[quote author=copticyouth86 link=topic=12498.msg146557#msg146557 date=1319502280]
Hey,
"We are not trying to summarize your podcast" hence the suggestion of the time reference.
"There is a recurring theme in many of your posts…
[quote author=copticyouth86 link=topic=12498.msg146554#msg146554 date=1319499065]
Hi guys, gonna be brief.
TheGodChrist and dzheremi, both of you have done a very poor job representing what was said in the podcas…
So let me get this straight...
Homosexuality is ok, and spreading the salvation of Christ is wrong.
Is this not a softening of Christian virtues and principles? How is this different from what protestants do?
copticyouth86, why do you let the wor…
[quote author=liftmyheart link=topic=12462.msg146059#msg146059 date=1318547937]
Why do people suffer?
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Was it fair for the King of Glory to suffer? Was it fair for a God to be whipped like a dog? Was it fair for the God✞Man to be spat upon…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12430.msg145679#msg145679 date=1317855753]
Our Tradition is 72 as evidenced from our hymns and the Coptic Katamaras translation.
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Our hymns, as well as our Katamarous, are not infallible. There can be mista…
"Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, 'Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.'"
-Luke 10:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
"The seventy-two returned with joy and said, 'Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.'"
-Luke …
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12430.msg145667#msg145667 date=1317845886]
disciples and apostles are used interchangeably.
They were 12 and 72 (not 70)
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Sometimes its 70; sometimes its 72. It depends who's counting. We know Our Lord ap…
[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=12421.msg145625#msg145625 date=1317788364]
+ Irini nem ehmot,
[quote author=✞TheGodChrist✞ link=topic=12421.msg145601#msg145601 date=1317748890]
Does anyone have any specific links to some of his retractions? Maybe th…
[quote author=LoveisDivine link=topic=12421.msg145580#msg145580 date=1317725398]
Sorry that my lousy recollection is all you've got on this one... :)
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Your recollection is quite good to explain that verbatim. Thanks 8)
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[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=12415.msg145588#msg145588 date=1317739094]
I couldn't agree more. The mitre was a gift. Nothing more, and H.H. accepted it in the spirit with which it was given.
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Agreed.
[quote author=dzheremi link=topic=12415.msg145572#msg145572 date=1317709876]
Does HH really believe that the two churches are "two lungs"? I thought this was an RC expression about Eastern Catholics...it seems a little odd coming from as resolute a …
[quote author=LoveisDivine link=topic=12421.msg145568#msg145568 date=1317697257]
His Eminence Metropolitan Bishoy said we consider St Augustine a saint because he also repented of his theological errors. I think this was necessary for him to do so b…
[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=12424.msg145564#msg145564 date=1317689635]
That's weird. Copticchurch.net says the Gospel of John
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Weird indeed. An honest mistake, though.
Someone should notify them.
Its from the First Epistle of John; not the Gospel of John.
Catholic Epistle
A Reading from the 1 Epistle of St. John. May his blessing be upon us. Amen
1 John 2:7-11
Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you …
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12421.msg145560#msg145560 date=1317689051]
[quote author=✞TheGodChrist✞ link=topic=12421.msg145558#msg145558 date=1317688950]
So he is a 'Saint,' but not a 'Church Father' according to his interpretation of certain …
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12421.msg145545#msg145545 date=1317670770]
That is true. That is why Augustine is called "blessed" and not "saint" within the Orthodox Church.
I know that recently the Coptic Church is labeling him "saint" but it …
Thank you for further clarifying.
But since His Holiness believes that the two Churches are the same (two lungs), and as you said it was a gift, why not wear it?
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12421.msg145536#msg145536 date=1317655145]
[quote author=✞TheGodChrist✞ link=topic=12421.msg145530#msg145530 date=1317649510]
St. Augustine is not commemorated in our Synaxarium (like St. Jerome). He is a western Fa…
St. Augustine is not commemorated in our Synaxarium (like St. Jerome). He is a western Father who was venerated long before the East-West schism of 1054 A.D., where much of his theology had been manipulated and added to by the Roman Church Fathers a…
[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=12415.msg145484#msg145484 date=1317493745]
+ Irini nem ehmot,
[quote author=✞TheGodChrist✞ link=topic=12415.msg145483#msg145483 date=1317493591]
So, in your opinion, would this qualify as traditional Coptic Orthodox d…
[quote author=Κηφᾶς link=topic=12415.msg145477#msg145477 date=1317491453]
+ Irini nem ehmot,
The double-headed eagle is a common symbol in heraldry and vexillology. It is most commonly associated with the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. …
copticyouth86,
We desire your salvation. The people on this forum have tried desperately to change your mind about this topic with very credible evidence. They have offered you verses from the Holy Bible, facts, historical evidence, and personal pr…