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  1. Arsenios

    MARK 6:3 DID JESUS HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS ?

    Of course He had brothers and sisters... None by Blood... All older than Him... Arsenios
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    Can you lose your salvation?

    Trials will come... Purifying gold and silver... Burning up dross... But he who is persevering to the end will be saved... Arsenios
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    Can you lose your salvation?

    I suspect that baptism outside the EOC may be exempt... Worse for him if not... Arsenios
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    Can you lose your salvation?

    So yea, the passage is clear - Turn away from knowing God and return to your sins and you will lose your salvation... And you will be worse off than those who never knew God... Paul says the same thing in Hebrews - The end for such as these is only fit for burning... Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Which Biblical Doctrine does Baptism of children into Christ contradict? You have to show the doctrine in scripture that forbids baptism of children into Christ... Your answer is to try to get me to show you something... Nice try, but no cigar... Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    [Matthew 12:46-47 NIV] 46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Does not say Her sons, but His brothers... She is simply NOT recorded as having birthed ANY other children in Scripture... 47 Someone told him, "Your...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    I am simply referring to Arabic grammar to this day and hour... My Church is Arabic, my Brother... The Antiochian Church of Damascus, Syria... "Until the day he got married, he never took a drink." This does not mean he is now a drunk... It can be followed with either: A) But he did...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    You made a charge of heresy... Substantiate that charge... Or continue shooting blanks in the dark... Did you make the charge of heresy or did you not? Perhaps we can start right there... Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    What a fun excursus for a Sunday, folks! Thank-you! Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    The DID life AS a "normal couple"... Of COURSE they did... That was the whole idea... And they were anything BUT a "NORMAL COUPLE"... How many normal couples have God for a Son, for instance? Hhhmmmmmm??? Reminds me of a question: What is the difference between a Jewish Mother and the...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    YOU charged Biblical Heresy against the Baptizing of children into Christ... THEREFORE... YOU have to substantiate your charge... So are you just shooting blanks in darkness??? Which Biblical Doctrine does the Baptism of Children into Christ deny??? Answer me... Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    This account comes through the oral tradition of the Body of Christ... We did not start with an English translation of a Greek text that was a translation of the narratives of the actual events 1500 years AFTER they transpired... We have this witness from the participants... Does the...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    The Royal Family fled as paupers to Egypt after Mary birthed the Christ-Child... This concealed Him from Herod, remember?? Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Are you prepared to substantiate your charge? Or are you just shooting blanks in the darkness? Which Biblical Doctrine does the Baptism of Children into Christ deny??? Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Another important post, Josiah - Thank-you... . :) Arsenios
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    We are a peculiar people, as you may be figuring out... Christ was concealed in Egypt... Then in His Family that was not His Family... Even though it was His family... He broke out once as an early teen, remember? Disappeared and his parents had to go back and find Him... Talking in the...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Because Jesus is God and has no earthly relatives... He did not want anyone other than John to attend to the Blessed Virgin... It is included as a part of that Gospel... Because there is a deeper teaching in it as well... He did not give Her to Peter, for instance... Nor to Thomas or any of the...
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    Mary and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

    Not in the Middle East - You can say: "Until this present day and hour, I have never married!" It does not mean: "I am married after this day and hour..." Finger pointed shaming is not a good idea... Arsenios
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    Eastern Orthodox Only What makes an icon an icon and not just art?

    Perhaps then this might help: 1) An Icon is written, not created, by the iconographer... 2) It is Blessed by God in His Body, the Church... 3) Sometimes a parishioner CAN ask or commission an icon to be made for personal use... Most icons these days are reproductions... Hand written...
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    Eastern Orthodox Only What makes an icon an icon and not just art?

    Yes. OK... Well, a painting of a pig eating sewage painted by a Christian is one thing... And an iconic depiction of Christ Pantocrator Blessing written by a Christian iconographer is another... Does one really need a Bible verse telling you that the pig drawing and the Cathedral...
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