وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

هروبه من المجد الباطل:
سمع حاكم المنطقة يوما بفضائل موسى وأراد أن يراه فإتخذ طريقه الى شيهيت فعلم موسى (وكان متقدما فى السن) بهذه الزيارة ، ولكى يهرب من المجد الباطل إختبأ وسط البوص فى المستنقع وفى طريقه تقابل مع الحاكم وحاشيته الكريمة فقال له الحاكم: أيها الرجل العجوز هل يمكن أن تعلمنى أين توجد قلاية الأب موسى؟ فرد عليه ، وماذا تريد إذن أن تسأله فهو رجل متقدم فى الأيام وغير مستقيم. فسبب هذا الحديث قلقا للحاكم وإستمر فى طريقه وقرع باب الدير حيث كان الإخوة ينتظرونه ، فقال لهم: يا أبائى لقد سمعت كلاما كثيرا عن الأب موسى وجئت الى الصحراء لكى أراه وعلى مسافة من هذا المكان تقابلت عند المستنقع مع رجل شيخ وسألته عن قلاية الأب موسى فرد على أن فى الذهاب اليه مشقة كبيرة وهو رجل شيخ غير مستقيم ، وكان لهذه الكلمات وقع كبير فى نفوس الجميع فأخذوا يصرخون ويحتجون بشده من ترى يكون هذا الشيخ الضعيف العقل هكذا حتى يتكلم بهذه الطريقة عن الأب القديس المكرم فى كل شيهيت ، فقال الزائر العظيم أنه شيخ ضئيل الجسم كان يلبس ملابس طويلة وبالية جدا ووجهه أسمر من الشمس ، وله ذقن بيضاء طويلة ونصف رأسه خال من الشعر وعند ذلك فهموا السر فقد كان الحاكم قد تقابل مع موسى نفسه وتصنع ذلك ووصف نفسه بالكلمات المذكورة . فرجع الحاكم متأثرا جدا.

عطفه على الخطاة وعدم إدانتهم:
عندما أخطأ أخ فى الإسقيط يوما فإنعقد مجلس لإدانته وأرسلوا فى طلب موسى ليحضر فأبى وإمتنع عن الحضور ، فأتاه قس المنطقة وقال: إن الآباء ينتظرونك ظن فقام وأخذ كيسا مثقوبا وملآه رملا وحمله على ظهره وجاء الى المجلس فلما رآه الآباء قالوا له: ماهذا أيها الآب؟ فقال: هذه خطاياى وراء ظهرى تجرى دون أن أبصرها وقد جئت اليوم لأدين غيرى على خطاياه فلما سمعوا ذلك غفروا للأخ ولم يحزنوه فى شىء.

[Mary Naeem]

إخفاء تدبيره وحفظ وصية المسيح:


حدث مرة أن أعلن فى الإسقيط أن يصام أسبوع وتصادف وقتئذ أن زار موسى إخوة مصريون فأصلح لهم طبيخا يسيرا ، فلما أبصر القاطنون بجواره الدخان إشتكوا لخدام المذبح قائلين:هوذا موسى قد حل الوصية إذ أعد طبيخا ، فطمآنهم أولئك قائلين: بمشيئة الرب يوم السبت سوف نكلمه ، فلما كان السبت وعلموا السبب قالوا لموسى أمام المجمع : أيها الآب موسى : حقا لقد ضحيت بوصية الناس فى سبيل إتمام وصية الله.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


Baptism is the Task of the Clergymen


Baptism should be administered by a canonical clergyman. The Holy Bible shows us that the Lord Jesus Christ did not commend the task of baptism to the public but commanded it to His pure Apostles. Before His ascension, He said to them: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt.28: 19). This is also confirmed in (Mark.16: 15,16).

