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  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

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  1. Not David

    Catechism book #4: Soul Perfection

    "The life in Christ originates and begins in this life, but is perfected in the life to come, when that [last] day comes. It cannot attain perfection in men's soul in this life, nor can it in the life to come unless it begins from here... It is this world which carries within it the new inner...
  2. Not David

    Catechism book #3: Parts of the church building (Video)

    Howdy! I was wondering if there was a video describing the parts of the church building (narthex, nave, etc) since it is kind of difficult to understand the descriptions if I am not sure what it is talking about. Thanks!
  3. Not David

    Catechism book #2: Baptism and Regeneration

    Howdy! I'm still reading my catechism book to inform myself more before I join the Church, so I am planning to ask questions I have about my book. I believe the first thread based on that was What did St. Gregory Palamas mean with this?: What did St. Gregory Palamas mean with this? I have...
  4. Not David

    Catechism book #1: What did St. Gregory Palamas mean with this?

    I was reading a catechism book and there was a quote of Palamas calling the Holy Spirit "a kind of ineffable yet intense [and subsistent] longing or eros experienced by the Father for the Logos".