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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=dzheremi link=topic=6443.msg135432#msg135432 date=1302154117] The behavior of the least reverent is not a good measure for the rest of us. Shouldn't we look up to the best examples, instead of looking down on the wo…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Father bless! I couldn't agree with you more Father. We must always pray with understanding. That is vital. How many of us can honestly say we are fluent in Coptic? While that may certainly be the ideal, that is not the case. De…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I've seen too many threads bewailing the woes of not using Coptic, and how the lack of Coptic is somehow directly correlated with the Orthodoxy of the Church. If the Coptic Church no longer used Coptic, it would still remain the …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, *sigh* When will people fight for Orthodoxy the way they do for a now dead language.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. - C.S. Lewis
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I think the quote by St. John Damascene explains it perfectly. God did not harden Pharaoh's heart. Pharaoh hardened his own heart. God allowed Pharaoh to harden his heart. However, as St. John Damascene says, '"it is customary of…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=fortunatus link=topic=11133.msg134969#msg134969 date=1301689891] + Peace and grace, I'm glad Father Peter is writing about this, because this new trend of teaching has irked me for a long time. The role of a prie…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=lankyknight1990 link=topic=11126.msg134407#msg134407 date=1301370022] GDay all. I am a convert to the Coptic Orthodox Church. I was raised a pentecostal, but saw the errors of my church when studying some of the C…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Lord, give your servant strength to endure and healing of his infirmities, O Great Physician.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Along the lines of what Fr. Peter said, the easiest thing may be to just simply say, 'I am Orthodox and I attend [insert name of parish here]'. In the end, ethnicity does not matter. Being Orthodox is.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Forgive me, but your questions strike me as a bit odd. If a person is baptized into the Orthodox Church, they may freely attend (and commune) any of the sister churches in their area. If they are ethnically Coptic but attend an A…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, A person who is Oriental Orthodox can attend any of the other sister Orthodox churches they wish. Nothing needs to be done. If a person wishes to become Eastern Orthodox though, I believe chrismation into the church is necessary.…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, When you confess, tell your priest everything that you remember. You don't have to go into a lot of detail, just enough so abouna has an idea of what the sin is. Here's a link you may find helpful, it's a bit long as it does go i…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I highly recommend you finish reading 'The Orthodox Prayer Life' by Abouna Matta El Meskeen. It's a wonderful read.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, It seems using quotes also flags posts as spam. Oy vey!
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=dzheremi link=topic=11081.msg133966#msg133966 date=1300997041] The explanation for why He told men not to tell is more interesting: Even the apostles, being Jews, had the wrong idea at that time of who or what type …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, [quote author=dzheremi link=topic=11081.msg133966#msg133966 date=1300997041] The explanation for why He told men not to tell is more interesting: Even the apostles, being Jews, had the wrong idea at that time of who or what type …
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+ Irini nem ehmot, I gotta admit, that video made me laugh. Anyone else think the 'pastor' on that video sounds like Ned Flanders from the Simpsons? 'Hey diddly-rino neighbor-oo!'
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Thank you. Thank you one and all for making one thing clear to me. No one here seems to be able to read. At all. What do they teach people in school these days? Honestly. I dare anyone to show me where I said we should not pay ti…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Read the verse again. Slowly. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to h…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Perhaps you need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills. I suggest you actually read what I wrote before posting jibberish. I'll speak in simple terms in the off chance that you actually UNDERSTAND what message I'm tryi…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, ilovesaintmark, I made it through your rambling. Still waiting on you to illustrate where Christ tells us we MUST tithe. *Bride of Jesus*, Not sure what you mean by literal. You give what you can to God. We are not so pharis…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Obliged? Are you joking? We are not Muslim. We are not OBLIGED to do anything. Feel free to point me to where Christ tells us we MUST tithe. All things must be done out of love, not out of a sense of obligation. 'Woe to you, sc…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Absolutely not. I'm not saying to overlook the monetary tithes. However, if a person's situation is such where they are unable to tithe with money, all is not lost. God doesn't have a checklist to see how we've tithed, with what,…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Tithing doesn't have to be just with money. You can tithe with your time. Any service you do, in the name of Christ, is an acceptable 'tithe' to God. Volunteering at a soup kitchen is an example. Don't let the lack of a Church hi…
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+ Irini nem ehmot, Not sure I see the relevance.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, There is no difference.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, You're just a kid. You don't have the wisdom the Church does. The Church has found her worthy of excommunication. That should be enough for you. Accept it and move on.
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+ Irini nem ehmot, As far as I know, he is still alive. A true living saint, may God bless him and keep him.