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Thank you! I hope to see more research in the future on this :)
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That's so specific a question that I think requires a priest's personal answer for that. As for the clerical council, I personally don't have a question, but I would imagine the priest would know the answer to that.
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This is good news, since so many people have rumored that he was killed. Praise God he is alive and well, and may the Lord strengthen the Eritrean Church and bring back her shepherd in safety.
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Many times, those who "present" their research do not really "publish" their paper for many to read, at least for a long time. I do not know why. Some of what you show is interesting. It shows a struggle in Egypt against Coptic Protestants, which …
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Well, don't worry. It may not develop overnight, but certainly practice putting your brother first before yourself, and you will develop it well. Seek his happiness, his success, his needs before you, and you will gradually learn some self-sacrifi…
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Love your brother no matter what. He might need help in something, so help him. Express your love in help and support for something he might need help in. You don't have to have similar likes to show your love. Your Asberger's may make him think…
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Key words: "no longer". I think a huge number of witnesses to Him as well as some extra-Biblical records attest to the fact that we can have confidence in taking their word for it and begin to develop a spiritual relationship where He dwells in us…
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Wow! Thanks for the bump! According to this source, it is attributed to St. Cyril of Alexandria. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Archbishop Basilious" who wrote this article was the Coptic Metropolitan Archbishop of Jerusalem before Anba…
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I think that best proves the existence of Jesus. His existence can NEVER be disproven. That is my point, and I take it not only by science, but also by faith.
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I will grant you the hypothetical that if historical science proves to me without a shadow of a doubt (which is impossible and silly, but I will suppose with you) that Jesus never existed, then that too would be a cause for me to lose belief. With …
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You need faith from God. It's not mine. Pray that you may receive more of it and be strengthened in it.
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Some religions find it blasphemous to even think that the fullness of God can "dwell" in created things. This is Islamic belief, and it is a form of deism, where God creates, but is not involved in us in all things. Or He may be involved, but as a…
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This is a good question. First let me address what I think is the easier question, the proof that Jesus existed. It is true there are some atheists that question the existence of Christ. However, they do so as a desperate move in attack of Christ…
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I forgot to touch on one more thing you mentioned. You wrote: "Scientists can easily state the first humans to exhibit spirituality and rationality (imprints not of an animal nature, but a divine imprint) as we know humans today, are found to orig…
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Dear katanikhoros, As I stated in my previous post: "One can also ask, if we can assume that Moses wrote Genesis, what was Moses' intention in writing the way he wrote about some of these stories? I think the first few chapters of Genesis are of a …
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There is nothing in St. Irenaeus' words which contradicts what I believe and has nothing to do with evolution. In fact, I quoted them earlier. My point is to show man is not by nature immortal. That's perfectly consistent with my beliefs and does…
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Forgive me Mina, but this is your interpretation of events, when if your the author of a book (the bible), then you target a audience. Then if you've left some mystery and had done so for a purpose (spiritual), then why put our own interpretations o…
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And yet you have an example of someone who supports evolution and a soul. As I explained earlier, you don't need evolution to not believe in a soul. If we can scientifically explain how we are made directly from dust, you will still have atheists w…
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I don't think we disagree. If I was vague, I meant the direct family of Sts. Mary, Joseph, and Elizabeth, not their ancestors, which as you rightly point out were not exemplary, but were nonetheless chosen by God.
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Now, your other issue is genealogy and the beginning of humanity. Let us consider what the genealogy of Christ exactly is, since this is the most important issue. First, Christ is a "son of man", which literally means He was a human being. When w…
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What Paradise is described in the Scriptures and the way Eden is interpreted by the Fathers need to be differentiated. Not all Church fathers pinpointed Eden somewhere in the Middle East. In fact, I would say that a good number of important Church…
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Dear Katanikhoros, Before I reply to your question, something does bother me about how you are looking for evidence of humans "in Paradise". My question to you before I think about an answer to your post is what do you think "Paradise" is? And fur…
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Thanks Mina, your post did help clarify things, especially that quote from St. Cyril. Evolution may or may not be true, I am inclined to believed it. But still after honestly confronting the Scriptures there are a number of issues that I run into. F…
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This has been going on for centuries. I don't think it ruined marriages then. The point is the Eucharist is like the wedding chamber. It alludes to the type of respect and reverence required for it. Technically speaking, on fasting days, it's no…
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From what I gather from my cousin who attended and spoke at the conference, he mentioned that it was an open atmosphere of all people, lay youth and clergy, who would share any and all views to the Pope without any feelings of repercussions. It see…
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This will be good when I'm driving. Thank you! :)
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there is an error in the dropbox link
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thank you...interesting stuff here