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Absolutely, I think it's going to be a lot of fun explaining these theories :) I agree that even after the Chalcedonian schism, we still were more or less an "imperial" Church. Anything the EO Church did we also simultaneously seem to have adopted.…
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Thank you for that. I'll keep that in mind. This Friday, I'm giving a lesson for the grad meeting on the Nativity Fast and its relevance for us. I think history would be very informative for them on this for an appreciation of the Fast. When I wa…
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It is a farce to try to differentiate "micro" and "macro" evolution. Both occur in the same manner, on the micro-genetic level. If we believe in consistency, the Logos who makes creation all consistent in its laws of nature, then consistently what…
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Thank you :)
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That is an atheistic philosophical interpretation of a scientific concept, where one has nothing to do with the other. Do not let science mingle with spirituality. Whichever way God chose to create us is studied by the evidence we have, and the ev…
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There are many things wrong with me. God knows, and my priest knows, and yet He still sees fit to give me grace despite offending Him countless times. But with science, I know what I'm talking about. This philosopher is showing you how money can …
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Also, this summary is very one-sided of me as well. If I were to give you something more objective, it would probably require maybe 2 or 3 more long posts like that. :P The book recommendation of Fr. VC Samuel is a must, if you must have just one b…
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Council occurred in the year 451 AD, 20 years after the council of Ephesus, presided by St. Cyril of Alexandria against the heresy of Nestorianism. Problems with this council actually began in St. Cyril's time. After Nestorius was condemned, suppo…
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Dr. Berlinski works for the Discovery Institute, and is primarily a philosopher and does contribute to mathematics as well. His mathematical arguments are weak. You can make the same argument about pregnancy. What are the chances of you to be bor…
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Wow...thank you, this helps a whole lot! Admins, feel free to merge this thread to the old one if you like! :)
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Hi Zoxsasi, I did not listen to the youtube video, but to give you a feeling of what I believe, ask yourself this question. Would you tell someone: "did God create you or did the unity of sperm and egg and nine months in a womb create you?" Would …
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I don't know the answer to your question, but I feel HG's response, while a good and measured response, is probably something everyone in the spectrum of this debate might agree with, and so I don't find his answer "satisfying".
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No problem my friend! It's okay. We all have our ups and downs.
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I actually asked about this fraction a while ago. So by tradition, it is considered by St. Cyril? Here's the discussion I opened a while back: http://tasbeha.org/community/index.php?p=/discussion/14279/fraction-to-the-son-oh-lamb-of-god#Item_12 I a…
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God bless you brother! Hope you understand the apprehension that comes from the terminology used.
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I actually asked about this fraction a while ago. So by tradition, it is considered by St. Cyril?
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I didn't mention the Assyrian Church. I'm simply using Nestorius. And he wasn't condemned posthumously. He was condemned while he was still alive. In fact, he was alive when the Tome of Leo was written and sent to Flavian in the year 448 AD. And…
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So in the end, Nestorianism teaches "Jesus became God, and you can be like Jesus." Orthodoxy says, "God became man, and so Jesus did not become God, but Jesus IS God. And so He became man so you can be become God." Also, the phrase "Theotokos" is no…
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One of the problems of Nestorius is denying a way for unity between God and man. He continues to use language to make it sound like Jesus and the Word are two different people, united not naturally or hypostatically, but by will, or a moral Union, …
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Even if one is justified in standing up to someone who happens to be of rank, one should try his/her best to maintain some sort of modicum of respect of that rank, even when giving a form of criticism. In a way, perhaps it sounded like I was disres…
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If you read my long article carefully, I mentioned that HH Pope Shenouda does have an Orthodox and valid position in my opinion, but should not be dogmatized as the only right opinion of the afterlife. As I mentioned, what we do know is that there …
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Look, if it came off as high ego, I apologize. My intention was to simply to say that even His Holiness can make mistakes, but that he should still be venerated and loved. When you read about the historical circumstances and lack of patristic sour…
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Thank you for sharing this, and I think it is important to highlight that indeed "it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me". That is the heart of deification.
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So anyway, to recap. If Christ is like a fiery iron, where the sword represents His humanity and the fire represents His divinity, and we being human and not divine are nothing but iron, when cold iron and fiery iron are united, we being cold are "…
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Well, let's assume for simplicity's sake (even though inaccurate) that fire and iron are two different substances (and that fire is a "substance" in and of itself).
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With that argument, we can say that Genesis chapter 1 should be scrapped due to its simplicity and its use of the "four elements science" of its day. We can preface the discussion of the analogy by appealing to simplicity, not looking for scientifi…
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For simplicity's sake. Not looking for scientific accuracy.
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I'm not going to belabor the point, but yes, I called the Cappadocians "Greek" as well. I thought that was obvious. But I agree with Rem that we are splitting hairs and veering away from the topic, so I'm not going to discuss this any further. Co…
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Yes, I included them as "Greek" since they wrote and spoke in Greek, even though they're ethnically Egyptian. I guess in a similar way, you can say I'm "American" or St. Paul was "Roman".
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Do you have anything to substantiate your claim that I'm an invalid? Or you do like to come to forums being useless and insulting people?