^Some good points, I suppose this is just something we can never know for sure. Thanks for contributing. :)
EDIT: Plus, not to second guess our Hierarchs or anything, but even if a few of them said that the RC Eucharist is grace-filled I still woul…
[quote author=COPT.Mark link=topic=12200.msg143835#msg143835 date=1314582639]
Your link says:
Thomas Acquinas from the Catholic Church is the one who introduced the term "transubstantiation" and it describes the process of change itself. The Orthodo…
[quote author=COPT.Mark link=topic=12200.msg143830#msg143830 date=1314579678]
@imikhail and Severian
What in the world are you two talking about? "Transubstantiation" means "the changing of one substance into another." You two better believe that…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=12200.msg143827#msg143827 date=1314578739]
Latins believe in the transubstantiation of the bread and wine. We do not.
[/quote]True, but considering all the other heresies they hold, would that of all things jeopar…
[quote author=COPT.Mark link=topic=12200.msg143813#msg143813 date=1314564051]
Officially, you cannot take communion there AND there has been no official statement about their communion's "validity" (i.e. whether it is the Body and Blood of Christ).
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Thank you COPT.Mark, I said what I said because I sensed a fight was coming on.
EDIT: Father Peter has given a very good answer to this question here:
http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,38919.msg630125.html#msg630125
[quote author=COPT.Mark link=topic=12200.msg143761#msg143761 date=1314506156]
The Coptic Holy Synod recognizes none of the Roman Catholic Sacraments. To my knowledge, we only recognize the baptism of EO churches that recognize ours. I think the on…
@Mabsoota This link here has a lot of great information on this subject. Just hit Ctrl+F and type in "THE TALL BROTHERS IN CONSTANTINOPLE" (without quotations).
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=12054.msg143649#msg143649 date=1314242283]
thanks everyone for your quotes, and welcome, severian!
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[/quote]Thanks! :)
[quote author=Unworthy1 link=topic=12193.msg143678#msg143678 date=1314323081]
The language is a bit poor and sentences repeat several times, so it's not that clear. . .
Regardless, who authored this?
[/quote]If I'm not mistaken, it was written by A…
[quote author=copticuser20 link=topic=12193.msg143677#msg143677 date=1314322526]
So why didn't we reunite?
[/quote]Probably because the rest of the EO world would have disliked the idea. I also know that the Orthodox Patriarch in Egypt was also abou…
AFAIK the Ottomans were the ones who gave the Coptic Catholics their hierarchy a couple centuries ago. They use the same rite as we do (though Coptic Catholic clergy wear vestments that are more Byzantine in style), they are one of the "Uniate" Cath…
I am so thrilled you are starting a Patristics program! I hope to see the richness of the Orthodox Patristic tradition revive amongst Coptic Orthodox faithful.
Pray for me my brother. :)
Hi guys! I am new to this forum, but some of you may know me from another Orthodox Christian forum that I post on. :)
St Severus of Antioch says that the Theotokos gave birth to Christ without the pains of child birth:
XXIX. ---- OF THE HOLY SEVER…