Blasphemy and atonement in Christianity
Part One: Blasphemy and Atonement in the Bible:
The Book of Sirach 16:7
In the assembly of sinners a fire burns, And in the ungodly nation wrath burns.
1 Maccabees 7:9
He and the blasphemous Alcimus, whom he had made the priesthood, and commanded to take vengeance on the children of Israel.
2 Maccabees 4:13
And the inclination to the customs of the Greeks, and the imitation of the manners of foreigners, was strong in the ungodliness of Jason, who was an ungodly man , and not a high priest. 2
Maccabees 8:14
And others sold all that remained to them, and they prayed to the Lord to deliver them from the ungodly Nicanor, who sold them before the meeting.
2 Maccabees 10:4
And after
2 Maccabees 13:4 But the King of kings
stirred up the wrath of Antiochus against that ungodly man ; Lysias was convinced that the man was the cause of all these misfortunes, so he ordered him to be taken to Berea to be killed according to the custom of the country
Part Two: Blasphemy and Atonement in the Lives of the Fathers and Persecution
1 - Pope John III:
It happened that the governor - who was Saeed bin Yazid - went to Alexandria, as is the custom of those who assume authority, to collect its taxes without the patriarch’s permission being informed of his arrival, so he did not go out to meet him. Then a group of evil Greeks, led by Theophanes, the husband of the sister of Theodosius of Chalcedon, sought him out and said to the governor that the patriarch refused to honor you because of his excessive arrogance, his increasing pride, and his abundant wealth. The governor became angry and summoned him and made him stand before him and asked him about the reason for his delay in going out to meet him, but he replied that he did not know. The governor was disturbed by his anger and handed him over to his soldiers until he paid one hundred thousand dinars. Among those who received him was a man called Saad, who was merciless and hard-hearted. He took him to his house on the first day of Good Friday (the beginning of Holy Week) to torture him until he paid the money.
The Patriarch did not acquire money because it is the root of all evil, so he said to them, “Do whatever you want with my body, for my soul is in God’s hand.” When the infidel heard that, he became extremely angry with the Pope and ordered that a copper vessel filled with coals be brought to him. He made the Patriarch stand before him to ask where the money was, until the fat of his feet melted from the force of the fire, but the Patriarch did not move and did not utter a word of distress
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-S...John-III_.html
2- Pope Cyril I:
He is the nephew of Pope Theophilus, the 23rd Patriarch. He was raised by his uncle in the Theological School of Alexandria, then his uncle sent him to the Monastery of Saint Macarius in the desert, where he studied at the hands of the holy monk elders for five years... Then his uncle ordained him a deacon, appointed him a preacher, and made him his scribe. He responded to the slander of the infidel Emperor Julian in his ten works. 3- Didymus the Blind : Because of his many works and
the many disciples he had, and the sighted ones he spoke to, he was called “the blind and seeing one.” When this great scholar grew old, his grief was deep for the Christians who were under the persecution of Julian the infidel. He would spend entire days in prayer and fasting so that God would lift this calamity from his people. His body became exhausted and wasted from the abundance of knowledge, learning, and teaching. He slept, and while he was asleep, he heard a voice from above saying to him, “Get up and tell Athanasius that the palace is dead.” So he wrote down the date and the hour in which he heard this voice, and it was exactly the same time in which Julian the infidel was killed . https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...Story_937.html 4- The Martyr Domicius: Shapor Arsaces II, the Persian king, was peaceful with the Roman state and paid tribute to Emperor Constantine, but he attacked the infidel Emperor Julian and prepared an army to fight the Romans. Julian offered sacrifices to his idols in the city of Cassius, which is six miles from Antioch, where the idol Apollon is located. The infidel emperor headed out, accompanied by fortune-tellers and magicians, and the Roman army marched to meet the Persians. https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...Story_927.html 5- Apolides, the Roman Patriarch: This saint was a virtuous and perfect man.. His news reached the ears of the infidel King Claudius
Caesar arrested him and beat him severely...
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...-Story_78.html
6- The martyr Basililia:
She was arrested when she was nine years old, ... This was during the days of the infidel Diocletian .
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...Story_460.html
7- The martyr Eusaginus:
He was a soldier during the reign of King Constantine the Great... This soldier lived until he was one hundred and twenty years old, and he reached the time of the infidel Julian .
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...Story_372.html
8- Margaret of Antioch "
She grew up in the city of Antioch... Diocletian was the ruler of the country and was known for his ferocity in persecuting Christians... He saw her beauty and decided to take her as his wife no matter what it cost him... When the soldiers arrested her, she began to pray, saying: O Lord Jesus Christ, save me from the hand of this unclean infidel ...
