You said I have a poor understanding of History/Theology.. Are you denying the connection between Egypt-Greece in the context provided? You do realize that everything the Europeans learned, regarding sacred knowledge, wisdom, universal Truth, All came from Africa.. Right? Science, Mathematics, the Arts, Astronomy, etc? All the great Greek philosophers and shapers of culture/society made pilgrimage for many years to study in Kemet's Mystery Schools.
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You said I have a poor understanding of History/Theology.. Are you denying the connection between Egypt-Greece in the context provided? You do realize that everything the Europeans learned, regarding sacred knowledge, wisdom, universal Truth, All came from Africa.. Right? Science, Mathematics, the Arts, Astronomy, etc? All the great Greek philosophers and shapers of culture/society made pilgrimage for many years to study in Kemet's Mystery Schools.
So Jesus, Messiah, the Christ, was worshiped before he was even allegedly born? What? Or did the 'Christ' go by a different name/identity?
Either this makes little to no sense, or I must be confused, please clear this up for me.
I understand this sentiment. However, the origin of the word Amen/Amon/Amin/Amun .. was ancient Egypt. And it was orginally in reference to an Egyptian Solar Deity, ie. Amun-Ra.
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That's not what I said. Read your bible.
Acts 11:26 said:
So what's the difference between an 'Antioch' Christian, and a contemporary Christian?
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An Antiochian Christian is Orthodox. He shares this in common with the other Orthodox patriarchates (Russia, Greece, etc). The rest of Christendom are heterodox. They have a wide variety of beliefs, and none of them are Orthodox. The Roman Catholics come closest, AFAIK, but they are heretics and schismatics.
What is an Orthodox Christian? This is the first time I've encountered this particular terminology regarding a religious faith/ philosophy. What are some ways that Orthodox Christians, and Contemporary Christians(Non-Catholic), differ? How do their beliefs compare and contrast? Point being, When I think of Christianity, I think of Jesus/Yeshua. But this form of Christianity supposedly predates that. I don't understand. Did they have a Messiah? Or like Jews, did they believe in a future messiah to come? Can you briefly explain this to me so I can wrap my mind around the 'Orthodox Christian'?
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The question should be "what is orthodox"?
Or better yet: what is the truth?
This video may help you:
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Unfortunately I cannot. You would have to invest some energy of your own. If you ever do watch it, I would be happy to try and answer any questions you may have from it.
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How Christ Buries Himself In Us In Order To Raise Us
By St. Symeon the New Theologian
Let us look and carefully examine what is the mystery of that Resurrection of Christ our God that occurs mystically in us at all times, if we are willing.
Let us examine how Christ is buried in us as in a sepulchre and how He unites Himself to our souls and rises again, raising us with Himself….
Christ our God was suspended on the Cross and, having nailed thereto the sin of the world and having tasted death, He descended into the nethermost depths of Hades.
He returned from Hades into His own immaculate body, from which His Divinity had in no way been separated as He descended thither, and at once He rose from the dead.
Thereafter, He ascended to Heaven with great glory and power.
In just the same way, since we have now come out of the world and entered into the tomb of repentance and humiliation by being assimilated to the sufferings of the Lord, He Himself comes down from Heaven and enters into our body as into a grave.
He unites Himself to our souls and raises them up, though they were avowedly dead, and then vouchsafes to him who has thus been raised with Christ to behold the glory of His mystical Resurrection.
Christ’s Resurrection is thus our resurrection, the resurrection of us who lie prostrate in sin.
He who has never fallen into sin, as it is written, nor suffered any alteration in His own glory, how will He ever be raised up or glorified, since He is always supremely glorified and remains the same, “far above every principality and authority”?
As has been said, Christ’s Resurrection and His glory are our glory, which is accomplished in us, disclosed to us, and beheld by us through His Resurrection.
Once He has appropriated what is ours, that which He works in us He ascribes to Himself.
The resurrection of the soul is union with life.
Just as the body is dead and cannot live or be called alive unless it receives the living soul in itself and is united to it, though without admixture, so also the soul cannot live unless it is ineffably and unconfusedly united to God, Who is truly eternal Life.
- See more at: http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/201...imself-in-us-in.html?m=1#sthash.1skORMFh.dpuf
By St. Symeon the New Theologian
Let us look and carefully examine what is the mystery of that Resurrection of Christ our God that occurs mystically in us at all times, if we are willing.
Let us examine how Christ is buried in us as in a sepulchre and how He unites Himself to our souls and rises again, raising us with Himself….
Christ our God was suspended on the Cross and, having nailed thereto the sin of the world and having tasted death, He descended into the nethermost depths of Hades.
He returned from Hades into His own immaculate body, from which His Divinity had in no way been separated as He descended thither, and at once He rose from the dead.
Thereafter, He ascended to Heaven with great glory and power.
In just the same way, since we have now come out of the world and entered into the tomb of repentance and humiliation by being assimilated to the sufferings of the Lord, He Himself comes down from Heaven and enters into our body as into a grave.
He unites Himself to our souls and raises them up, though they were avowedly dead, and then vouchsafes to him who has thus been raised with Christ to behold the glory of His mystical Resurrection.
Christ’s Resurrection is thus our resurrection, the resurrection of us who lie prostrate in sin.
He who has never fallen into sin, as it is written, nor suffered any alteration in His own glory, how will He ever be raised up or glorified, since He is always supremely glorified and remains the same, “far above every principality and authority”?
As has been said, Christ’s Resurrection and His glory are our glory, which is accomplished in us, disclosed to us, and beheld by us through His Resurrection.
Once He has appropriated what is ours, that which He works in us He ascribes to Himself.
The resurrection of the soul is union with life.
Just as the body is dead and cannot live or be called alive unless it receives the living soul in itself and is united to it, though without admixture, so also the soul cannot live unless it is ineffably and unconfusedly united to God, Who is truly eternal Life.
- See more at: http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/201...imself-in-us-in.html?m=1#sthash.1skORMFh.dpuf
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May God bless all of you too!
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A friend of mine is a Greek man in his mid 60s. He BBQs a whole lamb for the Pascha celebration. I learned to carry a lamb bone at all times, otherwise he will stuff me 'til I explode. Anyway a friend of mine and I are going to pretend we are keeping the Lenten fast until Pentecost. I originally suggested 20 minutes, but my friend said that Themi' might get violent. So we will do this for 2 minutes for laughs.
Last year all the men were gathered around the grill as the women were inside. After a while I went inside to hide with the women. His daughter asked me what I was doing. I said, "I am hiding from your father's hospitality." She thought that was the funniest thing ever.
[MENTION=14506]TER[/MENTION]
A friend of mine is a Greek man in his mid 60s. He BBQs a whole lamb for the Pascha celebration. I learned to carry a lamb bone at all times, otherwise he will stuff me 'til I explode. Anyway a friend of mine and I are going to pretend we are keeping the Lenten fast until Pentecost. I originally suggested 20 minutes, but my friend said that Themi' might get violent. So we will do this for 2 minutes for laughs.
Last year all the men were gathered around the grill as the women were inside. After a while I went inside to hide with the women. His daughter asked me what I was doing. I said, "I am hiding from your father's hospitality." She thought that was the funniest thing ever.
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