The term pope is misunderstood. It comes from the greek/coptic word for father. The Catholics stole it and gave it a lot of other conotations but to us as it is originally a title given to our patriarch it just means something like pre-eminent fat…
Patriarch is a rank of bishop that is first in honour there is only one OO patriarch, that is H.H. Pope Shenouda. He is also the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church just as Father Ignatius Zaka is the head in antioch but he is not a patriarch only H…
Yeah, I think I want to date. I couldn't possibly live without dating and personally I don't think I've seen enough information to make an informed decision yet. Maybe we could go through this one more time?
lol
CS
Oh actually Paul, that is one of the key verses. Dust is a symbol here for nothing, I believe the verse is to denote the uniqueness of man in creation and that he has a special spiritual gift that other creatures have.
As for saying that a monkey …
This is a reoccuring theme, the same thing just happened in the dating thread because they called it dating. Perhaps that should have been renamed courting so people didn't get offended.
In this instance we shall can call the process metaphysicalh…
Hi guys,
The issue is not so much evolution or creationism this is because we actually have no idea how God did create the world. ???
All we know is that he gave us a simple commentry in Genesis and told us the He is the creator. It is not for u…
I have a feeling that you guys are arguing the same point from different aspects...
Paul are you saying that two people shouldn't meet before marriage and spend time together at all? If so how do you build the relationship to a point where God wil…
Hi G.J.I.,
This verse is not a referrence to the high divorce rate. It is a prophecy regarding the coming messiah. If you read the extended passage it states that the seed of the woman will bruise the serpents head and the serpent will bruise His …
Hi all,
The devil doesn't know our thoughts, only God does. However, the devil can tell what we're thinking very easily though other means like body language, expressions, habbits and behaviour so he can figure out our weaknesses pretty easily.
I…
Hi SMS,
This question just begs for a really vague answer, what topics do you find come up for discussion? Is there anything that you feel they need to know?
God bless,
CS
C.S. Lewis actually wrote in his introduction to on the incarnation of the word that had St. Athanasius done none of the other things he did, he would have been remembered forever for writting that book alone, which is interesting because he wrote i…
Hi SMS,
There are lot of good books you can read. One is the nature of Christ by H.H. This is good as an introduction. If you want information on the council of Chalcedon there is a good book called Chalcedon Re-examined by Fr V.C.Samuel who is …
Hi GoDiSiNmYhEaRt,
Let me tell you a little bit about the coptic ideal of marriage and you'll see where we're coming from. In the Coptic Church marriage is a form of service to God which holds an ideal of love and purity. The church is not agains…
If someone speaks against the Son of Man they can repent later but the work of the Holy Spirit is to tell people to repent. Each time we don't repent we blaspheme the Spirit. The unforgivables is sin is not any sin we may do but the resistance of …
So the conclusion appears to be that dating is something done in the fullness of time by two people commited to sacrificing for each other in Christ. These are two people who have both developed emotionally and physically and are ready to meet with…
Think of how many teenage boys for example can't fight the lust, and they don't even think about going to a website like this to reaserch it, because they feel like their church doesn't care, which it does care. They feel like teenage feeling are be…
I hope you all don't rush out and follow the advice of my post! This the way that I've had God guide me to view the situation which is actually a bit different from the views priests traditionally take. My view is that it is illogical to run around…
Dear Godsinmyheart,
Try to think of it this way, if there is God the Father then Who or What is His Son? If I am born of my parents then you'll know that my being is made up of some DNA from my Dad and some from my Mum. Then you have a few extern…