Thank you for the replies, they are very fascinating. Coming at the scriptures from the Sola Scriptura lens, you miss out on all of the other background...
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randall hay
sr72000
Oct 7, 2009 3:23 am
An associated issue here is that of recapitulation, as the Fall was reversed in the Second Adam. Eve listened to the bad angel, disobeyed God and was cursed...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Oct 7, 2009 2:58 am
To follow up my own words: I think the issue is important because in the Orthodox Church it is not an issue about a doctrine, but it is about a person who is...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Oct 7, 2009 2:35 am
I've been reading the Panarion of St. Epiphanius of Salamis. He wrote between the first two Ecumenical Councils. St. Epiphanius defends with great zeal the...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Oct 7, 2009 1:49 am
It's not a utilitarian question over whether it is important or not. It is simply the tradition. The place it comes up most is in icons of the Theotokos where...
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oruaseht
Oct 7, 2009 1:44 am
Hi friends, I just got back from a Lutheran Pastor's conference and the topic came up about Semper Virgo - the perpetual virginity of Jesus' mother. Most of...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Oct 6, 2009 1:40 am
Too bad this is so far away...not quite 3 hours from Athens...too far for a work night! I have been wanting to set up a single lecture or even a lecture...
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donpedrogordo
Oct 4, 2009 6:48 pm
"Glorious apostle to an age of coldness and unbelief, invested with the grace-filled power of the saints of old, divinely-illumined seer of heavenly mysteries,...
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donpedrogordo
Oct 4, 2009 6:47 pm
"As hurt and weeping children run to their mother for gentle care and consolation, so do we weak ones run to Thee, O Virgin Mother of the Most High God. Hear...
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byza7@...
dvdnvk
Oct 4, 2009 6:24 pm
_Click here: Cherokee Tribune - Woodstock minister to lead lecture series at Berry College_ ...
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randall hay
sr72000
Oct 2, 2009 1:23 am
This author's previous books have been absolutely astonishing....can't recommend too highly. ________________________________ From: DonPedroGordo...
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donpedrogordo
Oct 1, 2009 6:28 pm
Hei! Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi! An advance copy reviewer respected here gave this pending publication a high rating. I will plan to...
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donpedrogordo
Sep 20, 2009 1:34 pm
Forefeast of the Nativity of the BVM [in the ancient Roman /Julian calendar 7th September, concurring with the modern Roman Catholic Gregorian calendar 20th...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 15, 2009 11:36 am
Actually, all Orders up to Deacon are officially laity. They are buried as laymen. Priests and bishops are buried with a separate service. I think it also...
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donpedrogordo
Sep 15, 2009 4:23 am
Hei! Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi! You are of course correct, Benjamin. And in Orthodoxy, a reader is a minor clerix but not so minor a player...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Sep 15, 2009 1:34 am
Christopher, You said, "Just the two cents of this layman." I didn't think a Reader was technically a layman. I thought being tonsured a reader was a minor...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 14, 2009 6:49 pm
Dave, Congrats on your 'aspiration'. May it be blessed. Kim, Ask your priest about how and if you should proceed in joining the Church. He is probably holding...
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Kimberly Sparling
princesskim6...
Sep 14, 2009 6:05 pm
I'm still here! Our family had a *long* day yesterday, most of it at church. Divine Liturgy at 10am, followed by the first week of Sunday school for our...
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howdydave_2000
Sep 14, 2009 5:48 pm
Helloooo... Anybody home?? Well, come Wednesday and I'm off again for my second visit to New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, NY. This time as an aspirant rather...
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donpedrogordo
Sep 2, 2009 11:44 am
Hei! Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi! If memory serves, most confessional Lutherans sweep under the carpet what the Book of Concord...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 2, 2009 1:01 am
There is not a single volume that would have everything you need to perform the full Orthodox cycle of services.. The Book of Common Prayer was purposefully...
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Todd Harman
tharman32
Sep 2, 2009 1:00 am
Thanks! Eastern would be nice, but since I grew up as a Westerner, I guess it doesn't matter. I have the Jordanville prayerbook - and it is very nice,...
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donpedrogordo
Sep 2, 2009 12:42 am
Hei! Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi! Do you wish to do Eastern or Western rite? If Eastern, then buy the Jordanville / Holy Trinity...
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tharman32
Sep 1, 2009 11:13 pm
I want to ask a question - (I think the answer is no) - and if this isn't appropiate for the list please delete/ignore. In the Episcopal Church, Lutheran...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 1, 2009 7:11 pm
May We Pray for the Departed? Written by the Very Rev. John Breck September 2009, Article #1 Back in the early 1960s I attended a Protestant theological...
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AdonaiUplifts@...
finckdaddy
Sep 1, 2009 1:27 pm
I haven't read the post from Fr. Stephen's blog yet, but I'm relatively familiar with his writings. I think what Fr. Stephen was most likely trying to convey...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 1, 2009 1:17 pm
Regarding the wrath of God, see St. John Cassian: http://orrologion.blogspot.com/2006/01/st-john-cassian-of-spirit-of-anger.html Some scriptural and patristic...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Sep 1, 2009 12:07 pm
Rebecca, try this: *http://tinyurl.com/mukc6y ... * ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Rebecca Wilson
emmy88heaven
Sep 1, 2009 12:03 pm
I have not been able to open or access this article. Is there another link? Thanks. ... From: byza7@... <byza7@...> Subject:...
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donpedrogordo
Sep 1, 2009 11:01 am
For those who wish to develop an Orthodox mind set, the liturgical texts of the church are primary reading. There are many excellent texts for additional...
