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Charitable works, protests, prayer - all with love, fervor and cheerfulness. pray for me joe
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And so we conclude: Sins merits punishment, either here on earth or in eternity, but sometimes tribulations that befall us on earth are designed to help us by strengthening us or moving us closer to God.
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They mean the same thing, a hazza is a small section of the hymn or a musical phrase, and hymns are made of hundreds of these joined together. Just learn one "part" of the hymn at a time, and consolidate it by then linking it with the part before it…
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[quote author=QT_PA_2T link=topic=6917.msg92864#msg92864 date=1216213561] If u agree that we are always punished on earth for our sins (and yet repentence nullifies our eternal punishment), then if say something bad happens to you, for whatever reas…
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I can't understand why things are so complicated here. If we sin, there are punishments both in this life and the next. If we repent, then God in his mercy will forget our sins. If we don't repent, and are not punished on earth (extremely unlike…
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Shere Theotoke is sung both in St. Mary's fast, and in Glorifications, and on St. Mary's commemorations, 21st of every Coptic month. Learn it like any other hymn, by learning one "hazza" at a time, and cementing it with the melismata before it. Aud…
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May the Lord answer you A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible study. The priest was talking about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?" After the Bible study…
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The answer is quite simple - if a bishop sins during a sermon e.g. by spreading a heresy, you can do several things: 1) Talk to him after the sermon, and bring the point up, and ask a few questions; it could be that he let a word slip, and didn't r…
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I'm sorry Severus, but I also went and checked with my FoC, and was told that a priest can refuse to give absolution (as shown in the verses above), but he will be judged by God for that decision. pray for me joe
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Loads of pics on google, type in coptic mass and you get reams of stuff
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no probs, thank biblegateway :)
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Dreams have 3 sources - God, Satan, and the random jumblings of the mind - when your mind plays around with what you have been thinking about for example. As Archdeacon said, talk to your FOC (the father guiding you), but it could mean nothing at al…
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Lesson from the life There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life…
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No need to be sorry, you are completely correct. Can someone verify if the priest can or cannot refuse to give someone the Absolution? The verses seem to suggest he can... pray for me joe
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You're right bigeee. In a Coptic baptism, firstly the priest must pray the rite to consecrate the water. The Prayer of Thanksgiving begins, followed by the reading of certain Psalms and more prayers. Then, depending on who is being baptised (child,…
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I've never heard the like... this is outrageous.... you know some interesting people Vas :P
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Which Sunday schools? The verses (at least to my eyes) suggest that it is possible for a priest to refuse to give the absolution... can an authoritative voice confirm or reject this?
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Are you talking to me first off? Second, you make no sense at all.... third this has nothing to do with a coptic baptism....
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"And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” (John 20:22-3) "And I will give you the keys of …
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All excellent points. If any bishop sins publicly, e.g. by spreading dogmatic heresies as was mentioned, then he must be punished/rebuked before all, so that the damage of such heresy doesn't spread. If it is a private error, however, then subtl…
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May his blessings be with us all
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Hahaha Vas, don't forget that he was naked too, and being naked back then didn't have the same social taboo (social taboo?! they were the only humans around!) as it did now, and so wouldn't have sent the same message to someone nowadays who meets hi…
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Yes, Ishamel is seen as the founder of the Arabian nation, the pnly mention of Ishmael's future in the Bible is "Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”…
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Haha not so impressive I'm sure, if I tell you I go to Archangel Michael and St. Bishoy COC, Margate, Kent. pray for me joe
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Yeah im with you - it makes sense
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Proverbs 22:28 Do not remove the ancient landmark Which your fathers have set
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Ignoring the snide British comment :P Ok first off, the bishop is gay, which is of course wrong, and thus the person who stood up and told him to go repent deserves a round of applause. "This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position o…
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Both of you are right. I think they could reproduce and have sex, but they were uncorrupted, as proven by them not being ashamed to be naked. Its been a while since I actually seriously got into topics on tasbeha.org.... it feels good to be back :…
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From my memory :) pray for me joe
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Hmmmm..... I dunno