It is very clear that it was the Apostles who undertook the task of baptism as we read in the Book of Acts in the spread of the Early Church. Then the Apostles commanded the task to their disciples the bishops who in turn commanded it to the priests.
For these reasons we do not accept a baptism which was not administered by a clergyman. The clergyman should be an canonical clergyman in the sense that the laying on of hands was carried out by an apostolic and a canonical bishop. He should not be an expelled nor an anathematized priest, but a priest who has the Presbyterian to administer the Sacraments.
The above reasons are our answers to the question, repeatedly asked of us: “why do the Orthodox Church re-baptise the converts from the Protestant denominations”?
We could also say that we adorn them with all the spiritual treasures which they did not receive when accepted their
Protestant baptism. We usually ask of them: "Have you received salvation in your baptism? Have you received righteousness, newness of life and the forgiveness of sins? Have you been clothed with Christ in baptism? Have you been born anew? Especially that you did not consider baptism to carry with it any of those graces
We also repeat the non-Orthodox baptism as a canonical priest did not conduct it, while our Protestant brethren refute human priesthood, as well as the teaching of the holy sacraments.
While it may have been administered in the Name of The Holy Trinity , we tend not to call the baptism of a Protestant convert “a re-baptism” as it lackes three important qualities:
(a) It was not administered by a clergyman
(b) It was not considered a Sacrament
(c) It was not considered to carry any spiritual efficacious

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


Baptism should be administered by a canonical clergyman. The Holy Bible shows us that the Lord Jesus Christ did not commend the task of baptism to the public but commanded it to His pure Apostles. Before His ascension, He said to them: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt.28: 19). This is also confirmed in (Mark.16: 15,16).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


It is very clear that it was the Apostles who undertook the task of baptism as we read in the Book of Acts in the spread of the Early Church. Then the Apostles commanded the task to their disciples the bishops who in turn commanded it to the priests.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


For these reasons we do not accept a baptism which was not administered by a clergyman. The clergyman should be an canonical clergyman in the sense that the laying on of hands was carried out by an apostolic and a canonical bishop. He should not be an expelled nor an anathematized priest, but a priest who has the Presbyterian to administer the Sacraments.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


“why do the Orthodox Church re-baptise the converts from the Protestant denominations”?
We could also say that we adorn them with all the spiritual treasures which they did not receive when accepted their
Protestant baptism. We usually ask of them: "Have you received salvation in your baptism? Have you received righteousness, newness of life and the forgiveness of sins? Have you been clothed with Christ in baptism? Have you been born anew? Especially that you did not consider baptism to carry with it any of those graces
We also repeat the non-Orthodox baptism as a canonical priest did not conduct it, while our Protestant brethren refute human priesthood, as well as the teaching of the holy sacraments.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


“While it may have been administered in the Name of The Holy Trinity , we tend not to call the baptism of a Protestant convert “a re-baptism” as it lackes three important qualities:
(a) It was not administered by a clergyman
(b) It was not considered a Sacrament
(c) It was not considered to carry any spiritual efficacious

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


“ The Necessity of Baptism Ever Since the Establishment of the Church




Since the beginning of Christianity, baptism has been an inseparable part of accepting the . Especially that it is an undisputed commandment by Christ Himself.

His Holy and imperative commandment is “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt.28: 19). He also commanded: "He who believes and is baptised will be saved" (Mark. 16:16). If baptism were meant to be only a sign, the Lord would have not given it all that importance.

Regarding the practical administration of baptism, when the Jews believed on the Day of Pentecost, St. Peter immediately called them to baptism. He said: "Repent, and let every one of you be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins" (Acts 2:38). On that day 3000 believers were baptised. Undoubtedly, baptising that multitude was a tedious and difficult task and must have taken a long time. Unless baptism was so important for Salvation the Apostles would of bypassed it, avoiding the hassel of baptising all these thousands, and we have discussed this issue before here on st-takla.org in other pages. It would have been easier for the Apostles to say: "Since you now believe, brethren, you have received salvation. Go, the Lord's blessing be with you."

We find the same situation with the Ethiopian eunuch who himself asked to be baptised immediately after he had believed. He was baptised by Philip and went on his way rejoicing (Acts 8: 36-39).

Saul of Tarsus was called to be baptised to wash away his sins after he had believed (Acts 22:16). Lydia, the woman dealer of purple cloth was baptised together with all her household after they had believed. When Cornelius believed, Peter the Apostle baptised him together with all those who heard the message, after saying: "Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptised who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" (Acts 10: 44,47)

If salvation was to only be attained through belief, why were all those who believed baptised?

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Since the beginning of Christianity, baptism has been an inseparable part of accepting the . Especially that it is an undisputed commandment by Christ Himself.

His Holy and imperative commandment is “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt.28: 19). He also commanded: "He who believes and is baptised will be saved" (Mark. 16:16). If baptism were meant to be only a sign, the Lord would have not given it all that importance.