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wow, great posts. i also had lots of problems in this area previously and this advice is all good. dc, these problems are related to your spiritual problems. when u feel far from God, nothing else will feel good. kick yrself in the butt and start pr…
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it sounds like for you, any disagreement is a minor disaster. so maybe you could ask your fiancee for reassurance that disagreement doesn't mean hate or disrespect. as far as i can tell (after many years of marriage), the 'physical' side does not ma…
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hi, how are u all? may God give u peace?
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yeah, i almost feel sorry for satan that yet another Christian is heading out into the world with the good news of Jesus Christ, ready to proclaim, defend and share it with those he meets. together with the prayers of his friends, family and all the…
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to simplify: it's best not to quote origen (unless you are writing an essay on the early church). it's better to refer to teachings of other writers who were less controversial, like saint athanasius, saint cyril (kyrollos) and, indeed, saint john c…
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coptic user 20, yes, it is wrong to use the teachings of someone who is out of the church. you should rather quote church fathers we accept in our church or your own priest. severian, i have read the article you pointed me to, but i am confused by …
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ok, i understand we shouldn't be chatting loudly about the price of beans, but i have to say that when i am in church i smile more than anywhere else. in fact people don't believe me when i say i get grumpy sometimes at work, they think i smile all …
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in the 1990s, the romanian orthodox church started communing with oriental orthodox churches, following the second agreed statement by the patriarchs that we all agreed on orthodoxy. but the other eastern orthodox churches told them they had jumped …
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this is interesting, it seems saint john did not have heretical teaching himself, but he put up with heretical monks and did not sort them out. does anyone know why that was? was he trying to bring them back into the faith or did he not realise how …
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probably. maybe you could meet and discuss the things that wind you up. e.g. 'please don't interrupt when i'm talking it irritates me'. 'ok, i will try, but please don't talk for 20 minutes without a break, sometimes i want to say something too...' …
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remember she is right sometimes... ;)
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thanks everyone for your quotes, and welcome, severian! hope u like our cool site. 8)
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you can say 'patristic theology', which is 2 nouns in apposition. in this type of phrase, the first noun takes the role of an adjective, but is still a noun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apposition this is the way this area of study is most frequen…
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try these 2 threads... http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,9177.0.html http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php/topic,11290.0.html short answer: the church is 'God's people', containing jews and gentiles, but God still has …
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i think just because there are 3 of them. in the same way, the total number of archangels is 7, to represent the perfect number of God.
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hi, sounds great and i will check it out. btw, i checked an online dictionary and u can say 'patrological', but most theologians in the english-speaking world say 'patristic'.
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which is coptic for 'i am happy i found the jinkim key on my computer'... ;)
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if u make friends with the people who work in the restaurants, u might then get a chance to share yr faith. far more valuable than worrying what meat you eat. and if you are with a Christian who worries about the type of meat, go veggie (so not to w…
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yeah, u need to work on how to resolve fights. sort it before u marry! we didn't fight much, but the engagement was only 3 months!
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yeah, i recommend anyone who has more than 581 posts to be spam-mod! ;)
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bump! come on mods, get some of these computer geeks to help u clean up the spam!!! [move]clean the spam![/move]
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i never managed it, don't know if it's because i have a mac. i downloaded coptic fonts, then i have to type in word for mac and then copy and paste it into the message. i hope someone has an easier way!
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may God give u peace and wisdom to know when to hang out with your brother and when to give him a break.
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henrik, someone takes the prayer request to the priest during the liturgy. the priests pray and the person who writes the request prays.
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college is good for making u do lots of exams. it's good for yr spiritual life only if u want it to be! r these guys already in college? then talk about 'how to make college good for yr spiritual life'. maybe show them why it's so amazing to know Go…
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hi, it's good that u care about this enough to try to help. i have been married more than 10 years and i have been coptic for 3 years, so i have a bit of experience with people. it seems like u would like to be close to yr dad, but actually u r not.…
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cephas and imikhail, please chill out. cephas, can you please abstain from being so rude? thanks mabsoota.
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it's important to follow the guidance of your priest regarding fasting. the main thing is fasting from bad stuff (jealously, greed, pride, rage etc) and limiting your food intake helps this. it is vital to pray a lot and read the Bible, as we are in…
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great dialogue. that summarises my understanding of the situation too. :)