Author: The Late Thrice Blessed Pope Shenouda III

The Bible says “So the Master commended the unjust steward” (Luke 16:8). How did the Lord commend the unjust steward?

The Lord did not commend all his actions, He only commended his wisdom.    The conclusion of this verse says “so the master commended the unjust steward because he had done wisely”. This man was prepared for whatever the future might bring him before he was discharged from his stewardship. This readiness in this parable …

Could the iniquity of the fathers visit the children as the Bible says in (Ex. 20:5) and as we say “The fathers ate sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

The fathers can hand down to their children physically the result of their sins or sicknesses. The parent could sin and as a result of his or her sin they may have contract a sickness and then the son or the daughter could inherit that sickness. The children could be stricken by mental or neurological …

What is the meaning of the statement of the Lord “I am the door of the sheep all who ever come before Me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them ” (John 10:7-8). Is it believable to say about all the prophets that came before Him that th

The Lord Christ, absolutely did not mean by this statement the prophets. Here He talked about those who did not enter from the door by saying “I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber” (John …

Who were the three that Abraham the patriarch hosted in Genesis 18? Were they the Holy Trinity? Was Abraham’s worshipping them an indication of that? He talked to them at times in plural and at other times in singular, is that a proof for the Trinity?

We cannot say that these three were the Holy Trinity. For there is no clear separation in the Trinity as it is the case here. The Son says “I and My Father are One. ” (John 10:30) and says “I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; He who has seen Me has …

How can the Lord Christ be the maker of peace and the king of peace, and at the same time tell His disciples “he who has no sword let him sell his garment and buy one.” (Luke 22:36) What did He mean by ordering His disciples to buy a sword? Why when they

The Lord Christ absolutely did not mean the sword in its literal sense.    As an evidence of that, hours after He said this statement, and during His arrest “Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest servant and cut off his ear… then Jesus said to Peter: put your sword …