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Recent content by StephenMosesDioscorus

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    Hosanna in the Highest, and Christos Anesti!

    i have been to Ethiopian Divine Liturgy twice once in the altar as a deacon and once in the congregation. Such a beautiful rite
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    Does the OO accept EO or RC Sacraments?

    Khen Omethmi Aftonf! Please keep me in your prayers, for my repentance. Yes, you’re right, the current Coptic practice of receiving chalcedonians doesn’t add up very well to what we have in our history, like what we read from St. Severus of Antioch. They were originally just received by...
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    Does the OO accept EO or RC Sacraments?

    The statement between His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, and Pope Francis, says "we, with one mind and heart, will seek sincerely not to repeat the baptism that has been administered in either of our Churches for any person who wishes to join the other. " 'We will seek' does not necessarily reflect...
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    WHY THE LORD'S DAY IS NOT SATURDAY

    Saturday sabbath, to my knowledge, is only a custom in the Ethiopic tradition (i. e. Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox)
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    OO View on Filioque in Depth critiquing

    I recommend that anyone interested in this subject read oration 31 by St. Gregory the Theologian
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    OO View on Filioque in Depth critiquing

    Our Oriental Orthodox church has always rejected the filioque, following the revelation of scripture, the early patristic witness, and the ecumenical council of Constantinople. Fr. Tadros Malaty, a contemporary Oriental Orthodox theologian, writes, "The Orthodox Church insists on refusing the...
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    St. Yousab El-Abah, in the 18th Century, writes, "The self is the producer of speech, and thus...

    St. Yousab El-Abah, in the 18th Century, writes, "The self is the producer of speech, and thus it [speech] is the Son. Life is exuded from the self and say that it is the Holy Spirit. Thus, we say as you have said that the Father is ever-existent of Himself, speaks through the Son, who is the...
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    St. Gregory of Nyssa says, "Thus, the characteristic of the Father’s Person cannot be...

    St. Gregory of Nyssa says, "Thus, the characteristic of the Father’s Person cannot be transferred to the Son or to the Spirit. It is the characteristic of the Father to exist without cause. This does not apply to the Son and the Spirit, for the Son 'went out from the Father.' The scripture...
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    St. Gregory the Theologian says, "The Holy Ghost is truly Spirit, coming forth from the Father...

    St. Gregory the Theologian says, "The Holy Ghost is truly Spirit, coming forth from the Father indeed, but not after the manner of the Son, for it is not generation but by procession."
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    St. Athenagoras says, "The Holy Spirit Himself also, which operates in the prophets, we assert...

    St. Athenagoras says, "The Holy Spirit Himself also, which operates in the prophets, we assert to be an effluence of God, flowing from Him and returning back again like a beam of the sun "
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    Fr. Tadros Malaty, a contemporary Oriental Orthodox theologian, writes, "The Orthodox Church...

    Fr. Tadros Malaty, a contemporary Oriental Orthodox theologian, writes, "The Orthodox Church insists on refusing the addition of the Filioque because of the early Church’s experience and teach ing about the Holy Spirit are reflected on her creeds."
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    Our Oriental Orthodox church has always rejected the filioque, following the revelation of...

    Our Oriental Orthodox church has always rejected the filioque, following the revelation of scripture, the early patristic witness, and the ecumenical council of Constantinople.