Lately, I've been recording some of my videos without my classic Shure SM7, instead using a portable microphone. This inevitably results in somewhat lower sound quality in general, but it also makes the recording of the videos much easier and less time consuming. Let me know if you notice a major difference and if the sound quality is getting in the way, so I can decide what the best option is going forward.
It did sound a bit more muffled than usual, and I had to repeat more passages. But this probably wasn't as much of a difference for me as it is for you, by the sounds of it (no pun intended).
The Judaism of the reason goes back to at least the Babylonian exile, but the ancient paganism is related to Egyptian paganism but Gulf Arab paganism and fairly indigenous belief even those of indigenous monotheism
The diversity of Christianity is so fascinating to me, someone who grew up in a plain-jane repressed Lutheran Missouri Synod church. My pastor would have been loath to even acknowledge that orthodox and apostolic churches even existed. For all he cared the Land of Zion was Battle Creek, Michigan.
A small observation about miaphisitism is that recent Catholic-Coptic and Orthodox-Coptic conferences have agreed that the original issue was basically semantic as each party would mean one thing when talking about physis and hypostasis. The Pope of Alexandria confessed pretty much the chalcedonian creed and, at least on this case, mutual claims of heresy are lifted which is a great step towards unity.
This is incorrect and totally false. The patristic and clerical consensus from the Oriental Orthodox Church has always been that the Chalcedonian churches are heretics and even in Ethiopia, Chalcedon is called “The Council of Dogs”. No anathemas have been lifted from either side and we continue to condemn the Chalcedonians as heretics and the Eastern “Orthodox” to this day curse the Oriental Orthodox Patriarchs BY NAME in their anathema services. There is no semantic issue. It’s purely theological and in any recent 20th century discussion it’s actually the Chalcedonian churches who have conceded much of their positions in order to form joint statements Please refrain from commenting about such issues where your ignorance may confuse people and spread misinformation to the masses who don’t know any better.
omg man im a big fan of ur vids never in my imagination have i thought i would see this vid man im ethiopian in ethiopia ill watch it later since i have a job now but man this is goona be a treat thank you man
@@LetsTalkReligion I haven't watched it yet lol but absolutely man thanks for replying I already feel ur respect for the culture and ur recent vid about Mansoor al halaj was enlightening arigato man
The cool feature about the Ethiopian Orthodox church is that it is so isolated that it preserves many texts and features from other (extinct) traditions. It can teach us a lot about the diverse climate in which both Christianity and Pharisaic Judaism emerged and prevailed, amd what other movements influenced them. In some ways Ethiopia functions in itself as some sort of 'ark'.
Eritreans and Northern Ethiopians belong to the South Semitic branch. It originated in Southern Arabia and has been present in Yemen for about 6,000 years and crossed over to Ethiopia 3,000-2,500 years ago. It is not under the Levantine Semitic branch Hebrew is under.
Moreover, Ethiosemitic languages have a significant Cushitic substratum (underlayer). Particularly of the Agaw branch of Cushitic, which still exist as isolated pockets in Ethiosemitic areas. As late as the early middle ages, Agaw (Cushitic) was still the predominant language of much of the Amhara province of Ethiopia, and you even had rival Agaw dynasties battling with Ge'ez/Ethiosemitic communities over dominance. Eventually, the Ethiosemitic community won out, and Amharic became the lingua franca of Ethiopia. Nevertheless, Amharic is notably more Cushiticized than other Ethiosemitic languages such as Tigrinya and Tigre. All in all, this region has a fascinating history.
As a Catholic, I'm so happy you made this video. Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians are some of the most piously inpsiring and kind brothers I have ever had the pleasure of learning about and being with. So happy more people get to learn about their beautiful tradition with this video.
I don't see much difference between two natures in one person and one nature that is both divine and human in one person. Can someone explain the significance of the distinction?
The Oriental Orthodox view two natures in one person as too adjacent to a previously denounced heresy called Nestorianism-which suggested that Christ was two persons, one human and one divine. Meanwhile, the Chalcedonians (Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants) view the Oriental notion of Christ having one composite human/divine nature as basically being a logical fallacy that undermines the significance of Christ’s distinct human and divine natures by combining them into a new unique nature that’s unlike any other.
