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I apologize once again if I offended you. My only concern is to make sense of what for centuries the Church said was a sin. I pray you well. God bless.
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My dear brother, Thank you for your response. You make good points. However, as you may expect, I do disagree with some of your premises. I only ask only because it has been the recommended way to go. While it is none of my business to ask what …
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I think we need a bit more honesty than this. Even in Arabic, it teaches the same thing. It is well known among Sunday schools in Egypt where I have been that this belief in the "infinite sin" was quite prevalent. Even HE Metropolitan Bishoy conf…
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Dear qcopt, have you ever considered Fr. Thomas Hopko's recommendation for celibacy? Not necessarily within a relationship, but celibacy in general? This is the impression I get from EO recommendations.
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I have a slight problem with "salvation in the Orthodox concept" by HH Pope Shenouda. He explains salvation in a small blurb in an Anselmian way that is controversial. I would wish there would be no such confusion, but the rest of his book is okay…
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No, not really. Hormones are not the only indicators of behavior. There are a lot of things in the brain we have not really understood yet, but can be traced to genetic factors. The important thing however is genes are not the sole determinant of…
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What do you mean "other than hormones"? There has been found due to twinning studies that gay men may have a genetic predisposition. Supposedly there is a gene in the X chromosome that may give a 40% chance of developing homosexual predisposition. …
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Here's a good article on the history of deaconesses: https://www.academia.edu/4343910/The_Office_of_the_Deaconess_in_Orthodox_Churches1_-A_Historical_Analysis It seems to me in the Coptic tradition they were "ordained", not "tonsured". The Didascal…
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I also agree with my friend Ray that if there are anyone in my church who endorses reparative therapy, they are grossly mistaken, and many clergy has not had the sympathy that is required to deal with this situation here. My reply to you was a reas…
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Welcome to Tasbeha Amoni!
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Well, here is my question. We have women deaconesses in the history of the Church, who were quite involved in the service of children, orphans, widows, and women. In the presence of the bishop, they assist in baptism and chrismation. And after th…
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My dear friend, These are confusing times indeed. There was at one point a sense of agreement among the world of homosexuality as an aberrant behavior. Now that it is seen in this secular world as acceptable, as if it is nothing more than two peop…
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Well, I have to mention that no one TODAY can touch it, but based on the catechetical lectures of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, the priest or deacon would place the body on the left hand of the communicant, and the communicant would pick it up from his/he…
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I've heard a few interpretations. One would be "don't cling to me" because I have to ascend to the Father that I may send the Holy Spirit (cross reference John 16:7, when He says if He does not leave, He cannot send the Comforter). St. Cyril in th…
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Just a slight correction, you meant John 20:17 ;) You must keep in mind, anything Christ says or does, He is almost always saying them on our behalf as well as for our exaltation. He is saying now the time has come that you will be in the same rela…
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That's awesome! I was in WV at a time when the closest church was in Roanoke, va, and there it was every other Saturday as well.
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I also found this: http://dce.oca.org/resource/272/ These seems to be an article written before the OSB
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You're exaggerating. It's not a billion, just a few million. Learn Koine and read that :P... Seriously though, they all have weaknesses, but I heard for the most part the top 3 are NKJV, NIV, and RSV. There is also the NAB (Catholic Bible), altho…
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My dear friend, Lutherans, Anglicans, Roman Catholics, etc are not seperate because they don't accept lapsed clergy, but because they have a different faith, one is an ecclesiological heresy, another is moral heresy, another is also a Christological…
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Lol...thanks
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Nazir Gayed and Youssef Iskander had every good reason to leave the church at their times because of the corruption and the bishops wrote them off as extremists and not in with the times. They stood their ground (despite their disagreement with eac…
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I stand corrected...it was specifically about lapsed Christians and/or "traditors" (both Novatianists and Donatists are practically the same thing). Lapsed clerics are never readmitted, but lapsed Christians are to go through rigorous repentance an…
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I always get them confused with the Novatians maybe. But yes, because they sinned after their baptism (or was it because they apostatized during the persecutions?). In other words, Donatism is when you sin (or apostatize), then you have forfeited …
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Donatism was mainly a Western heresy that did not believe in confession and repentance after baptism. So I wonder where is the Donatism thing coming from in you?
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Thank you Rem! Although I do fear there are some lurking ready to argue against these :P
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I'm not sure how Donatism plays into this. The Roman Catholic Church is only concerned if they are able to win souls to confess the Papal Primacy. They have already taken one notable theologian and bishop from the ACoE, Mar Bawai Soro. The Syriac…
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First quote:As for everyone who came from [Adam's] descendants—from the prophets and the righteous ones—none of them was able to convey to us eternal life, for it was not in their essential nature; instead they remain under this singular affliction…
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The Coptic Church never really described theosis in those terms. We never had Barlaamism to force us into Palamism (although these days, it might be coming soon). Nevertheless, I will share two quotes from al-Safi ibn al-Assal, from the book "Copt…
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But if you can, as a soldier, "stand your ground"
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I had no idea you were non-Egyptian. I understand. If in a family it is tougher. May I suggest perhaps another parish then? I attend St. Mina's in holmdel, nj, and I think many here if they take a chance to visit will be pleased with the priests…