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.
2:8 – Preparing for Communion
The prayer, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” This is the “Kinonicon” (το κοινωνικόν), that is, the hymn in preparation for the “Kinonia” κοινωνία - Communion. Her frequency
Excerpts from the works of Saint Athanasius the Great
* Life in Christ – (For true life is… the life that a person lives in Christ). (Pascha 3:7) –
Explanation of the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark
Z - The Passion and Resurrection 14:1 - 16:8 General characteristics of the Gospel narratives about the Passion: (1) Before interpreting the narrative about
The doctrine of the priesthood of all believers according to Baptists
Baptists take pride in rediscovering “the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers,” which they took from Martin Luther, and “accepting it with absolute enthusiasm.” The reason for their pride has nothing to do with it
The Lord's Supper - Baptists' rejection of the Eucharist
There is no distortion of the meanings of the liturgical service (the Divine Mass) and its salvific effects like what you read in the writings of some Christian groups, especially
Sixth: Discussing the issue of regeneration and salvation by faith alone
From what we read previously, we notice how they consider a human being based on a certain circumstance or based on a certain urge as
A pastoral view of the church
لم يُطرح في التاريخ سؤال: ما هي الكنيسة ؟ ليجاب عنه بتحديد أو تعريف. ذلك لأن الكنيسة ليست حدثاً جامداً
The nature of the church
The Church was founded by Christ. The first thing that appears in the New Testament is the Evangelist Matthew, when the Apostle Peter promises that...
The living body of Christ
لقد استعمل المسيحيون الأولون العبارة اليونانية ecclesia للدلالة على هذه الحقيقة الجديدة المجيدة التي كانوا يشعرون كل الشعور بأنهم ينتمون
Chapter Twenty-Nine - Orthodox Virtues
Man’s true nature and true life do not emanate from earthly data, but from the Triune God Himself, because man is the image of God. If we want to seek man’s true life, we must draw near to God and savor His life. Only life close to God is “natural,” that is, life that corresponds to man’s true nature. As for distance from God, it is “unnatural.”
Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Ritual Year
The life of the saints is the life of Christ himself, continuing throughout the ages. We are united to them on the basis of the human nature that Christ reformed through his incarnation, death and resurrection. In the divine liturgy, and especially the Eucharist, we participate in the life of Christ and its events and in the life of the saints, because we are all one body, Christ, the saints and ourselves, and we are all “one in Christ Jesus.”