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Danil Kibret 'EChege Enbakom' Part 1 Thanks for watching. Make sure you Subscribe! The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is unique in its adherence to the faith and traditions of the prophets and apostles. 'You are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone.'
-20) Ethiopian: refers to the unique traditions and heritage of Ethiopia as the only Christian nation to worship God, before and after the existence of written laws (The Scripture), and to accept the promise of the new Covenant. Orthodox: means straight or true (Ortho) faith (dox).
The name was adopted in 325 AD after the Heresy of Arius, who taught that Jesus Christ was created by the Father before the universe, and that He was not equal to the Father. Church scholars from different parts of the world met in Nicaea under Constantine I and declared the faith of our fathers, which is without blemish. The fathers who met in Nicaea named this faith of our fathers Orthodox (straight or the true faith) to indicate that it is a faith that has not been bent or twisted according to the wits and philosophy of men, but revealed to us by God. Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.' (Matthew ) It is a faith that is deeply rooted in the teaching of the prophets and the apostles. It is a faith given once to our fathers: '.
The faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.' (Jude 3) Tewahedo: means made one. It refers to the Incarnation of Christ - the complete union of His divine and human nature without mixture (without one changing the nature of the other) and without separation. The name was adopted in 451 AD after the heresy of Eutyches, and the council of Chalcedon, which declared that Christ has two natures. Bete Christian is the Ethiopian word for Church. 'Bete' means house of.
So Bete Christian literally means house or worship place of Christians. 'Yet in the church I would rather speak five words.' But it means more than just a place of worship, or a house of Christians: o Each Christian is also Bete Christian: 'When you come together as a church.' (1Cor ) o Bete Christian also refers to the gathering or union of Christians: 'Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria had peace and were edified.' (Acts ) o Bete-Christian also refers to the union of angels and saints in heaven: 'But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.' ) 'The Jerusalem that is above' is the church in heaven, the union of angels and saints. 'But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect.'
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-23) o It also refers to the union of the faithful on earth and the saints in heaven: 'You are the body of Christ, and members individually.' (1 Corinthians. ) Characteristics of the Church 1.
The Church is One. 'There is on body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one of hope of your calling; one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; one God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in you all.'
The Church is Holy. O It is the Ark of Salvation, for all who are in it will be saved.
'Walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls.' ) o It's foundation and the head is Jesus Christ. 'Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the Church of God, which he has purchased with His blood.' (Acts ) “And He is the head of the Body, the Church.” (Colossians ) o It purifies those who dwell in it. The Church is Universal o Jesus Christ died on the cross for all, so that all who believe in Him and fulfill his will, may be saved. O 'God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.'
(John ) o 'There is neither Jew, nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male, nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.' (Galatians ) 4.
The Church is Apostolic The church is led by bishops and priests, whose line of priesthood succession goes all the way back to the apostles and Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ commissioned the disciples to teach, baptize, and make disciples. Accordingly the disciples appointed disciples (bishops & priests), who in turn appointed others to preserve the direct line of succession to this day. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” Mathew References Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Debre Meheret St. Michael Cathedral.