Today 07/20 on the Julian calendar the Holy Prophet Elijah / Elias is commemorated. Here are a few selected liturgical texts. From Little Vespers: [sticheron...
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Edward Wolfe
edwolfeiii
Aug 3, 2007 3:17 am
... Jimi, You are correct in that I was part of the Orthodox-Lutheran list, and I was indeed a Lutheran pastor. However, I am not a priest. What God has in...
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ANATASIA THEODORIDIS
anastasiatheo
Aug 4, 2007 8:35 pm
That last song you've supplied reminds me: with the feast of the Transfiguration approaching, it's good to ponder that upon Mt. Tabor, Jesus was revealed...
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Aug 4, 2007 9:09 pm
Well, Moses died but Elijah never did. Not yet, anyway... And, of course, both are alive in Christ. Good to see you again, Anastasia! JiMi ... ...
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Randy Asburry
rasburry2
Aug 4, 2007 9:24 pm
*Dead* saints? Isn't that an oxymoron? ;-) I thought they were very much *alive* as Jesus was conversing with them! :-) (I'm just playing. Please don't turn...
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anastasiatheo
Aug 5, 2007 7:21 pm
You're both quite right. Not dead, and Elijah never was. And no saint is. So, okay, I won't poke you with ANY of my hat pins. (I have three: one with a...
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Brian
brfinkster
Aug 5, 2007 10:57 pm
Here is an update to our situation: We've moved into an apartment complex in Norwood, MA (about 30 min south of Holy Cross). We're on all kinds of government...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 7, 2007 8:29 pm
*Sharing Our Faith, Building Our Church* 2007 Orthodox Conference on Missions and Evangelism *This year's special track: Campus Evangelism!* Aug 31 to Sep 3...
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Aug 10, 2007 6:16 pm
May the Lord's continued blessings be your strength, Brian....
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Aug 16, 2007 7:03 pm
St. Andrew House - Center for Orthodox Christian Studies To Host Colloquium on Orthodox Christianity for Lutheran Clergy in Detroit Sept. 10 - 11 DETROIT, Aug....
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 23, 2007 11:05 pm
Could anyone provide a number of examples of the allegorical use of Scripture in the Divine Services? This would be as distinct from the typological use of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 25, 2007 1:24 pm
... From: David Adrian <david.adrian@...> Date: Aug 24, 2007 11:40 PM Subject: "Evangelicals Turn Toward ... the Orthodox Church?" To: David Adrian...
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Fr. Robert K. McMeekin
padrerkm
Aug 26, 2007 12:46 pm
The Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. Fr. Bob...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 27, 2007 1:35 pm
That is definitely a place I am looking. What I am really asking is what is the line between typology and allegory? Is typology when the OT foreshadows ...
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ANATASIA THEODORIDIS
anastasiatheo
Aug 27, 2007 1:52 pm
Fr. John Breck says typology is the method of looking for symbols or events or people who typify the things of Christ. Jacob's son Joseph is a type of Christ....
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anastasiatheo
Aug 27, 2007 1:55 pm
P.S. The type-allegory distinction is relatively modern. Thus, while St. Paul says the story of Hagar and Ishmael and Sara and Isaac is an allegory, today we...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 27, 2007 2:04 pm
Yes, i get them mixed up in my head a little - probably because I am so comfortable with allegory, intellectually. Any other examples from the services you,...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 28, 2007 1:43 pm
The Bible forms a part of Tradition. Sometimes Tradition is defined as the oral teaching of Christ, not recorded in writing by his immediate disciples' (Oxford...
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Aug 28, 2007 9:18 pm
Online, it is in the 6th paragraph on this page: http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_2 .htm jr ... as the ... disciples' ... ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 28, 2007 9:34 pm
Thanks. I was also hoping for a page number in a real, honest to goodness book version of the text. You don't have that, too, do you? Christopher ... ...
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Aug 29, 2007 1:19 am
Sorry, but this appears either to be among my many loaned-out-and- not-returned titles, or otherwise misplaced. Now you've done it - I may actually have to...
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krolechka
Aug 29, 2007 3:26 pm
Here's a good article, I believe, to go on with the topic, or even go deeper with it: http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/tca_carltonfirstbaptist.aspx...
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Aug 29, 2007 4:42 pm
Well, my own Southern Baptist brother, and my Lutheran wife and (also Lutheran) mother came with me to our brand new Antiochian Orthodox Mission in Ames on...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 29, 2007 5:02 pm
Try walking on water next, that'll convince them - more Scriptural evidence for its godliness. :) Congratulations. My wife says the same thing about incense....
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donpedrogordo
Sep 2, 2007 10:38 pm
The ancient Greek text of the Old Testament, the Septuagent [LXX], is generally considered the accepted text for the Orthodox Church [as contrasted to the...
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JiMiRoYaL
k3n77
Sep 3, 2007 8:58 pm
... [LXX], is ... the ... were ... etc. ... sound ... Orthodox ... This is more about the LXX than a comparison with the Masoretic text, but hopefully will...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 4, 2007 1:46 pm
*How Should One Read or Listen to the Sacred Scriptures?*[1]<http://mail.google.com/mail/?view=page&name=gp&ver=sh3fib53pgpk#_ftn1> How should one read the...
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ANATASIA THEODORIDIS
anastasiatheo
Sep 4, 2007 6:58 pm
This is not an issue I have studied, but I have been told the Septuagint is the version quoted in the NT, both by Christ and the Apostles. (Including numerous...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 4, 2007 7:45 pm
Here is a little something I wrote on the topic, with endnotes. The only thing I would add is that one will often hear said that the Masoretic text, which...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 4, 2007 8:01 pm
See, too, "The Canon of the Bible: or, The Authority of Scripture from an Orthodox Perspective" (published in J.-M. Poffet,*L' autorité de l' Écriture,...
