Friday, August 14, 2020

A Coptic tour



Posted by Byzantine, TX

8 comments:

  1. papabearAugust 15, 2020 at 1:53 AM

    Thank you for posting these.

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  2. r j klanckoAugust 16, 2020 at 10:51 PM

    This great,,,,where are we in this equation? Did the ship leave without us again,? Note the tv screens and that the priest has no foreign accent,,,,no pony tail,, and trims his beard,,,,,bet they get a bunch of inquirers.

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    1. CalebAugust 17, 2020 at 9:00 AM

      Kind of strange to focus on the priest's grooming habits, but I'd be extremely disappointed if my parish were to sink to installing television screens.

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    2. Lance H.August 17, 2020 at 11:55 AM

      Love me them Copts! They are doing a great job here and growing like verdulaga (purslane) from the cracks in the sidewalks. Go blesses them with many converts because they express the Gospel of Christ with such love and fervor!
      The warmth of Coptic Orthodox toward Rûm Orthodox cousins is unmatched. While Russian clergy are welcoming toward non-Russians they laity are rather cool. But both lay and clergy among Copts are affectionate and hospitable. Their non-attachment to Arabic is a big plus for evangelization I’m the West whereas Eastern European churches remain largely hung up on their ancient liturgical languages. I’m sure there are plenty of problems in the Coptic Church but I have great hopes for their ability to reach out to communities of color in the West where we have largely failed.

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    3. The Anti-GnosticAugust 18, 2020 at 9:25 AM

      but I have great hopes for their ability to reach out to communities of color in the West where we have largely failed.

      Eastern Orthodoxy has a strong Slavic or Hellenist flavor, depending, whereas Coptic is Egyptian. Not African, but my perception is it's considered close enough for African-Americans who do convert. There's also the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

      As always, ecclesia is downstream from culture.

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  3. r j klanckoAugust 17, 2020 at 2:06 PM

    those who focus on the externalities many times have missed the internatilies --- as one now departed clergy pillar of orthodoxy in america once commented to me, " if they have unkempt beards, pony tails, chotkii on their wrists, and take on an accent, they have lost the meaning of what true orthodox christianity is. they are trying to prove what they are by their external visage but not by their internal vocation,

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  4. UnknownAugust 18, 2020 at 2:45 PM

    A wonderfully explanatory video. I"m a Western Christian(Anglican) but I do have an incredibly strong affinity for the Copts. One of the most ancient Christian churches that has survived much persecution. I pray for that we may all be one and I really pray that the Orthodox family can come back together.

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  5. r j klanckoAugust 21, 2020 at 9:58 PM

    a personal friend rev dr john watson was the emissary of the anglican churh to the copts,, he wrote tow exellent books on them -- you may want to check them out

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