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CNo less than Pharaoh have I hardened my heart. No less blameworthy than the frenzied Israelite mob, have I rebelled against my creator. No less than the enemies of God have I taken the battlefield, and I did not refrain from denying the creator of …
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(From Prayer 6, Speaking with God from the depths of the Heart) And since I was not found worthy of sharing in the glory of the saints with their blissful laughter and smiles, as described by the proverb tellerand psalmist, I shall be granted the se…
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Thank you for the book recommendation. After some google searching, I feel that this thread can shed some light into Nibur-Id Ermais as also controversial in and of himself: http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?topic=42954.0 Again, I…
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And here's HG Bishop Antonios Marcos talking about Haile Selassie: Perhaps one should consult with him concerning some of the Ethiopian missions and the personality of Haile Selassie, as he probably knows better than most of us here.
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I just saw this post that pertains to the subject matter of the thread: http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,7227.msg1098137.html#msg1098137
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Stavro, If you felt I insulted you in any way, I apologize. I am the chief of sinners and I ask you to forgive me and pray for me. I only wish to say I am no better than Constantine himself, even though many of the things you say have no falsity. …
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Was the Coptic Church really forced to accept the veneration of someone? If that was the case, we would have been forced to accept Chalcedon. But we have no other emperor in our calendar of saints. Surely, we could have had Theodosius the emperor…
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What about a nearby British Orthodox parish?
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If we look at the life of St. Constantine in detail, one would be initially perplexed at his canonization in the Coptic Church. For example, he also had quite a few people (his own family members) killed. He spent time trying to hunt down and kill …
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For one thing, while we have some great works by St. Cyril that are in English, there is still not enough of them being translated. What we have is only the surface!!! He wrote much more important works that need to be translated, put together in …
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Dear Rem, Sorry for the super late reply. 1. I guess one can say that there are two abstract essences. But the use of St. Severus' terminology wanted not just mere abstract thought, but also real concrete existence. He seemed to have seen ousia a…
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I think it's unfair to spread libel over Gebre here, but more important to raise libel against the Church he is part of. For one thing, the Ethiopian Synod in Resistance is not quasi-rasta. There have been serious discussions in trying to reunite …
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To be honest I'm having trouble following along the terminological issue here. So perhaps I could help by putting forward definitions of terms and use, oh, a rock. Ousia--it's abstract, and it means the essence of something..."rock-ness" Hypostasis…
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Here is also a website dedicated to Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox unity, with a lot of neat articles and ancient writings as well: http://orthodoxjointcommission.wordpress.com/
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Metouro, Rather than HH Pope Shenouda, I advise Fr. Peter Farrington's: http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/father-peter-farrington/orthodox-christology/paperback/product-10969273.html HH Pope Shenouda writes in extremely simplistic terms that could easi…
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Paradise is the state of enjoyment of the company of Christ. Yes, He went to Sheol, but to bring them to a state of Paradise and to destroy the power of Satan. Therefore, the thief indeed enjoyed Paradise. He "went to" it, in that he repented and…
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Him inasmuch as we can possibly handle" How much can we handle? Consider a baby. How much knowledge, food, work can a baby handle? Not as much as a child. And the child not as much as a teen. And the teen not as much as a young adult. And even…
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What better Paradise is there than to enjoy fellowship with Christ our Lord?
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When a Muslim asks you about the Incarnation, how is it that the Infinite God can become man, how would you explain this to him? You tell Him that with God all things that seem impossible are possible. To say that it's impossible for God to become m…
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You said: This seems to contradict what you have been saying all along. How can we say that we are literally united and my flesh becomes His flesh and then say that my flesh should not be worshiped? Also, how can man and woman possibly be united in…
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Amoussa, You're missing the point. God doesn't "create immortality". God is immortal, and we partake of His VERY OWN immortality, but we cannot partake of His essence. Again, St. John records that Christ prayed to impart on us the glory which the…
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Where did I say we partake of the essence of God? I denied this in clear terms if you reread my posts. At the same time, can you separate the attributes of God from His essence? That's the point I am pushing for. Neither do I deny that my union wi…
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Fr. Matta teaches no differently than what St. Cyril teaches here (and St. Cyril amazingly answers your question very fully, as if he was anticipating your question): Manifoldly does Christ initiate us by these words, and since His Discourse is hard…
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You need to differentiate between the deified and the Deifying. The Deity is the One who is deifying. We do not deify, only God deifies. We are deified. This is not something we own or we become out of our own nature. You rightly say that the H…
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One of the saddest developments I find is the idea that deification is seen as an aversion, as "New Agism." The Church fathers used deification as a central point in the debates against heretics. If there was a time when the Son of God didn't exis…
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Dear Remnkemi, Thank you! That does help. Sorry, about your computer. Hope you get it resolved. It seems unfortunate there are those who speak as if they speak for the Coptic Church to root out all Byzantine influences in our dialogues with the …
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Any word on the origin of this fraction yet? ;)
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The other name of it is "oh seeker"... I found this:
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Then they'll tell you, "But I don't need to pray to them. I pray directly to Jesus. There's no mediator between me and Jesus." To which I usually reply, "Then don't ask me to pray for you. Because you assume that your own grandmother or me don't li…