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Well, ever since the oopnevma vs pipnevma issue, I felt like I needed to appreciate and learn more about our language. ;) Also in addition to this, I also gave two books on Bohairic and Sahidic Coptic as gifts to a friend. Years from now, if we eve…
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Well, ever since the oopnevma vs pipnevma issue, I felt like I needed to appreciate and learn more about our language. ;)
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That makes sense. One thing to consider that the Hebrew (and Arabic) do make a terminological between "nefesh" and "ruakh". On the other hand, our Ethiopian brothers use something similar to "nefesh": "Menfis". I find it telling though that the…
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Well, to be fair, the Church never disliked the use of the word "ghost". It's just an old English term. It's like abandoning the use of the word "thou" or "ye". The conjuring up of "ghosts" is interchangeable with the conjuring up of "spirits". …
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"I have been asked, for instance, whether I would consider a Baptist as a Christian. But why? Is it so he feels good? (So?) Is it so I’ll give him communion? (I can’t.) Is it so we can join together in humanitarian work? (I can do that with a Muslim…
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Ya, I was reading "nifi" in a couple of places.
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True He did. But He also can choose to transcend these limitations at times. If Christ can appear in the Eucharist at different times and different places, He can certainly have us appear in Him at His different times and places of the life He spe…
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Thank you Ophadece! Here's what might be a difficult question since this seems so engraved into Coptic trinitarian terminology. Is there an original Coptic word for "Spirit"?
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Christ has already been at the Right Hand of the Father. That is what Christ is by nature. His ascension is "our ascension in Him". So whenever Christ does something, it is for us. When Phil. 2:9 speaks about "God highly exalting Him", He needs …
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I highly recommend this article which I summarized into a simple PowerPoint for a college class I taught once. It summarizes very well in detail your questions: http://www.bogoslov.ru/en/text/2668945.html Christ is above time. Anything that He d…
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Here, this is where I answered your question that is being asked again, Zoxsasi: http://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/comment/172596/#Comment_172596http://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/comment/172646/#Comment_172646 Notice the first one I wrot…
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+1 Have you considered a therapist that is also in the Church?
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You may be a beginner, but you know more than me :)
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Maybe speak to your priest about it and ask him to give you advice. Maybe the priest could discuss this with your mom. I think it's important to continue with psychotherapy, even if it's just through an online course prescribed to you by your psyc…
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What would be the Coptic words for "love" in John 3:16, John 15:9, John 17:26, and John 21:15-17? Okay, so using the PDF you sent me, John 3 and John 15 uses "menre" in some form, with the exception of the noun in John 15, which uses "agapi". Joh…
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Now I don't know if you're pretending or not. http://www.coptic.org/language/bible/NT-WilliamWatts-1827.pdf page 387, verse 15 says "aghapan", but 16 and 17 say "`xmei", although in my Orthodox Study Bible it said first two verses use "agape" and …
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Also, when one says "ti-met-eshfeer" or "pi-iner-eshfeer", the root word "eshfeer", does that mean to commune or what?
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Thank you! What source do you use? Where can I read the Scriptures in various Coptic dialects?
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God created us so that we may partake of His divinity, which makes us "above death". We disobeyed God, breaking communion from His divinity, and thus we became subject to death. God did not create us to die, but because we disobeyed, death is necess…
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Ah yes, I know the Greek. What about the Coptic? ;)
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What would be the Coptic words for "love" in John 3:16, John 15:9, John 17:26, and John 21:15-17?
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I've explained that earlier that yes, it is in part a way of mercy, as some of the Church fathers said. Did I say something different?
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No Coptic words for "aghapi", "kenonia", or "zoria"? No Coptic words for "emmonogenis" even? I understand we adopted some words from Greek, but we don't have anything originally Coptic in these words?
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I think what matters is that the children do not think it is their fault. Sometimes, they might feel like they caused the rift. What they need to know is that what happened between you and their mother is that something did not work out as planned…
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I like your consistency and I respect it. I tend to think along those lines in hopes that we would progress to such perfection as we wouldn't have these wars.
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Indeed they are. And I do not disagree with you on this issue. That is why the answer is not easy. Let us pray that only those who can handle it can be put in such a situation. Concerning Proverbs 6:16. Would it be all types of hands that shed b…
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I should make a correction to something I said earlier. St. Augustine actually considered her lie immoral and that she was praised not for lying, but for her hospitality and mercy towards the Israelites (Against Lying 15.31-32). St. John Chrysosto…
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You make a valid point. The question is a tough one. I'm not saying I'm correct, but that is how I perceive it.
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Rahab lied to save the Israelite spies. That also is Biblical. I once read a passage from St. Augustine who does in fact mention those extreme circumstances. It is true that Christ is our model, but you are throwing away the Church fathers under t…
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Lying to save a soul can be considered a "necessary evil", and is extremely rare. If you can avoid lying, it's the best. But if you can't, I would think you would need a form of penance afterwards. St. Basil thought the same about those soldiers …