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...Story_1600.html
9- Martyrs of Esna
The governor crossed the city with his soldiers from the sea gate (north) until he reached the southern gate, which they called the Gate of Thanksgiving, from which the masses went to Mount Agathon (the Good Mountain) with their bishop to worship. But at this gate he found an old woman sleeping on her bed, her age and health not allowing her to accompany the people, so he asked her: "Where did the people of the city go?" She answered him, saying: "When they heard In the presence of the infidel governor Arianus , who came here to kill the Christians, persecute them, and force them to worship idols, they went to Mount Agathon.
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...tory_1175.html
10 - The martyr Claudius
was beloved by all the people of Antioch for his good image and courage. Because of their love for him, they made a picture of him and hung it on the gate of the city of Antioch. When Diocletian became an infidel and incited persecution against the Christians, this saint agreed with Saint Buktor, son of Romanus, to be martyred for the sake of the name of Christ.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...-Bawoonah.html
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Reply: Blasphemy and Atonement in Christianity
Part Three: Blasphemy and Atonement in Christian Books and Writings of the Fathers
1 - It is stated in the book “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s” (Series of Articles by Anba Sawirus, Patriarch of Antioch 18) - Youssef Habib, which states:
If you find someone who swears by our Lord and God Jesus Christ, then he is the rejected dinar, as he deviates from the true character towards an infidel by the duality of the two natures after the unspeakable union. Immediately ponder this question: “Whose image is this? And ask if it is not truly from God, for whoever is so is separated from God.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...7-Picture.html
2- Sayings of Saint Cyprian the Martyr about: Do we not trust in the promise of God?!: Behold, God speaks to you. Do you hesitate without faith with the thinking of an infidel
? Behold, God promises you immortality and eternity by your departure from this world, do you doubt?!
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...-Promises.html
3- The Book of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (His Life - His Articles for Those Seeking Baptism - The Mysteries) - Father Tadros Yacoub Malaty
Chapter Fifteen: The Almighty: God the Great and Powerful:
Riches, gold and silver do not belong to the devil as some think (13), but “all the riches of the world belong to the believer, but the unbeliever has not a penny” (Prov. 17:6 LXX). No one is an unbeliever like the devil, .
https://st-takla.org/books/fr-tadros.../almighty.html
4- The Book of the Imitation of Christ - Monk Thomas Akembes (Thomas of Kempis)
It is useful for me that “shame has covered my face” (Psalm 68:8), so that I may seek my consolation in You and not in people. ..And I also learned from that, to be afraid of your judgments that examine, for you strike the righteous with the unbeliever , but not without justice and fairness.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...ds-Hands.html
5- Father Tadros Yacoub Malaty’s interpretation of the Book of Revelation:
Jezebel was an unbeliever and a pagan in her inner thought, pushing others toward evil.
https://st-takla.org/pub_Bible-Inter...hapter-02.html
6- Father Tadros Yacoub Malaty’s interpretation of the Book of Micah, Chapter 4: “
And you, O tower, the shepherd of the daughter of Zion, your time will come.” These words refer to Zedekiah the infidel king , quoted from Saint Ephrem the Syrian
https://st-takla.org/pub_Bible-Inter...hapter-04.html
7- The Book of the Martyrs Abba Sarapamon and Abba Didymus - Saint Youssef Habib
After four days, the infidel ruler rose and sat on the platform of judgment. Then he ordered that the Christians in prison be brought to him. They brought them to him in rows and stood before him. The blessed Abba Didymus the priest was also with them.... When the infidel ruler saw them , he became furious....
https://st-takla.org/books/youssef-h...s/threats.html
The descriptions of the infidelity of the same ruler were repeated in other pages of the book, such as: And he will surely rejoice All the saints for you, and for your struggle in the name of Christ, against this infidel ruler (Chapter 6)
- but do not let me die now before I am disgraced by thisThe Infidel Ruler and His Idols Made by Man (Chapter 7)
- The infidel ruler was enraged and ordered that his fingernails and toenails be pulled out; then they brought hot vinegar and ashes and poured them on his wounds (Chapter 10)
8- Research on the story of the search for the Holy Cross - A. Pauline Todry, the well-known interpreter of the Bible:
Other sources from which I drew the story of the search for the Holy Cross came from the lives of the saints "The Saints' Lives", and from some neglected writings, which mention that Queen Helena found the cross during the time of Bishop Macarius, Bishop of Jerusalem, with the help of a Jewish person named Judas. This Jew is mentioned about him that he converted to Christianity, was ordained a bishop of Jerusalem under the name Kyriakos, and was then martyred during the era of Julian the Infidel .
