وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

v هب لي أن ألتقي بأبنائك الحكماء،
فأَتعلَّم منهم الطهارة، وأَتمتَّع بصداقة بنَّاءة.
يحلو لنا الحديث معًا عنك وعن شريعتك.

[Mary Naeem]

v نتمسَّك بوعودك الإلهية،
وننمو في مخافتك، ونستعذب حبك!
لا أستخفّ بفقيرٍ ولا بعاملٍ بسيط،
إذ أرى صورتك تتلألأ في قلوبهم،
وفرحك مُعلَن على ملامحهم.

[Mary Naeem]

v لأصمت فتسمع صوت قلبي، وأنصت إلى كلامك.
لا أستعذب الثرثرة مع إنسانٍ، ولا أسلك بروح التهور.
بروحك القدوس يتشكَّل كياني يومًا فيومًا،
لتتجلَّى أيقونتك فيّ، وأَتأهَّل للعُرْسِ السماوي!

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III






The Divinity of Christ
The Divinity of Christ is one of the most important and vital subjects in the Christian doctrine. Many heresies rose against it in various eras, and the Church confronted them and replied to them. The most dangerous was the Arian Heresy which reached its peak in the fourth century and led to many Ecumenical Councils being held, The first Ecumenical Council in history was held in 325 AD, attended by 318 bishops from all the churches of the world. Arius and his heresy were refuted, and the Christian Creed was formulated. Nevertheless, the residues of Arianism have continued to spread even till this day.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III








Many atheist philosophers and scientists rose against the Divinity of Christ, as we have discussed this issue before here on st-takla.org in other sections. The heresy of Jehovah's Witnesses rose against the Divinity of Christ. It was founded, as alleged, in Pennsylvania, America, in 1872. Then in 1909 its headquarters moved to New York where a community was established under the name of "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society". They published many books, the most important of which are: Let God Be True, The Truth Shall Set You Free, The Harp of God, The Rich Man, Deliverance, Creation, The New Heaven and the New Earth, Government and Peace, Protection, Reconciliation, and various other publications called Tracts.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Many of the saints faced these objections and were, contemporary with the Arian Movement. Among them were:
(1) Saint Athanasius the Apostolic who wrote Contra Arianos,
(2) Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers who wrote a treatise against the Arians called De Trinitate,
(3) Saint Basil the Great,
(4) Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa,
(5) Saint Gregory Theologus of Nazianzum who wrote theological treatises and
(6) Saint Cyril of Jerusalem who delivered lectures to the catechecumens.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III






(Rom. 9:5): St. Paul the Apostle said in his discourse about the Jews: "and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God Amen. " The phrase 'over al' gives power to Christ's Divinity; He is not God of certain people only, as the pagan gods are. And the expression 'eternally' signifies the continuity of His worship and the infinity of His Divinity.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


(Jn. 1: 1): In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God " Although Jehovah's Witnesses, in their heterodoxy, say: 66 and the Word was a God", yet they do not deny the Divinity of Christ and consider Him second to Jehovah. In order not to enter into translation controversies with them, we say that their mere belief that He is a God leads to the fact that He is God, because there is only One God

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


(Matt. 1:23)
: The angel was referring to Isaiah's prophecy: "'Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel'. Which is translated, 'God with us"' (Is. 7:14). The fact that Christ is 'God with us' is an obvious profession of His Divinity. That is why the prophet Isaiah explains this meaning when he says

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III




(Is. 9:6)
: "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (v.6). It is probably the phrase 'Mighty God in this verse that has made Jehovah's Witnesses say that Christ is a Mighty God, although in their opinion, He is not God. Strangely enough, this verse is from the Book of Isaiah in which the clauses: "I am the Lord and there is no other; there is no God besides Me" are repeated many times (Is.45:5,6,21,22)