Coptic Orthodox Liturgy in English
I have not usually ever recorded our celebration of the Liturgy. But on this happy occasion when I was praying with Father Hedra Fahmy in Stoke, on Saturday 17th September,…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 9
On the Incarnation – Chapter 9 Text 1. For the Word had seen that there was no other way that the corruption of men could be undone except by the…
What sort of person should we be?
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. 2 Peter 3:11 In the calendar of…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 8
On the Incarnation – Chapter 8 Text 1. For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God came into our world, even though he was not…
An Orthodox Response to Sola Scriptura
I am often engaged in conversation with Protestants and Evangelicals of various different backgrounds, and almost invariably the discussion will come down to a difference of opinion about authority. In…
Do we need the Church?
The idea that Christians do not need the Church and can find spiritual life and sure guidance without membership of any organised community of believers is a very recent but…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 7
On the Incarnation – Chapter 7 Text 1. But just as this consequence must needs hold, so, too, on the other side the just claims of God lie against it:…
There is only one Christian life
At a recent service I was describing the Orthodox Christian life as I understand it, and as the Fathers teach it. It is union with God in Christ by the…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 6
On the Incarnation – Chapter 6 Text 1. For this cause, then, death having gained upon men, and corruption abiding upon them, the race of man was perishing; the rational…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 5
On the Incarnation – Chapter 5 Text 1. For God has not only made us out of nothing; but He gave us freely, by the Grace of the Word, a…