https://st-takla.org/books/pauline-t...nuscripts.html
9- The Book of the Comfort of the Believers - Saint Archdeacon Habib Girgis:
Whoever is afflicted with such a calamity finds his consolation only in faith. For the infidel finds no consolation in anything. Because he believes in nothing and does not lean on the eternal rock of the ages.
https://st-takla.org/books/habib-guidance/wife.html
10 – The Book of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem - Father Tadros Yacoub Malaty:
As we said before, he was followed by the infidel " Mani", this one who gathered all the evils of heresies. This one who represents the vile abyss of destruction, gathering the principles of all heretics, and worked and taught with new errors, and dared to call himself "the Comforter" whom Christ promised to send.
https://st-takla.org/books/fr-tadros...il/spirit.html
11- Introduction to Patristic Science: Patrology - Father Athanasius Fahmy George: The heretical
infidel Arius attended,and at the time of the council he was nearly sixty years old, and with him were his supporters, including Eusebius, Bishop of Nicomedia.
https://st-takla.org/books/fr-athnas...acanacioc.html
12- The book “Quick Glimpses in the Gospel of Mark” - Father Boutros Al-Baramousy
The Jews revolted against the Romans, desiring liberation and independence in the year 70 AD, so they sent an army led by Titus the Roman (son of Emperor Vespasian and during his reign) who besieged Jerusalem for about four months, then demolished its walls, fortresses, and the temple and burned everything in it. When they wanted to renovate the temple (during the reign of the infidel Emperor Julian ), they brought building materials.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...dy-40-End.html
13 - Letter of Pope Philotheos the Sixty-Third:
To say that the Divinity inevitably suffers or dies is a corrupt, bad and blasphemous statement , because the nature of the Divinity is simple, spiritual, not material, free from matter and not composite, and therefore unlimited and incomprehensible, and it is the nature of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, so it is not subject to pain and death.
https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-O...tory_1365.html
14 - It is stated in the Synaxarium of Pope Kyrollos, the Pillar of Faith :
When the heresy of Nestorius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, appeared, who assumed the throne in 428 AD, during the days of Emperor Theodosius II, who denied that the Virgin Mary is the Mother of God, an ecumenical council of two hundred bishops met for him in the city of Ephesus during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II, known as the Younger. Saint Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, headed this council and discussed Nestorius, showed him his blasphemy , and threatened him with excommunication and exclusion from his throne if he did not recant his corrupt opinion.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti.../03-Abeeb.html
15- Book: The Apostle Saint Mark by Pope Shenouda.
It is mentioned in the book “Murooj Al-Akhbar” by Father Farman the Jesuit about Saint Mark [And God blessed his zeal in a wonderful way. Because the land that was covered by the darkness of unbelief
and vice, was transformed by the preaching of Saint Mark the Evangelist into a heavenly paradise in which the sun of justice shines] https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...ypt-Faith.html
16 - The Book of the Inevitability of the Divine Incarnation by Helmy El-Qums Yaqoub
Ignatius of Antioch said: He is a disciple of Peter the Apostle, and he said, “They say about him (Christ) that he is a body without a soul, and they say that the divinity is his soul. Do you see that the divinity left him and he died in the body in its entirety? Let now those who say this blasphemy be exposed, and let them hear the word of the Lord that my soul is sorrowful even to death.”
Part Four: Blasphemy and Atonement in the Books of Daphne and the Coptic Library
1- Daphne, the eighth day of the blessed month of Mesori, the consecration of the Church of Saint Barbara the Martyr:
There was in the time of the hypocritical king, Maximianus, the son of Satan. An infidel man who worshipped the detestable and unclean idols. He had a believing daughter. She is Saint Barbara, the wise girl. She rejected this easy time. She hoped to win eternal life. She did not fear her father's tyranny, nor his cruelty, nor his punishment. Rather, she confessed Jesus Christ.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...08-Mesraa.html
2- Daphne, the third day of the blessed month of Baouneh, the repose of Saint Martha the Ascetic:
This blessed man wept over Julius the king. For his worship of idols and his evil deeds. The king answered him, saying. If I am an infidel and a heretic to you, since I worship the crucified One. I let them torture you. With the greatest torture and punishment, until you abandon his worship
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...-Bawoonah.html
3- Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem:
He continued to shepherd the people of Jerusalem in the best way until Maximianus the infidel arrested him and tortured him with all kinds of tortures, then imprisoned him. When Gordianus reigned, he released him.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...-Orchalim.html
4- Daphnar, the third day of the blessed month of Alep, the departure of Anba Kyrollos, Patriarch of Alexandria:
This is for the sake of righteous zeal. He was participating in helping with the wise Patriarch. In demolishing the heretical heretics. Those who became first and head in the renewal of Nestorius the infidel to God. The madman in truth.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti.../03-Babah.html
5- Daphnar, the nineteenth day of the month of Babah: Theophilus and his wife in Fayoum:
These two were in the time of persecution, which was stirred up by Diocletian. They were residing in the city of Fayoum... As they cried out, saying. Before the hypocritical governor, we are Christians, we believe in our Lord Jesus, and that unclean infidel . Tortured them and shed their blood for the sake of Christ.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti.../19-Babah.html
6- Epsalia, the testimony of the saints Peter and Paul the Apostles:
Great is the dignity of the apostles, our father Peter and our teacher Paul, who accepted the labor of tortures for the name of Jesus Christ. Our humble father Peter completed his struggle well on the blessed fifth day of Abib in the days of the infidel Nero .
