Catechism Coptic Church 2009

Discussion of the topics or questions, not necessarily answers yet, about what a newly baptized need to learn about the coptic orthodox church.

BECOME self-conscious: not in any egotistical sense but by becoming aware of our existence as an act of God’s creation.

become self-conscious: not in any egotistical sense but by becoming aware of our existence as an act of God’s creation.

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The Difference Between Soul and Spirit

Although in the West “spirit” and “soul” are used interchangeably, in the New Testament and the theology of Eastern Christianity they are different. The word translated “soul” is psyche, the psychic nature which includes the mind and the intellect, the astral and causal bodies. The word translated “spirit” is pneuma, which is the pure consciousness, the spirit itself. So you can see that they are quite different.
— Read on ocoy.org/the-difference-between-soul-and-spirit/

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Soul, consciousness, self, spirit

www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-soul-self-spirit-and-consciousness/answer/Gian-Kumar-1

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Book Review: Jesus: A Biography From A Believer By Paul Johnson – California Literary Review

Jesus of Nazareth started to preach and heal the sick when he “was beginning about the age of thirty years,” according to St. Luke’s Gospel. Of his early life during the first decades of the 1st Century, almost nothing is known. His ministry to the poor and troubled inhabitants of Galilee, Samaria and Judea lasted a mere three years. Then, after arousing the suspicion and anger of the ruling elite, he was crucified, died and was buried. In one of the strangest twists of human history, what should have been the end of the story was just the start.
— Read on calitreview.com/book-review-jesus-a-biography-from-a-believer-by-paul-johnson/

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Review of the book “Jesus” by Paul Johnson

nationalpost.com/afterword/book-review-jesus-a-biography-from-a-believer-by-paul-johnson

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What are the beatitudes? | GotQuestions.org

What are the beatitudes? What is the meaning of all the ‘blessed be’ statements at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount?
— Read on www.gotquestions.org/beatitudes.html

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What are the seven woes of Matthew 23? | GotQuestions.org

What are the seven woes of Matthew 23? What is the meaning of the seven woes that Jesus pronounced against the scribes and Pharisees?
— Read on www.gotquestions.org/seven-woes.html

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