salvation is a continuous process, not a single point in time like the protestant Christians think.
our church fathers interpreted this verse as meaning that if someone continues sinning right up till death that they will not go to heaven.
i agree i…
no.
but i do know someone (european ethnicity) who suffers every day after marrying a muslim and then converting to Christianity.
if you want too much suffering, then go ahead, and you will be 'successful' in getting it!
hola pedro!
i don't speak spanish, but i understand about half of your message because i understand romanian which is a little bit similar.
there is information about the coptic church in spanish here:
http://orthodoxbolivia.org/es/diocesis/historia…
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When we sin, it is good that we feel sorry and a hate towards sin as this helps us stay away from sin. But it is important that your sadness brings you closer to Christ,…
if there is a woman who is planning to get married to someone who may later take a leadership role in the church (i think i have understood correctly), then a good way to ask if any past sins would be a problem is for both the man and the woman to m…
aah, the favourite fraction of my home church. i remember the priest usually used to cry when saying it.
i was sometimes a bit overwhelmed as well. really beautiful.
we basically believe the contents of these councils.
but when they were made, the EO did not consider us fully orthodox so we were not invited to give an opinion.
if we had been we would have agreed with most of it and fixed / discussed the few bits…
of course!
i was assuming it was ioannes, so trying to fit it with an american person.
but listening again, it's clearly anba angaelos.
i am sure he would be delighted to learn i thought he was 'almost british!'
:-[
oops!
after 22 years in the uk, …
yes, you should ask your priest (and yr bishop if the priest suggests it), then only if your priest agrees, you can take communion in an eastern orthodox church.
also you need permission from the priest or bishop of the other church.
in some eastern…
He knew abraham needed a gentle reminder that God was already on the case and to have more faith.
a lot like us when we forget that God loves us and wants the best and start worrying!
no, it wasn't ok at all.
lot ignores the angels' commands till the last minute, then decides to flee somewhere else other than where the angel told him and so everything gets messed up.
he survives but not really successfully.
similarly if we are n…
when this has happened to me (e.g. when my confession father was ill), i told another Christian about my sin, so i could be sure i am not just delaying because i want no one to know. i also prayed to God about it, which helped a lot.
but confessing …
i stopped eating black pudding too, which is fine because i don't like the taste and only used to eat it to show how tough i am!
i think, if i was in a missionary situation, i would eat meat with blood in it so not to cause offense. but i would avo…
he knew it was the wrong thing to get too involved in the protests. he understood all the politics behind the scenes, and so it was not difficult to realise what was coming next, especially looking at the nearby countries and what was happening ther…
if there was a 'yes' or 'no' answer, there would have been no debate, no confusion!
this is my understanding, grossly oversimplifying and editing father peter's excellent post (which has already reduced many thousands of words to just a few).
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http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16252240
i just got home from church, people were watching in on a projector. i left before they announced it though.
be assured that everyone is praying more than ever today and that God's will will be …
there are some in english.
this is my favourite:
http://tasbeha.org/mp3/Praises/Midnight_Praises/St_Anthony_Monastery,_English_Midnight_Praises.html
thanks to the download which helped me learn them, i was able to go to tasbeha today!
:D
thanks to…
hi antonio,
there are beautiful old traditions of fasting in the catholic church.
follow these (you can find out about it on the internet or in libraries) and discuss it with your priest or other person in your church who loves God.
then, if this is…
may God have mercy on him and give wisdom to the medics taking care of him. may God bring peace to the hearts of all the syrian and iraqi Christians and all in the nearby areas.