic (and female), but part of me slightly wishes I could be the Catholic pope just to do that. Rofl.
But I think they interpret "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" as "there shall be not a single mistake ever that you wi…
That's what I thought. Something always seemed wrong to me when I heard that, but I know I am still learning, and can be wrong myself, so thank you for your help. If I may ask a further related question, in response to the question of why the Cross …
I think seeking unity is important. And while our Pope and bishops show respect to the Pope of Rome, they are also adamant that unity must be on the grounds of truth. I believe that this is an admirable thing. As far as the examples of modernism yo…
Thank you mabsoota! :) Another question is regarding the accuracy annotations. For example in the OSB "Mary the mother of James and Joses" (Matthew 27:56) is said to be also the Mother of Jesus, and the "stepmother" of James and Joses. But I have fo…
binC, I read your summary of the article. It was quite helpful, thank you. :) It seems we know the issue is semantics rather than theology. Does this mean the divide is largely political at this point? If you think so, what do you think we can do t…
Hi! I know I'm late, but I'm really confused. Just now I was looking at Jeremiah 33 (chapter 40 in OSB), and the OSB is missing like 1/2 of the chapter? Is that accurate? I'm really confused about the reliability of the OSB right now.
I feel sad that such issues that seemingly have more to do with semantics than theology have hindered our unity. I guess this is simply evidence of our human weakness. But I am young and still learning. I was wondering, is it still possible to hold …