I was just reading in Daniel Fanous' excellent book "Taught by God: Making Sense of the Difficult Sayings of Jesus" about how Jesus told various people (and demons) NOT to declare that He is the Messiah (even though we know He is). The explanation t…
Ughhh...charismatic "Catholicism"...don't get me started...!
I never really experienced that first-hand (in fact, never even heard of it until I found some Catholic websites on the internet) because thankfully my home parish was relatively traditio…
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With nothing in between? Just "Lord, Lord"? Wow. They don't know Matthew 7:21, I take it...? Yikes. Forget silly, that seems dangerous!
I feel bad for those kids, and angry at the leadership that let them slip away without stern warnings and e…
[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=10771.msg133884#msg133884 date=1300938293]
i was told by some trust worthy....and i have seen it in colleges. it's not that they don't teach coptic as a language but they don't concentrate on Bohairic. like they'…
Is that the case, Mina? (About the college courses)
I find that a little odd. I know, for instance, that certain other languages that are only used in church are more widely taught in their classical/ecclesiastical forms than any other (e.g., I've …
That's fine. In my private opinions, I agree with you, but I can't let that prevent me from striving to maintain objectivity if it is a question of language use. I can't help it. It's how I was trained.
There was lot of resistance to adopting the deformed pronunciation. People nowadays truly think that the wrong way is the right way.
However, what is built on a false premise is false.
Thanks.
Yes, Mikhail, but please understand that there I am ta…
Thank you, jydeacon, for those links. "O Kirios" is actually one of my favorite hymns, and I'm still a bit confused as to the issues surrounding it (most of my attempts to find out more about it have eventually uncovered some supposed problems with …
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=10771.msg133844#msg133844 date=1300921335]
Jeremy, are you going to approach this from a sociolinguistic view or a strict syntax view of the two pronunciations? [/quote]
It is a sociolinguistic question.
Whatever y…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=10771.msg133826#msg133826 date=1300916193]
Believe it or not Jeremy, I agree with everything you said in your last point.
I would only stress, as you have already shown, that we need to quantify how "to treat OB a…
[quote author=imikhail link=topic=10771.msg133823#msg133823 date=1300915167]
To me, the premise upon which GB was built and the way it was built by one person's own opinion and judgment, makes GB a fake pronunciation.
Unless we dispute this fact, t…
I presented scholarly evidence, not just personal opinion. But I wouldn't make such a sharp division between the two, anyway...my opinion is supported by the evidence of scholars in the field. :P ;D
To reiterate: Both GB and OB are inorganic in th…
As I understand it the union was considered but not achieved, so what evidence should we expect to find? And if not for the sake of this union, what other motives were there? Erian just really like voiceless stops for some reason?
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=11009.msg133732#msg133732 date=1300877939]
dzheremi,
Which Father Anthony?
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I'm sorry. Fr. Anthony Messeh of St. Mark's, DC.
Fr. Anthony once made the observation that the Bible talks about giving financially so many times (I think he mentioned a number, but I don't remember it; it was very large) because God knows how important money is to us. I thought that was an inter…
As a former Protestant, I must take issue with a few of the things your father has written to you. Please, please do not misconstrue this as rejecting his overall point or belittling his person. I, as a non-Orthodox, must try my hardest to remain hu…
Thank you, John, for such a wonderful post. I agree that this isn't an issue that we need to fight over. Everyone is right, in a way (e.g., Κηφᾶς is right that we ought not be forced to give; ILSM is right that we ought to give).
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Thank you, Kephas. I know that there are other aspects of tithing that are not monetary, but certainly the monetary aspect cannot be overlook in favor of the others. "These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone", right?
I've asked this before in its own thread, but got no definitive reply, so if you guys wouldn't mind (since this thread seems quite active): How can one tithe if outside of the Church, like I am? I am not even employed right now, but the Lord still b…
Thank you, Mikhail. I was about to post just that. Many languages do not have perfectly phonemic orthography, meaning there is some degree of mismatching between the writing and the pronunciation. This is why no linguists observe the written form of…
Hello again, George.
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=10771.msg133550#msg133550 date=1300766157]
Jeremy,
Thank you for responding. It's not often that I get to discuss Coptic linguistics with an actual certified linguist. I hope you understand tha…
Hmm. I can't put it any better than our good Fr. Peter already has, so I will quote one of his posts from earlier in this thread:
If you don't see anything wrong with her then it would be safest to simply be obedient to the many bishops and church…
I kind of regret posting that video, because the visceral reaction to the ridiculousness of the presentation (which I had, too) seems to be obscuring the fact that even if this lady entered a church where none of that was going on and things appeare…
[quote author=Cyril97 link=topic=11053.msg133512#msg133512 date=1300749899]
HOW DO YOU KNOW???
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This has been the ultimate conclusion reached by the leadership of every apostolic church she has approached. The Eastern Orthodox Church says s…
Is it not enough that she is a heretic and has invented her own heresies under the influence of supposed "spirits", and now tries to infect as many as possible with her heresies?
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[quote author=dzheremi link=topic=11053.msg133481#msg133481 date=1300741385]
If she is really trying to unite the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox, she's done a very po…
If she is really trying to unite the Roman Catholics and the Orthodox, she's done a very poor job. Apparently the Vatican warns their faithful:
"...the effect of the activities carried out by Mrs Vassula Ryden is negative, this Congregation request…
It depends on what you mean by this. I also type many things here that I wouldn't say to my friends, but that's because most of my friends are non-Christians, and even the ones who are sympathetic to Christianity have no idea what Coptic Orthodoxy i…