There is a massive difference in the formulations that have consequences for the salvation of mankind. Namely, under the two nature dyophysite view which was condemned by the Council of Ephesus, although the Chalcedonians claim to affirm this, God couldn’t have truly died on the cross because it would be His human nature independently that suffers as per the tome of Leo. Under the Orthodox one nature Miaphysite view, God truly died and suffered on the cross for us as a man because His divinity was inseparably united to His humanity as a single composite reality which makes it possible that it was truly God’s blood that was shed on Calvary for the sake of mankind. One nature of Christ was the unanimous consensus of the early church up until Theodore of Mopsuestia, Nestorius of Constantinople, and Leo of Rome decided to do their own thing and preach two natures. This is just one of many significances of Christology
As far as i know there are only two orthodox churches Armenian and Ethiopian . Armenia was the first country which accepted christianity as a state religion in 301 AD
Somewhat unusual, but I’d love to see you do a video on the succession of state-sponsored cults that gained traction during the French Revolution (Cult of Reason, Cult of the Supreme Being, Decadary Cult, Theophilanthropy etc).
Could "symbolically consumed" be somewhat misleading? I know the Coptic church maintains a similar view to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church, with a more substantive emphasis on the presence of Christ in the sacrament. Wouldn't this also be the case with the Ethiopian church? Im not sure myself though.
Dear God, from earth/Iran 2024 Although it is impossible for us to become a king like Moses, we can still easily be crucified like Jesus. Then pls Count on us... With love and respect M.Mahdi😅
As an ex-Muslim I am just consistently fascinated by Christianity ❤ the more I learn the more I just love and respect this diverse and mystical religion
@@cosmo_mosyYes, I know the story of King Najashi who gave early Muslims a safe refuge from prosecution. Perhaps this why the Koran is not as harsh on Christians as on Jews, and call Christians are the closest of affections to Muslims and they calling them saints and humble people. I think it’s because Muhammad held that protection by Christians dear to his heart. Who knows!
Christian Theologians might like to consider the possibility that the World is insubstantial in the same way as taught by Eastern Mystics. If Jesus is an apparition (in exactly the same way all phenomona is), then we need not determine how He could be incarnated and divine. Whatever is incarnated has no validity. Only God is valid. The Universe is just a display of divine grace. Consequently Jesus' physical body was just a display of divine grace. The difference between Jesus and other physical phenomona is that Jesus awareness was unveiled. In other words there was no separation between Jesus' awareness and God's awareness.
Love your content bro. Genuine Q tho: why do we accept the term "Oriental"??? As far as ive learnt, its a term which was inserted by western scholars to describe Middle Eastern/Asian/Arabian topics.. How might we label these topics without the term "Oriental" so that we can preserve and restore the true history and identity of topics from the North East African/Arabian/Asian regions
As usual my mind is blown by just how diverse any religion can be. You and your brilliant friends of theology are walking, breathing encyclopedias. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and interest.
The role of Yared sounds more significant and is obviously much older, but the way in which you described his role in the Tewahedo Church kinda reminded me of Grundtvig's role in the Danish Folkekirke.
Make a video about Rasta! Much misunderstood religion, subjected to stereotypes and appropriation ! This is a great background for an authentic exploration of the beautiful Rasta faith
Betam tiru Filip. Very good! This is an engaging and learned introduction to Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Ethiopia itself. Thank you as always for your wonderful videos and dropping on the Ethiopian festival of Meskel too!
Great video as usual. As my partner never tires of reminding me her uncle cut Haile Sellasie's hair when he was in exile in Britain. Personally I really want to hear more about the Ethiopian church's influence on early Islam.
Just to note, the 'q' in most ethiopian languages isnt the same uvular sound in arabic, it is more like a regular /k/ sound but said with a burst of air like the glottal stop in "uh-oh". Similarly the ä letter is the short vowel /ə/ like in 'sir' and 'fern'
Rastafarianism also came from the region, check out the bahatowie monks, only thing is they don’t believe haile selasi is the messiah but everything else is very similar except much older practice than the Rasta movement and pan africanism at large
What, how did the guys who stuck to the cyrillian formula of christology form opposition to hhalkedon later on when they were there debating their yoint and winning until the emperor fell off his horse and successor backed the other side?
Lately, I've been recording some of my videos without my classic Shure SM7, instead using a portable microphone. This inevitably results in somewhat lower sound quality in general, but it also makes the recording of the videos much easier and less time consuming. Let me know if you notice a major difference and if the sound quality is getting in the way, so I can decide what the best option is going forward.
