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  1. Raphael Jauregui

    Would you consider deification or theosis (θεοσις) to be controversial?

    In Eastern Orthodox theology, theosis or deification is the process of taking on the qualities and likeness of God without becoming God. St. Athanasius said "God became man so that man might become God." What is meant by this is that humans become more and more like God, but, because God is...
  2. I

    Oriental Orthodox Theology of Iconography?

    In the Eastern Orthodox Church we have a clear theology of Iconography, which explains why they constitute a part of our Church. This theology can be seen in the Seventh Ecumenical council, John of Damascus' defence of Holy images and subsequent theologians who have written on the topic. I...
  3. dzheremi

    The boundaries of the OO world in the 10th century re: Severus Al Ashmunein

    Hi everybody, I woke up early this morning so I've been doing some reading from Severus Al Ashmunein's The Lamp of the Intellect (what little of it I can actually read; due to a binding error, most of the pages of Ebeid and Young's 1975 English translation are fused together). It brought up...
  4. Fish and Bread

    Bishop of Egypt calls for prayer and advocacy after “hostile takeover”

    Link: http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2016/10/bishop-of-egypt-calls-for-prayer-and-advocacy-after-hostile-takeover.aspx
  5. rakovsky

    Overcoming gridlock between EOs and OOs over Chalcedon's Formula

    EOs and OOs are very close in traditions and have ancient Christian roots. They are two great communities of Christians in the East. Ideally, they should resolve their differences correctly and reunite. Over the last 1500+ years major, yet unsuccessful, attempts have occurred. I would love to...
  6. P

    Shlomo! (meaning "Hi everyone in Syriac)

    I'm Oriental Orthodox from Toronto; my family is originally from Oraq but fortunately got out many years ago. My main interest is the persecuted Christians of the Middle East. Intellectually Syriac and Aramaic studies (the hymns of St. Ephrem the Syrian, St. Jacob of Sarugh, Mar Narsai, and...