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Hi QT,
Sorry, I haven't had time to go through this thread in detail (just a quick skim), but I'd recommend "On Wealth and Poverty" by St. John Chrysostom. He speaks in detail about this subject in a series of sermons on Lazarus and the Rich Man…
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I was wondering what's the view of the coptic orthodox church on this???
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It is absolutely wrong. Christ suffered for us so that we would not. We gain forgivene…
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What do the Early Church Fathers say about this?
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Heg. Fr. Athanasius Iskander wrote (as part of an on-going patristics series) on the issue.
http://stmaryscopticorthod…
Hi :)
Sometimes determining what God's will is can be difficult.
Heg. Fr. Athanasius Iskander discusses decision making in his book "Practical Spirituality".
Check out his chapter on Discernment (page 70) Check out http://stmaryscopticorthodox.ca…