Voice is good. no worries
Fascinating episode. Shame about Ethiopia's homophobia though
Honeslty didnt a notice differance the sound quality
It did sound a bit more muffled than usual, and I had to repeat more passages. But this probably wasn't as much of a difference for me as it is for you, by the sounds of it (no pun intended).
This is great. We come for your truthfulness and calming voice. Much love.
this guy couldnt make a bad video if he tried
I mean he had audio quality before 😅
And that's my man
Continuously drops banger after banger. He def will make it out the hood with this one.
So true. Bro doesn’t miss
He dont miss
been asking for this for a long time. Thank you for posting it on Meskel. Happy Meskel phlip
You Ask for it and Now you Got it 🎉 congratulations 🎊 and Melkam Meskel Derasiw 😊
Enkwan ltimit bal addarasachu
Happy Meskel to you as well!
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selam selam
Can you grace us with a bit of pre-Christian ethiopian faith or religion and the relationship between Jews ✡ and Egyptian religion 🙏
The Judaism of the reason goes back to at least the Babylonian exile, but the ancient paganism is related to Egyptian paganism but Gulf Arab paganism and fairly indigenous belief even those of indigenous monotheism
The diversity of Christianity is so fascinating to me, someone who grew up in a plain-jane repressed Lutheran Missouri Synod church. My pastor would have been loath to even acknowledge that orthodox and apostolic churches even existed. For all he cared the Land of Zion was Battle Creek, Michigan.
Thats why both the Catholics and Orthodox church say the protestant denominations are diluted/muddied versions of the original church
Western "Christianity" is an entirely different thing, more of a political ideology
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I’m a huge fan of the book of Enoch, so I’ve been waiting for a comprehensive overview of the whole Ethiopian history for a while.
A small observation about miaphisitism is that recent Catholic-Coptic and Orthodox-Coptic conferences have agreed that the original issue was basically semantic as each party would mean one thing when talking about physis and hypostasis. The Pope of Alexandria confessed pretty much the chalcedonian creed and, at least on this case, mutual claims of heresy are lifted which is a great step towards unity.
This is incorrect and totally false. The patristic and clerical consensus from the Oriental Orthodox Church has always been that the Chalcedonian churches are heretics and even in Ethiopia, Chalcedon is called “The Council of Dogs”. No anathemas have been lifted from either side and we continue to condemn the Chalcedonians as heretics and the Eastern “Orthodox” to this day curse the Oriental Orthodox Patriarchs BY NAME in their anathema services.
There is no semantic issue. It’s purely theological and in any recent 20th century discussion it’s actually the Chalcedonian churches who have conceded much of their positions in order to form joint statements
Please refrain from commenting about such issues where your ignorance may confuse people and spread misinformation to the masses who don’t know any better.
I just hope the Armenian and Coptic churches get covered too.
omg man im a big fan of ur vids never in my imagination have i thought i would see this vid man im ethiopian in ethiopia ill watch it later since i have a job now but man this is goona be a treat thank you man
I hope you feel that I represent your culture in a fair (albeit inevitably shallow) way.
@@LetsTalkReligion I haven't watched it yet lol but absolutely man thanks for replying I already feel ur respect for the culture and ur recent vid about Mansoor al halaj was enlightening arigato man
Today, Ethiopia celebrates "Meskel", the finding of the True Cross, the tradition of which is indigenous to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church.
I was hoping for a video like this, thank you :)
The cool feature about the Ethiopian Orthodox church is that it is so isolated that it preserves many texts and features from other (extinct) traditions. It can teach us a lot about the diverse climate in which both Christianity and Pharisaic Judaism emerged and prevailed, amd what other movements influenced them. In some ways Ethiopia functions in itself as some sort of 'ark'.
Eritreans and Northern Ethiopians belong to the South Semitic branch. It originated in Southern Arabia and has been present in Yemen for about 6,000 years and crossed over to Ethiopia 3,000-2,500 years ago. It is not under the Levantine Semitic branch Hebrew is under.
Moreover, Ethiosemitic languages have a significant Cushitic substratum (underlayer). Particularly of the Agaw branch of Cushitic, which still exist as isolated pockets in Ethiosemitic areas. As late as the early middle ages, Agaw (Cushitic) was still the predominant language of much of the Amhara province of Ethiopia, and you even had rival Agaw dynasties battling with Ge'ez/Ethiosemitic communities over dominance. Eventually, the Ethiosemitic community won out, and Amharic became the lingua franca of Ethiopia. Nevertheless, Amharic is notably more Cushiticized than other Ethiosemitic languages such as Tigrinya and Tigre. All in all, this region has a fascinating history.
