"isn't there something to be said for honoring St. Cyril by clarifying his own intended teachings with more precise terminology? "I personally think St Cyril did a fine job explaining his concepts with his own words. He has voluminous works on Chris…
Bisho82,Are you able to see the Coptic fonts? I gave the Coptic spelling but we are discussing words that give the sound "beesho" using both GB pronunciation and OB pronunciation. That is why I have lots of potential words.
Also, Pishowi is always…
And how will the head chanter know each bishops age? It's not public information. If two bishops were the same age, would we simply flip a coin? Or what if a metropolitan and a bishop were the same age? Is the head chanter going to ask each clergy h…
I thought that it technically goes
1. patriarch
2. metropolitan
3. diocese bishop
4. visiting bishops in priority of rank
I have even seen some people switch 2 and 3 (which makes sense if a metropolitan is visiting outside his diocese). In reality,…
Danny you crack me up.
"Let's not discuss seasons. That's why we are confused here." Then in the very next sentence you start with "Kiahk and Great Lent and Annual" which are all seasons. I got what you were saying. It's just funny and it shows how …
Aelwyn82,
It all comes down to what do you mean by the words "nature", "hypostasis", "humanity", "divinity" and "essence". There are specific nuances in each language that is not transmitted or conceptualized universally.
If nature is understood …
Danny, you've confused me even more.
I follow everything you are saying about Annual Adam. A sample is found on Wagdi Bishara's Midnight Psalmody track 37. (I don't know how link files in the media section). I don't see it recorded by Ibrahim Ayad o…
For me, it wasn't a hymn. It was the Holy Spirit making intercessions with groaning that can't be heard that led me to the cantor: Fr David Bebawy. I was specifically hooked to his Tasbeha set and Taishori for Good Friday. Shortly after (if not at t…
1. Yes. The Catholic Church is an Apostolic, Trinitarian Church. We recognize their baptism. We only require a declaration of faith and a charismation (confirmation) of their faith in the Coptic Church.2. No. In the past, they were (re)baptized but …
I don't believe so. I have a book by HG Bishop Youstos of St Antony's monastery concerning 3 modern saints of the monastery and one was Abouna Yostos. If I find the book, I'll confirm his biography and let you know.
It IS Coptic. That's it. There is an indigenous people and ethnic group that uses it. There are no Ancient Egyptians or pharaonic evidence to validate or show how Coptic music existed before the 12-14th century AD (give or take) inside or outside th…
Use this article from the Coptic encyclopedia:http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cce/id/1446/rec/5
It describes current practices, ancient practices and historical data from Ancient Egypt and Jewish traditions written by …
Let's be blunt. Egyptians are creatures of culture, not rationality. In Egypt, mental health is a sign of weakness or sickness or demon possession. Since society in Egypt has a problem with human rights for healthy people, how much more of an issue …
I finally found an icon by Victor Fakhoury. This is the Martyrs of Maspero. He had other icons with the same dark colors that show political events mixed in with ecclesial events.
Yeah, I especially like how Emmanuel avoided the word icon altogether. Real smooth.
I have nothing against IT also. I just wanted to show that iconography is based on theology, not artistic and social concepts of beauty, permissibility or offensive…
I'm not going to beat a dead horse. We all know that no bishop or Synod would be comfortable enough to allow icons that are liberal at best and non-theological or political at worse. It's untenable to continue a debate on an unlikely hypothetical sc…
Well, technically we can't put anything in a liturgical service without approval from a bishop or the Synod. If the Synod or the diocese bishop believed it qualifies as an icon and he/they allowed its use in liturgical service, would you tell the bi…
I'm not 100% sure I would exclude this as an icon. Iconography is theological by definition and every sociological and cultural event has theological ramifications. In addition, iconography is a type of theological story telling, not simply a histor…
I am almost 100% sure this is Victor Fakhoury in Egypt. Dr Helena Moussa from St Mark Coptic Museum in Canada just did a wonderful presentation about Victor Fakhoury's icons at the 2016 Coptic Conference in Claremont. He has done similar icons with …
You also have to realize that the synaxarium is a 14th century development of the difnar. There are actually Sahidic difnar (fragments) that are predecessors of the Bohairic difnar, which shows some affinity to the Arabic synaxarium. It should also …
As for the lyrics, this is another example of a Copt-Greek bilingual hymn that is so deviated from standard Greek that the Arabic translators guessed at the meaning. The Arabic translation is not accurate.
You could do anything after Psalm 150 but that doesn't make it right or rite (i.e., an unofficial rite). The glorification rite is said only in Vespers or the liturgy of the Word, not the liturgy of the faithful or the communion. The only reason peo…
All analogies describing the incarnation of Christ fail. But sometimes the analogy makes things worse.
In your analogy, you wrote "The table is the Person. The glass with oil is His human nature. The glass with water is His divine nature."You are st…
SJC,
I know you meant well but your analogies are filled with mistakes and heresies. The definition of Chalcedon is very specific and its meaning was further clarified in their 5th council. It does not speak of two separate glasses where one glass i…
I don't know if we can consider wearing the garments of the opposite gender a sin. Clothing is a convention that society uses to help distinguish male from female. I don't think the gospel makes any real reference to clothing style and convention. S…
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I know Jesus said eat my body but I think it's not logical to assume he meant literally or physically, isn't that cannibalism? isn't that a pagan practice of eating a portion of a body of a strong warrior to assume his power! (Can s…
Part 2
"I've always thought the late pope Shenoudah III was wrong on preventing Coptics from going to Palestine and supporting Mubarak and interfering in politics, and many priests abuse the power they have in forgiveness of sins!"
Again are you tal…
Part 1Bishoy,
I will try my best to respond to your questions. But before I begin, I must say your questions and your claims seem to be contradictory in nature. This is not meant to be an attack or criticism against you but that you are trying conn…