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To: Cronos
Cronos from #796: "3. The Coptics DID break away in terms of a schism --> it was not power-politics, if you read the details of the councils the issue was over the nature of God "

According to Coptic history, it was Copts who held fast to their original beliefs, and the Orthodox at Chalcedon who wandered off into heresy.
Of course, I have no dog in this fight, but it does seem to me Copts have a stronger case.

Again, my argument is that none of these differences in theological opinions could matter a whit in the Eyes of Christ, but Christians rejecting and persecuting other Christians over such disputes must surely force out of Him tears of blood.

926 posted on 03/23/2010 11:40:27 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK

“but it does seem to me Copts have a stronger case” ==> why do you say that? Actually, I would modify what I said to a mutual schism — there was a problem of language to a large extent.


927 posted on 03/23/2010 6:49:47 PM PDT by Cronos (Origen(200AD)"The Church received from theApostles the tradition of giving Baptism even to infants")
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