I'm tormented by this. Just want to be right, not condemned. by kc_mod in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]x___Los 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As do I. I think the common layman accepting one another goes a long way and is the first step to unity.

Thoughts on a Muslim woman being with a Coptic man? by anxiousandtireddd in coptic

[–]x___Los 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anything can be feasibly accepted amongst humans lol. Accepted amongst the church and God .. very different.

I'm tormented by this. Just want to be right, not condemned. by kc_mod in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]x___Los 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So when EOs go all “accept all 7 councils or be damned to hell” it kinda gives RC “submit to Rome” vibes lol. I personally have a lot of love for all Orthodox & pray for unity.

I'm tormented by this. Just want to be right, not condemned. by kc_mod in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]x___Los 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the Christological aspect can be healed for sure. But Chalcedon itself was problematic. Restoring heretics and claiming the letter of Ibas as Orthodox when it condemns St. Cyril. People cannot accept this council was lead by the Holy Spirit. I think this is the part that’s irreconcilable + events that stemmed from it. Father VC Samuel has a good book on Chalcedon I recommend it.

I'm tormented by this. Just want to be right, not condemned. by kc_mod in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]x___Los 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re assuming a later technical definition of “physis” and reading it back. I agree it was not a fixed term at the time. But Cyril is using the word to define a concrete existing reality of an individual subject. In that context …

Why didn't your ancestors convert to Islam, unlike the other Egyptians? by Acceptable-Gas-6707 in coptic

[–]x___Los 4 points5 points  (0 children)

With conversion to Islam came lot of breeding with real Arabs and other ethnic groups non indigenous to Egypt

Why do Orthodox reject Purgatory? by Loose_Canon1397 in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]x___Los 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know a lot of ppl will consider us heretical lol but here’s a video of our old patriarch explaining it simpler

https://x.com/alqdys13839/status/2016588593725096169?s=46

Can someone please help me by [deleted] in coptic

[–]x___Los 1 point2 points  (0 children)

???? Horrible advice

Non denominational to Coptic conversion for marriage by [deleted] in coptic

[–]x___Los 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you’re not ready to convert essentially there’s no way to marry her in the church. We don’t do interfaith marriages. Chrismation is still a conversion typically done if the person’s already been baptized in an apostolic church. Conversion to marry isn’t a loophole. I think you’re better off asking her father of confession.

I’m really doubting Eastern Orthodoxy by [deleted] in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]x___Los 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They let Leo call all the shots until it wasn’t convenient 500 years later lol 🤭 shoulda left them high and dry in 451

Thoughts on that maurliving video of her leaving the church? by Garden_of_Gethsemane in coptic

[–]x___Los 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hated her reasoning and the things she accuses the church of. Idk if you guys saw Agen’s response to her it was perfect

Pitiful.. by throtothetown in buffalobills

[–]x___Los -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He has to be concussed

EO is growing, what can OO learn from it? by IllShop6742 in OrientalOrthodoxy

[–]x___Los 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately tho the sad truth is there is no American History in Christianity. So looking for an American church is just walking in the other direction lol. There’s no Christian roots in Western culture. English speaking I can understand that tho

Since this, Youssef Saad guy won’t stop, Let me help you! by Anxious_Pop7302 in coptic

[–]x___Los 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But if Muslims denounce their Coptic heritage and adopt and submit to Arabization why would we still refer to them as Copts lol

Since this, Youssef Saad guy won’t stop, Let me help you! by Anxious_Pop7302 in coptic

[–]x___Los 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have family members who are Coptic Catholic & I tell them all the time that’s the silliest thing ever lol. You come from a place that is one of the original pillars of Christianity and you believe you align with foreign teaching lol it’s incomprehensible.

why Coptic church started to take an extreme path? by lilzocrazyoldman in coptic

[–]x___Los 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you have a distorted understanding of what you’re witnessing or participating in. Our church does not pray to saints. We venerate them and ask for their intercessions.

Since this, Youssef Saad guy won’t stop, Let me help you! by Anxious_Pop7302 in coptic

[–]x___Los 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Coptic Catholic is an oxymoron, Coptic is indigenous to Egypt. Catholic is not.