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Recent content by Dn Patrick

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    Militants of TAW starting January 2006 (Introduction Thread)

    1. Brian, but my middle name is Patrick and that's what I use at church. (St. Patrick of Ireland, March 17) 2. OCA 3. Convert 4. Married with three beautiful college-age children. I was ordained a deacon in 2007.
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    "Ever sinless" Theotokos

    About me: I didn’t respond to the first demand for personal information because I took it not as an inquiry but as an ad hominem. (That’s also apparently how Ortho Cat took it.) But if you must know, I’m OCA, I serve at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and my bishop...
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    "Ever sinless" Theotokos

    To Narnia59: That's just what we're arguing about. The Orthodox certainly do do all of these things, but they certainly haven't always done them, and some of us believe we shouldn't. To Kreikkalainen: Re: (3) Thank you for pointing out that numbers don’t matter. Scripture does...
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    "Ever sinless" Theotokos

    God bless you, Protoevangel. Our prayers are with you. For everyone else, here are a few things to ponder: 1) The Theotokos is normally referred to as “our Lady,” not “our Mother.” She is the “Mother of God,” in the sense of having given birth to Christ...
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    "Ever sinless" Theotokos

    Well, when you have to point out the different ways a word like “perfect” can be used, it might be time to quit. (It can mean fully, as in “perfect God and perfect man”; it can mean completed, as in our promised perfection, Heb. 11:40; or it can mean flawless, as in “asking that the whole day...
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    "Ever sinless" Theotokos

    Dear MariaRegina, For those who honor Mary as “ever sinless,” this topic is necessary, because if Mary in fact never ever sinned, then Pelagius was right: It is possible for a human being to be perfect WITHOUT CHRIST. No Orthodox Christian can believe that, yet that is the...
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    "Ever sinless" Theotokos

    I’ve been Orthodox for nearly 19 years and have been a deacon for the past two and half years. One thing I’ve learned in that time is that there are many things commonly taught and popularly accepted as “the Orthodox way” that have originated outside the Church and cannot...
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