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this is my brief answer (maybe oversimplified..) we don't believe in salvation except through Jesus Christ our Saviour and His church, but we believe that God can reveal things directly to people and people can have a saving experience even at the l…
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as an eastern orthodox Christian, u are not yet allowed to commune in an oriental orthodox (eg ethiopian) church. we are working on it! (or rather the bishops are) please pray for them and may God bless you with His peace. He sees your heart :)
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yes, it's soo lovely :)
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john's arabic is of course better ;) mine gets understood and is a bit simplified. thanks, john
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ana asallu leek (with the stress on 'sall' in asallu) for a man and ana asallu leekee (with the stress on 'leek' in leekee) for a woman. she can also say ana masihiyya (all the double letters you just pronounce a bit longer than the single letters, …
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i don't think it was a trivial question. coz it's about where people go when they die. however, in the Bible, the things that are important are faith in Jesus Christ who is God, the things we do in our lives (the narrow path) and repentance from the…
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wow, yr english must be better than mine, i find it hard to understand!
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the orthodox study Bible (which i v v much recommend) has all the extra jewish new testament books that got missed out by the protestants. so (apart from psalm 151 and 1 ezra/esdras) the catholics have them too. they do nothing to change the basic m…
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hey, brother, wikipedia?! u know in most countries we are not allowed to quote this in college research! try a better source... ;)
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i move house most years with work so i understand loneliness. it's too obvious to say 'get closer to God' but in fact concentrating on your spiritual life is very important, especially your prayers, both from the agpeya and telling God how you are d…
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hi john S2000, i agree there is a danger of lack of faith, and i really liked your post (sorry i typed as you were typing!), but i think if we make belief in creation 100% necessary, it may cause people to become worried. also i am not sure of the c…
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you can do what pope shenouda recommended in his paschal message, during the 50 days, spend more time in prayer (i suggest you could find the time by 'fasting' from tv, computer games etc) and reading the Bible and don't snack between meals, don't f…
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keep it up, keep praying in church. as you say, God blesses you. pray for those who don't go and keep yourselves close to God. :)
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no, there are only 2 original humans that we are all descended from and there were loads of animals, and there is no indication in the Bible that there were 2 specially 'blessed' apes that got to be human. personally i don't believe in evolution, i …
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i heard it in church, but i can't remember which one as i moved house too many times. what i understand is the official line is the world is quite young (not millions of years) but not necessarily any fixed age worked out by counting dates and ages …
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yeah but on other sites, not here. here we have the odd advertising fake people (check the signature for a web link to cheap holidays etc) but the admins do a great job keeping on top off it :)
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hi and welcome. by now you will have called the priest so i realise this post may be late! i joined the coptic church 1 1/2 years ago from a protestant background and i believe that you have been on a spiritual journey and that the Holy Spirit wil…
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well put, hezekiel :)
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i agree. also u can say, Lord, please help me to honour you in this competition, become more like you and share you with others. then be ready to win humbly or loose graciously, as God wills. it is not in winning or loosing we become more like God, …
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matthew, i agree. also nestorians (the assyrian church of the east) believe that only the human nature of Christ was crucified, the divine nature somehow stayed out of it. no other Christians groups believe this (ie catholic, protestant, us). what i…
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i couldn't help myself last night, i stayed up late because i watched again the documentary with father lazarus el antony (see the discussion in 'random issues' for the link). the anglican priest here had some views even most protestants would con…
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thanks for the correction, i got miseducated!
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alithos aftonf! sorry i made a mistake with the minutes, it runs from the beginning, the programs about the other faiths were different ones.
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yes, i was protestant. i also had a catholic church near me, but i couldn't see the evidence for purgatory and the special sinless conception of the virgin saint mary. otherwise i agreed with them. i even went on the first part of the RC initiation …
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found it! http://interruptingthesilence.com/2010/01/23/extreme-pilgrim-a-journey-to-st-anthonys-monastey/ he was an anglican priest who was having doubts about his faith and then went to look for spiritual help in the remote parts of the world. he…
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so maybe u could find out what group these people are from and re-educate them? 'the coptic orthodox church' by HG anba angaelos is a great introduction which is very good for non-orthodox people to read. if you need more resources, i think there ar…
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erm is that a website or do you mean i have to pop up to heaven and order directly from each church father? ??? ;)
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if you're a martyr outside the faith, why would you be a martyr?
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i think we have to be careful here not to confuse the idea of 'not being sure of being saved' with 'not being saved'. quite a lot of protestant churches have sacraments, and i think it is important not to generalise. our Lord and Saviour Jesus Chris…
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hi, matthew :) any idea where we can get this book by athanasius? this is a great link previously posted by father peter about his psalms commentary http://www.athanasius.com/psalms/aletterm.htm please keep us posted with any more ideas :)