https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...n-St-Paul.html
7- The prayer of Adam for the group of female martyrs who were martyred on one day: And also the infidel
king spoke to them saying, “Deny your angel who is called Christ.” After this, the brides did not disobey the king and believed in the blessed Christ, the King of Glory.
https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...e-Martyrs.html
8- Saint Anastasia:
It happened that some of the convents of virgins near the monastery where this saint lived were celebrating one of the feasts. So the abbess took her with some of the virgins and they went to participate in that feast. While they were going, this saint saw the soldiers of the infidel king Decius. They tortured some Christians and dragged them on the ground. Her heart burned.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti.../01-Babah.html
9- Saint Moses and his sister Sarah:
During the time of the persecution of the infidel king Syrianus , the tyrant and heretic. Moses left his monastery and went to his sister. They agreed together and came to Alexandria. They confessed Christ our God. She removed their heads and they received the heavenly crowns.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti...26-Mesraa.html
10- Daphnar, the eighth day of the month of Babah . When the infidel Decius
reigned . And worshipped idols, he ordered the Christians, throughout the world, to worship his gods.
https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Copti.../08-Babah.html
Re: Infidelity and atonement in Christianity Section Five: Infidelity is sung in hymns 1- The hymn of Saint Refka and her five children: In their town of Qus, they distributed their wealth, in the name of their God, Refka and her children went to the infidels , with all joy and Jesus the Almighty, with them and with her The governor saw them, was astonished and cried out Come, O Refka and her children, how far is your heart, return your children and I will increase you, How many blessings she said to him , O infidel , we are great and our groom is capable, we refuse your gifts https://st-takla.org/lyrics/ar/praise/raa/refka.html 2- Words of praise for the two martyrs Barbara and Juliana: Barbara the girl, pure and chaste, from a pagan family Her father was an infidel , he loved her abundantly, he built her a luxurious palace https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...Juliana-2.html 3- Lyrics of a hymn while the glorious disciples were washing the supper: While the glorious disciples were being enlightened while washing the supper, the infidel Judas was being darkened by the disease of love of money, and he was handing you, the just judge, over to wicked judges. https://st-takla.org/lyrics/ar/songs/baa/baynama.html 4- Words of praise to the martyr Demiana I chose forty virgins described as pure and you won the grace and spoke skillfully until you made the soldiers shameful from your actions when you followed the worshiped one, O virgin and pure one. Also, Mark, your father, when he followed the infidel, you turned him back with your meanings and your dazzling words https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...Dimiana-2.html 5- Words of glorification of Anba Serapamon, the martyr, Bishop of Nikos The treacherous devil rose up and stirred up persecution as usual with the righteous, fighting the man of jihad, so the infidel King Diocletian sought him out, so he went like a roaring lion to confront Arianus https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...-Al-Oskof.html 6- Words of glorification of the martyr Mar George the Roman With his help, the brave have triumphed over The infidels are the enemies of religion, and He treated the disease with His ointment of steadfastness , so the infidels were amazed. The infidel is still in his tyranny, despite the performance of all these signs to compel him and his great infidelity. He requested that chairs be turned into trees. https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...of-Rome-4.html 7- Words of glorification of the martyr Demiana When the infidel king heard these words from her, he ordered all the soldiers to undo the hair of her head From your torment, you infidels, you idol worshippers . https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...a-Dimiana.html 8- Words of glorification of the amazing martyr Marimina: I came to dispel your infidelity , my master the martyr Abu Mina. As for the infidel king , he ruled with his unjust judgment that they should torture the pure martyr, my master the martyr Abu Mina
https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...ariMena-4.html
9 - Praise of Ishaq Al-Dafrawy 18- The infidel
governor said that you are like a magician, so I answered him, O Taher , I believe in the Holy One, the Savior of souls, our Master, B. Christos
https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritua...l-Dafrawy.html
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