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It depends on what subject is being treated. If we are reading the Bible then the Ancient Christian Commentary series is useful because it contains excerpts from the Fathers for each verse. There is also a collection of passages from the Fathers fo…
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I agree. All foul language is to be avoided. Not least because it exposes the true content of our heart. Father Peter
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I mean that Orthodoxy almost never makes any statements about the detail of these passages, and Protestants love to describe how, for instance, the 10 members of the European Union are the 10 little horns of Revelation. This was and is a Protestant …
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I am not sure that there is such a definition. Well, I know there is no such definition. It is rather like sanctity, it is seen on reflection in someone's life. There isn't a list of things that have to be ticked off. You have described the Father…
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That's not quite true about Chernobyl. Chernobyl is the Russian word for the plant mugwort, while the word used in the Greek New Testament, apsinthos, refers to the plant wormwood. These are not the same plants. Indeed, as far as I understand, the …
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I believe that this event will be streamed over the internet, and that the video will be available afterwards. I would ask anyone who goes to a Church within travelling distance to begin advertising this event. I will try to post a pdf poster here …
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I am not sure that what our Lord said about the fig tree relates to the Jews. He says.. Mark 13:28-29 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: So ye in like manner,…
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There were several times when the Israelites destroyed a neighbouring tribe and were firmly and absolutely instructed not to take a single thing from their property. This was because it was NOT about conquest. If you remember a couple of men DID tak…
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I think that it is only our generation which is so distant from the reality of death. No other generation has ever lived as we try to. Every other generation has always had to live with the constant reality and presence of death. Over 5% of the Br…
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Not all killing is murder though. When our British and Commonwealth troops stood alone in defending the West against the evils of Nazism it was not murder when they killed German soldiers. Father Peter
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The Hebrew for 'virgin' is also the same as 'young woman'. The Old Testament is a record of God's revelation of himself to man over time. Man didn't understand for much of the time, and only partially understood God's nature at the best of times. …
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But WHICH Church do you mean? Which Orthodox Church oppressed the Native Americans? I thought that the model of Orthodox activity in Alaska was positive and took a servant attitude towards mission among the Native Americans? It also has to be said …
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Hi Mezza You need to stop creating new threads with the same title and topic around the site. I think that people have not responded to you because they think that you are a spammer. If you just create one thread, and then post in that thread abou…
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I hope that you are encouraged by seeing more sales in due course. It would help folk here in the UK if you could produce an edition that the UK printer can produce because the postage is presently higher in the UK than the book. I think you will a…
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I am still preparing a post about this subject. But there is a lot to consider. I have already written 6,845 words! Father Peter
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Discussions there have tended to end in argument I am afraid, so you may be better off here in any case. Father Peter
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I will try to post something on this topic over the weekend. It is a busy national holiday over here in the UK so it won't be till later. I've already been at Soccer with my son, and the rest of the day seems pretty filled. I still need to finish my…
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I can't write too much now as it is late. You only have to read the Fathers to see that they often spoke out against slavery. And I think that you are mistaking the fact that people can become such habitual sinners that they never even think of ch…
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There are mosques all over the world. Why would he bothered about one more? He is surely much more concerned about how those who say they are Christian live their lives... Seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you. …
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No. I am sure that God is not particularly bothered about this mosque. The issue is not that there are Muslims in the US, but that the West is abandoning the faith. Father Peter
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May the Lord have mercy on your Grandmother and on you all. Father Peter
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It is mentioned regularly on a lot of forums and mailing lists I am subscribed to. Father Peter
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I guess I could have gone but I'd have been a bit at a loose end as I would not have had anything to do.
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Our Lord was tempted and did not sin. Temptation is not sin. The Fathers teach us that we cannot stop the birds flying around the tree but we can stop them nesting. We fall into sin not when we are tempted and not when we wrestle against the suggest…
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How is it a human right to sin? How is it a human right to condone sin? All sexual activity outside of a marriage between a man and a woman is sin. This is how God made us and asks us to live. Free will is not found in choosing sin. To choose sin …
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Hezekiel, thank you for taking such a mature and serious attitude. I am sure that none of us doubt that miracles happen, but you response to the present lack of firm support for THIS incident is commendable. We must be faithful and believing but no…
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Unfortunately there are more people who write blogs than read them, so you have more people following you blog than I have following my moribund blog.
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It seems to me, in my own weak and sinful experience, that I must work to build habits, and that when I have built those habits, with continued effort, they will work to sustain me in at least the possibility of spiritual life - which is of course m…