Theologians, please do not be upset


هذه هى المدونه الأولى باللغة العربيه ، بعدما طلب منى القراء ترجمتها ، اتمنى الفائدة الروحية للجميع
Theologians, please do not be upset

أرجو عدم زعل اللاهوتيون
I recently attended a conference about Bible doctrine and the Church Fathers. Here is what I noticed: The Religious science used to be a window for the believers to transform their hearts and minds. “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2

The Writing of St. Athanasius, St. Cyril and others are not meant to be a way to study hypotheses and create new theories, but are meant to be “Lex Credendi”[i] Which means, the way we believe in God, the true faith. Writing a paper about the writing of one of one of the saints should not occur without bringing it to our daily life, and how we believers can feed this knowledge into daily practice, bringing us closer to God.
St. Antony for us is not only the very fine portrait written story by St. Athanasius, it is St. Anthony’s life which changed St. Augustine after he wanted to commit a sin with a girl and then he read the life of St. Anthony when he said, “here you are seeking the wrong person as the person you are seeking is dead now.” It is the life of St. Antony which changed people. It is the life of St. Athanasius who counted himself as a having great blessings just by pouring water to wash St. Antony’s hands. This is the life of discipleship which changed those and their audience to the true knowledge of Christ.
لقد حضرت مؤخرا مؤتمرا عن تفسير الكتاب المقدس وآباء الكنيسه الكبار ، ولاحظت مايلى :
أن كانت العلوم الكنسية موجوده فهى موجوده لتكون نافذه تساعد المؤمنون على تفيير قلوبهم وعقولهم " ولا تشاكلوا هذا الدهر، بل تغيروا عن شكلكم بتجديد أذهانكم، لتختبروا ما هي إرادة الله: الصالحة المرضية الكاملة: روميه 12: 2.



ان كتابات القديس أثناسيوس والقديس كيرلس وغيرهم لم يكن الهدف منها وضع قاعده أو نظريه جديده انما كانت تعنى شئ واحد وهو مايسمى فى اللاتينى ب "ليكس كريدنتى"[ii] اى الايمان السليم، طريقه ايماننا بالله الايمان المستقيم. ان كتابه رساله عن كتابات هؤلاء القديسون يجب أن تكون ممزوجه بالحياة اليوميه . وكيف يمكن للمؤمن أن يستفيد من هذه المعلومات فى حياته اليوميه، حتى تاتى بالانسان وتساعده فى القربه (أن يكون قريب 
من الله)  الى الله.


  القديس أنطونيوس ليس فقط قطعه فنيه كتبت لنا من القديس أثناسيوس ، بل ان حياه أنطونيوس هى التى غيرت القديس أغسطينوس عنما قراءها وكان ينظر فتاة ليمارس معها الخطيه وعندما طرقت بابه أعلمها أن اغسطينوس القديم غير موجود بل ميت" هى حياة انطونيوس التى غيرت الناس. هى حياه أثناسيوس الذى اعتبر نفسه فى أخذا بركه عظيمة لأنه سكب الماء على يد أنطونيوس. هى حياه التلمذة التلا غيرت هؤلاء ومن يسمعهم ايضا لمعرفة ربنا يسوع المسيح المعرفه الحقيقة. 
I do not know its source, if you know let me know and I will add its source here
 “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 18:3 


Hopefully the next conferences done about Church Fathers we learn from them not only by singing in opera form their about their writing, but singing their lives when we follow them. 

 Would that your life be source of transforming others. 

"  وقال: الحق أقول لكم: إن لم ترجعوا وتصيروا مثل الأولاد فلن تدخلوا ملكوت السماوات" متى 18: 3  

أتمنى أن المؤتمرات القادمة عن أباء الكنيسة بدلا من أن نتغنى 
بكتابتهم كقطعه أوبرالية  بل نتغنى بتتبعنا لحياتهم .


  هل من اللمكن أن تكون سبب لتعير الآخرين .



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