True, noetic prayer is worth more than a thousand words spoken in discussion.
You may be seeking an answer, but perhaps you're asking the wrong question.
childoforthodoxy
Xristos Anesti!
I hope this message finds you all well in Christ. I received a message asking about the sources for some of the quotes I have posted thus far, namely one by St. John Chrysostom on children. There are two treatises written on the mat…
Xristos Anesti!
This question is quite loaded and people spend a great deal of time putting together well-written books to address it. The question is not merely one of knowing what our personalities are (our likes and dislikes), but is deeply root…
I recommend that anyone curious about this topic read "Life after Death" by Met. Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos. There is a very detailed discourse contained in the latter part of the book concerning Purgatory and its refutation from an Orthodox pe…
Greetings in our Lord and blessings of the Holy Fast be upon us,
I apologize wholeheartedly in advance if any of you is offended by comments. I write them truly out of love and out of a desire for us all to journey with one another into the True W…
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May God bless all of your service and efforts, Fr. Peter
childoforthodoxy
Dearest brother Ioannes,
It most certainly can refer to us. Let us take a brief look at St. Cyril of Alexandria's words on the matter:
"Cyril of Alexandria: There may be some who, in the beginning, believed rightly and assiduously labored at virtu…
As time is quite limited at the moment, I will post an excerpt from the writing of a current Metropolitan in the Greek Orthodox Church, which was intended to discuss the Unconditionality of the Divine Incarnation, that is to say, that Christ would h…
I will post on this topic soon, God willing, but the idea of serving justice as stated is one that was introduced into the Church by Western theology and is incongruent, to a degree, with the Orthodox Theology. Unfortunately, the effects of this int…
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This has been confusing me for sometime, the entire idea of the sacrifice of christ was t…
I ask the specific questions in my previous post because I think it is often the case that theosis has been strongly misunderstood in the Coptic mindset. I have yet to come across a single author, patristic or otherwise, that speaks of theosis in te…
If I may ask, who said that theosis refers to becoming one with God in essence? It would be more beneficial for us to be able to read and analyze the original writings. If the assumption is Fr. Matta el Meskeen, what was originally stated?
Greetings in our Lord!
I will not write an extensive response at the moment, but will let the Fathers words speak for themselves. As this topic is invariably related to a number of other issues, not the least of which is the image and likeness of G…
Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ,
I chose my username some years ago because I acknowledge that I will perpetually be a child of Orthodoxy, that I should continually remind myself that I should always strive to learn from the Fathers and fro…
Hello my dearest brothers and sisters in Christ,
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate th…
I would also like to add that the books should, in fact, be Orthodox; there is much material out there that may allow you to feel that you are benefitting something, but will in fact be detrimental. That is a discussion in and of itself, and I will …
Hello my dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
I hope this message finds you all well. Agpeya, may I ask how old you are? There are different recommended books for different ages. May I also say that, though each person may have their personal favor…
Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ,
There is a wonderful commentary by St. Cyril of Alexandria on the signs that you have mentioned and how they are interpreted in a soteriological manner. They are related more or less to the Incarnation in ter…
May God have mercy me. I, who for the sake of presenting one or another side of a discussion, have disrespected another one of His children. I, who have lost the commandment of love that I am to guide my life by, in order to ensure that my point was…
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My question was what your basis was that she dd not believe, as she goes on to preach to the disciples what it was that she had seen and professed the resurrection to the d…
Forgive me, imikhail. I hope that my posts do not come across as personal attacks towards you nor towards any specific person on the forum. I will clarify what I meant earlier; it is my mistake that I was unclear before.
I do not contest that Thoma…
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+ Irini nem ehmot,
St. Thomas also doubted the resurrection, yet Christ permitted him to touch Hi…
Thank you, dear brother Unworthy1, for posting that as well. I have read St. Cyril's explanation before, but was curious as to who Stavro was referencing for the explanation he stated
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When Mary Magdalene reached out to touch Him, He didn't allow her. Why? Yet, Thomas was allowed to. Why? What changed?
Mary Magdalene was not allowed to touch the Lord for a…