God bless you Jeremy. Due to corona, we get the chance to live like the holy ascetics of the desert by spending our time to prepare for communion doing agpeya prayers, reading the scriptures, studying the church fathers, singing the praises in the b…
This thread should be pinned. Amazing explanations from minasoliman and Remnkemi.
If we had more OOs giving answers this adequate we would not have the same amount of misrepresentations of our Church from both inside and outside.
Saying that, I t…
"There is nothing to prove Christianity beyond reasonable doubt."I do not agree with this. The church fathers have used many methods to prove Christianity such the prophesies and the natural arguments for God. www.reasonablefaith.com is a good resou…
Christ has one will composed of 2 natural wills and one energy composed of 2 natural energies. The fathers speak of the Logos being the one who operates and wills:
St Epiphanius of Salamis, Ancoratus, Ch. 57:5-6
“For the one who does not believe t…
@PeterFarrington
"The Trisagion as a hymn to Christ and with the Christological addition, '..thou who wast crucified for us..' was used in Antioch during the episcopate of Eustathius (325-330), and therefore had a history of 140 years of use before …
@amoussa01
Forgive me if I offended you.
As one who experienced such thoughts as well as OCD, ADHD, GAD and MDD, I realized that secretive and overall distressing behavior in dealing with such issues whether they are warfare or spiritual disease i…
@amiramoon as said before I believe they are acting this way as a generational effect of "survival" due to prolonged history of persecution. There is no grounds for disowning your children as there is no grounds for hate in the first place in Christ…
Abu Dawood (459) and Ahmad (6650) narrated from ‘Amr ibn Shu’ayb from his father that his grandfather said: The Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: “Teach your children to pray when they are seven years old, and sma…
Surah 15:9 of the Qur’an proclaims:
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
Muslim scholars interpret this ayah (verse) as a divine promise that the text of the Qur’an would be preserved pe…
So your sole reason for not becoming coptic is because of the sinfulness of your husband? He knows that, that's why he goes to church. We wouldn't need the church. "The church is a hospital for the sick" - Saint John Chrysostom
Fasting is only nec…
Dear Amira,
I am sorry for this situation and ask for your forgiveness on behalf of my church.
Regarding the reaction of his parents they are not representative of the Church's mind as we are called to love one another without discrimination. I woul…
You guys really need to read the Church fathers on this. You'll be suprised. And youll be happy you have a lenient Priest that tries to meet you in a middle ground. One St. John Chrysostom tract and this forum will be shut down. Lol.
Don't let it bother you, I hope you spoke to your father of confession about this and are consistent in your spiritual life, it doesn't matter what comes to your head, it matters how you act accordingly. Our God is merciful and ever-forgiving. Altho…
Dear user,
In response to your initial question, it is sufficient to say that the Coptic church has kept its purity through God's grace.
More Importantly, why would you ever oppose the will of God and attack the church which He gave us for our salv…
Ok, so here is an answer and a few caring recommendations.
The Saints including martyrs which are saints see us just as angels, both holy and fallen, see us. Through the spirit. This should be comforting us as well as making us cautious, although t…
@CopticApostate You continue to rely on concepts of psychology to "rationally" explain away prayer and how it is evolved, you need to realize that even the intelligent men who experimented and proposed these concepts believe that there are many unce…