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Re: Our ACOE Shinning Star, Mar Meelis Zaia Rises Higher yet!
Posted By: The Pearl (d58-106-57-204.mas2.nsw.optusnet.com.au)
In Response To: Our ACOE Shinning Star, Mar Meelis Zaia Rises Higher yet! (Shamiram Daniali)
Date: Monday, 10 November 2008, at 10:47 p.m.
Ah, yes, the elevation of a Bishop who in the eyes of many faithful and "true" Assyrians had already been elevated beyond the title of Metropolitan - a tribute to his great works, faith, love, integrity and commitment.
I compare our beloved Bishop to the many great forefathers of our Church and foremost, the Bible. The likes of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - fathers of faith, held dear to the very heart of God, who walked with Him despite the trials and tribulations that they may have faced and desired nothing else.
If I may, here is an excerpt from the book of the "Pearl" about the Holy Orders our Church fathers entail - and their symbolic representations. We should know who we stand before and talk to, in reverence and awe, for they "oversee our souls".
On the Church:
The term “Church” implies a congregation, and an assembly met together to unite in acts of festive celebration. It is symbolic of things above; for as the nine orders which minister to the Most High are divided in to three degrees, just so the Church. The Patriarchs, Metropolitans, and Bishops occupy the place of the Cherubim, Seraphim, and Thrones ; the Archdeacons, periodeute,[49] and Priests, the place of the Dominions, Authorities, and Powers; the Deacons, Subdeacons, and Readers, the place of the Principalities Archangles, and Angels. The name “Church” as we have said, has this signification; for CHRIST does not call material foundations and stones[50] a “Church” but the total congregation of those who believe in Him. The nave and the sanctuary are called the Church metaphorically, and at times the name city is applicable to those who live in it, as when it is said: “all the city went out to meet JESUS “. And at times in its buildings as when it is said: “He entered into the city”. And in these foregone chapters is summed up the third treatise."
God bless,
The Pearl.
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