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I have heard that a lot, that Christ's human nature is a puppet. I find this criticism amusing because I have not heard in any of the Church fathers ever an idea upon which Christ's humanity would be described other than having a full human nature,…
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What do you mean when you say he believes that the humanity "only operated by the energy of the Logos and that the humanity doesn't function with its own natural energy and spiritual powers, etc."?
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Tell your Chalcedonian priest, just like 1500 years ago, your ears only listened to what you think the bishop/Copts said, and not what he/they actually said. I'm a little surprised though that your Chalcedonian priest denies Christ has a human will …
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Dear theblessedone, There are two things that one can ask oneself to help contemplate about their beliefs: What is love? What/Who am I at the core of what truly defines me? See if you can take a stab at those two questions.
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Well...it definitely comes close...similar to the communion melody, but, I was looking for something like what the Syrian Orthodox Church does, where at the end of the liturgy, they chant the Lord's Prayer. It would be equivalent to how we end the …
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Also, I will quote from St. Cyril's second letter to Succensus, and you be the judge with the term "composite nature" or "synthetic nature" (which is the same thing): They also said the following: ‘If there is one incarnate nature of the Word then …
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To be quite honest with you, some Chalcedonians are splitting hairs. The Greek word for "composite" is "synthetos". They take the original Greek word and use the word "synthetic" in English, which I'm not sure is any better than the word "composit…
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I'll have to read Fr. John'a article again, but from what I understand, if you think hypostasis=prosopon, then you'll be confused, and I think that's where Fr. John expressed his confusion. But St. Severus said that a hypostasis is NOT a prosopon. …
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Thank you :) that makes more sense now
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Well, that's the point, considering that "life-giver" is one who "gifts" life, a literal translation from the Coptic would probably some verb form of "life" that does not exist in English. Hence my [very poor attempt of an] example of "lifer". Not…
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He never said "composite prosopon". He confessed "composite hypostasis", which the fifth "ecumenical" council also confessed.
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You should read what Nestorians wrote about St. Cyril and what we wrote about Pope Leo. For you, Justinian is a great man and saint who tried his best to bring about peace. To us, a stubborn Chalcedonian and a murderer of thousands who did not wan…
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Ah, so literally a "lifer" if we were to create a word.
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I suppose out of context you can say it sounds eirenic, but did he give those who speak of one nature the benefit of the doubt? The ultimate answer: no. He still insisted Chalcedon must be accepted, just as we insisted it be rejected for reasons o…
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Sorry to resurrect this, but I wanted to explore other translations of "gift". From the Thanksgiving Prayer, we translate "the Holy Spirit, the Life-Giver": "Pi`pneuma E;ouab `nreftanqo". "enreftankho"...I know the last part "ankho" has something …
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Well, he certainly was accused of being a Tri-theist and a had a vocabulary of Christology that drew from Miaphysite sources, but he also was one of the earliest Christian voices who saw no difference between Chalcedonian and anti-Chalcedonian theol…
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Just a side question: the word "Agpeya" i know comes from "ti agp", but what would have ancient Copts who did not know Arabic call the book of hours? From what I remember (and please someone correct me if I am wrong) the word "Agpeya" is an Arabic…
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There's not much "online". But I recommend this site: https://orthodoxjointcommission.wordpress.com/ If you click on each of the unofficial meetings, you could actually download the minutes and articles of each of them. You will receive both side…
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I agree with everything you said, but what you said can only be described as 20/20 hindsight. It's very easy from today (and actually from the Middle Ages we began to realize this, and probably even before the dawn of Islam very few recognized this…
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Not necessarily. While it may be argued that Pope Leo had a huge influence from St. John Cassian, he evolved and became quite picky in his Christological language to reflect something more Antiochene, including the avoidance of using the term "Theo…
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Not Trinidadian but Trinitarian :P
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Leontius had nothing on Severus that Severus did not already refute via Nephalius and John the Grammarian. Meanwhile, John Damascene completely misrepresented Severus (and Cyril). Severus also used Aristotelian definitions for his explanations, an…
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Okay, we can discuss the issues of Chalcedon, but I need to know one more thing. Does it make a difference to your own personal salvation and beliefs? Regardless, I find that you will still believe Christ is fully human, fully divine, a hypostatic…
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What is your purpose in these questions? This is VERY important in guiding your answers.
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In addition to the Acts of Chalcedon by Price and Gaddis posted above (I'm not sure if it's a good idea to post a pdf publicly when it is still copyright): OO perspective:The Council of Chalcedon Re-Examined by Fr. V.C. SamuelOrthodox Christology by…
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Strangely, I been to a liturgy where the bishops are named by seniority, so it didn't matter if the older bishop is only a general bishop, his name went first. I have always thought it was by rank too, but the head chanter whispered "by age".
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I believe in God because I believe in Love. If Love is eternal, if I still love someone beyond the grave, then I believe in the One who best expresses this Love for us.
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I'm so sorry for taking so long to answer you. I will post some sources tonight.
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Let me guess. Metropolitan Tadros and Bishop David? ;)
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Respect means you like some sort of behavior or characteristic they portray. We respect those who we admire and look up to. So to "respect" homosexuals doesn't seem to make sense, unless you know of a specific person you respect because of somethi…