Chapter Three - Detailed Explanation of the Constitution: “And I Confess One Baptism” up to “Priesthood” - Church Secrets
26- He confessed one baptism... What is baptism? Baptism is, in brief: 1- Descent into the baptismal font to bury the old man.
3:5 – Liturgy
In order to better understand the meaning of liturgy and its true, comprehensive dimensions, we must start from its concept as a relationship between God and man. So who
3:4 - Blessing
O blessed ones of our Heavenly Father, you honorable and beloved children, peace to all of you. I previously sent expressions of thanks and gratitude to you, and expressed my joy in you
In the priesthood
Introduction: We publish below, “lessons” that the monks of Deir al-Harf received in the year 1962 from the mouth of Father Andre Scrima, in the French language.
Part One: Chapter Six: Meanings of the Book
The Book is the word of God and therefore it is inexhaustible and we will never finish understanding it: (Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away).
The danger of individualism in the Baptist community
Baptists believe that every human soul has “competence (or responsibility) in matters of religion.” In their opinion, every individual “enjoys the freedom to self-test
Chapter Twenty-One - The Blessing of Marriage
ُبدع الإنسان على صورة الله، فكان منذ البدء زوجاً، أي رجلاً وامرأة. وكما أن الله المثلث الأقانيم لم يكن مفرداً، فكذلك الإنسان. فعقيدة الثالوث القدوس التي يعبَّر عنها بوحدة في الجوهر وتثليث في الأقانيم، هي حقيقة أساسية تعبِّر عن حقيقة الإنسان أيضاً. لذا خُلق الإنسان منذ البدء زوجاً، أي رجلاً وامرأة.
Gregory the Theologian, Patriarch of Constantinople
His life: Gregory’s family belonged to the large and rich royal families and lived in a town called “ARIANDOS – Ariandos” near the town.
Chapter Five: Liturgy, prayer, and our personal life
The life of prayer is our personal, conscious life in God, because everything, our being and our movement, enters into it. All of our lives and relationships are with God
Chapter Four: The Eucharist and the unity of believers in the church community
Who has not felt one day that the best thing in life, in the end, is the joy of friendship, pure and constant joy?
Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
Introduction to preaching
A. Definition: The subject of homiletics is the scientific study of the methodology and approaches of Christian preaching. It studies the history of preaching and its references as well as its development.