Today, if you hear anyone in the Church of Antioch, anyone at all, keeping any good off of others, you should understand that he is speaking a language foreign to our heritage. Do not be fooled by appearances! Do not be deceived by positions! Extremism is not of Antioch’s nature. I know that today we ...
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Christian unity
Orthodoxy
I followed some loathsome statements hurled by people among us at activities in which the organizers sought to promote Christians’ unity. Those who are perfect have the suffering of Christ in themselves. History does not go backward! If it were to do so, I would have loved to know the opinion of those who had ...
Read moreUnity of the Christians
I mention, with sadness, that we have not succeeded, in this great East, in completing any serious contribution, that was started among us by great Elders, for the unity of Christians. I am not only talking about unity between East and West, but also about healing the rift that occurred in our own home, first ...
Read moreWith One Voice
I do not know where we were last night, in the Forum de Beirut or some other place to which the Spirit of God had captured us. Chanters, from several churches, were gathered to chant, with one voice, to God, our One God. This is the third day of the Week of Prayer for Christian ...
Read moreThe Mystery of the Church
Of those I met in this wide expanse, are relative brethren, some of whom I did not know were here. We met in our home, in the Church. How wondrous is the mystery of the Church! How wondrous is her ability to break the boundaries between people, regardless of their origin, color, or gender… wondrous ...
Read moreTogether in the Depth
I was late in discovering the Christians in other Churches. I was slow to run to a sycamore tree that would help me see the Christ Who dwells with them and in them. In the early years of my commitment, words about them were tenacious that they believed only in themselves. I remember that one ...
Read moreBeing of One Mind
When the Apostle called us to be joined together in the same mind (1 Corinthians 1: 10), he knew that those who sell themselves to the beast are also of one mind (Revelation 17:13). In Christianity, being of one mind does not mean that people agree on everything, but that they reject the mind of ...
Read moreGod is One
The first title, which occurred to me before I wrote these lines, was: "the Unity of Christians". My intention was not to write about the desired unity, but about what can make us deserve it, that is, about the openness we need to have at a time when many do not see any good in ...
Read moreCommunion in Love
One of my committed friends told me that he had told a priest who is serving them with new fervor, about a regeneration work taking place in another Church. The story seemed out of place! He who was hearing it replied its conveyor: “it seems that you are unaware of the activity taking place in ...
Read moreA Word to Christians
I am singling you out with these quick lines. It is not my concern to set you apart from our other peers whom I love as much as I love you, but rather to remind you of your heritage without which we have no salvation. I do not think there is a heritage in the ...
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