Chapter 51-57
Chapter Fifty-One: The Virtue of Virginity. The effectiveness of Christ’s teaching in changing brutal dispositions and the tendency to murder and war. 1- Who among the human beings is yet […]
The Millennial Kingdom and Jehovah's Witnesses
The millennium - from the word aleph - is the belief in a ruling that will come on earth that will be filled with peace and blessings and will last a thousand years. Basis
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The Second Coming of Christ and Jehovah's Witnesses
What does the Church teach about the second coming of Christ? In the Divine Liturgy, before reciting the Creed, the priests exchange the Holy Kiss - and so it was
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Chapter Three - Detailed Explanation of the Constitution: From “And He Ascended to Heaven” to “Deification”
15- And he ascended to heaven. On the fortieth day of Resurrection, Jesus ascended to heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father. The right hand of God -
Selections from the articles of Saint Aphrahat, 14-22
The Fourteenth Article Convincing Proofs The Sins of the Princes! [The princes rose up among our people, and forsook the law and boasted in iniquity. They acquired good things, but covetousness overcame them.
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Second article: 666 according to others
There is no doubt that the number “666”, as a sign of the beast, has been, throughout the ages, the subject of quite a bit of contemplation, insight, and speculation among us. Today we are reading it
Chapter Twenty-Six - Our True Homeland
Death is the result of the new state into which man passed after the fall, and its cause is sin. Thus it became man's enemy. But this life is only an inn. We enter it and spend our whole present life in it. But we strive to leave it with good hope. We must not leave here anything that we might miss there.
Great Holy Week: Holy Tuesday – so be prepared…
Holy Tuesday continues the meditation on the subject of Christ's return and the judgment he will exercise on mankind. But there are some differences between the method
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Great Holy Week: Holy Monday - just as lightning comes out of the east
There is a clear difference between the atmosphere of Palm Sunday and the atmosphere of Holy Monday. While Palm Sunday was talking about the coming of the King,
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When the Son of Man comes (one of the meat raisers)
Saturday, the eve of this Sunday, is specially dedicated to the memory of the faithful who have departed. There is a clear connection between this memory and the remembrance of the Last Judgment.
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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).
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Chapter Two: Liturgical services or divine services (its meaning - its value - its conduct)
Introduction The divine service, by which we mean the group of rituals, prayers, and liturgical services, constitutes the framework of liturgical life. Its goal is to carry it to and from us