Thank you for your input
As a Catholic, I'm so happy you made this video. Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians are some of the most piously inpsiring and kind brothers I have ever had the pleasure of learning about and being with. So happy more people get to learn about their beautiful tradition with this video.
Even an envoy from the time of Prophet Muhammed had a meeting with the king of Ethiopia
Yep!
Actually Islam version of the Christ is based on the Ethiopian king Abraha @LetsTalkReligion
@@LetsTalkReligion
It never ever happened! Made-up gibberish narratives!
Muhammad’s cousin became Ethiopian Orthodox actually.
@@kidus_1010 can you tell me which cousin, just out of curiousity?
Great episode, gave me a flashback to 2018 where I participated in Timkat celebration in Gondar, over 3 days..
That must have been a special experience!
Can't really understate how excited I was when I saw the thumbnail. Love your videos man, great stuff!!
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I don't see much difference between two natures in one person and one nature that is both divine and human in one person. Can someone explain the significance of the distinction?
Not easily. Entire books have been written on the subject.
The Oriental Orthodox view two natures in one person as too adjacent to a previously denounced heresy called Nestorianism-which suggested that Christ was two persons, one human and one divine. Meanwhile, the Chalcedonians (Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants) view the Oriental notion of Christ having one composite human/divine nature as basically being a logical fallacy that undermines the significance of Christ’s distinct human and divine natures by combining them into a new unique nature that’s unlike any other.
There is a massive difference in the formulations that have consequences for the salvation of mankind. Namely, under the two nature dyophysite view which was condemned by the Council of Ephesus, although the Chalcedonians claim to affirm this, God couldn’t have truly died on the cross because it would be His human nature independently that suffers as per the tome of Leo. Under the Orthodox one nature Miaphysite view, God truly died and suffered on the cross for us as a man because His divinity was inseparably united to His humanity as a single composite reality which makes it possible that it was truly God’s blood that was shed on Calvary for the sake of mankind. One nature of Christ was the unanimous consensus of the early church up until Theodore of Mopsuestia, Nestorius of Constantinople, and Leo of Rome decided to do their own thing and preach two natures.
This is just one of many significances of Christology
It’s all sophistry.
As far as i know there are only two orthodox churches Armenian and Ethiopian . Armenia was the first country which accepted christianity as a state religion in 301 AD
If possible in future do make a video explaining different versions of the Bible, on their creation, theology differences & so on....
Min 6:48 that was Pope Towadros II of Alexandria not Ethiopian Patriarch Abune Matthias.
Ethiopian and us Armenians are brothers n sisters .
The extra "R" is for "Really weird canon."
Somewhat unusual, but I’d love to see you do a video on the succession of state-sponsored cults that gained traction during the French Revolution (Cult of Reason, Cult of the Supreme Being, Decadary Cult, Theophilanthropy etc).
Can you do a video on South African christianity as well, the Nazareth Baptist Church. These are bantu who i share ancestry with on my mothers side.
Amazing synchronicity that you posted this just now😊❤️ Thank you!
My favorite two religious studies TH-camrs in the same video is truly a godsend.
This was great. Certainly an overlooked topic in Christian history
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.
Could "symbolically consumed" be somewhat misleading? I know the Coptic church maintains a similar view to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church, with a more substantive emphasis on the presence of Christ in the sacrament. Wouldn't this also be the case with the Ethiopian church? Im not sure myself though.
Bad choice of words!
Dear God, from earth/Iran 2024
Although it is impossible for us to become a king like Moses, we can still easily be crucified like Jesus.
Then pls Count on us...
With love and respect M.Mahdi😅
the kingdom is only for one king but the crucifixion can be for Infinit crucifieds !!!
As an ex-Muslim I am just consistently fascinated by Christianity ❤ the more I learn the more I just love and respect this diverse and mystical religion
The Ethiopians gave refugee to the early Muslim movement and helped create Islam. 😂 Without Ethiopian help, Islam would not have existed.
@@cosmo_mosyYes, I know the story of King Najashi who gave early Muslims a safe refuge from prosecution. Perhaps this why the Koran is not as harsh on Christians as on Jews, and call Christians are the closest of affections to Muslims and they calling them saints and humble people.
I think it’s because Muhammad held that protection by Christians dear to his heart. Who knows!
You both know nothing about islam . You weren't no Muslim.
@@hamodalbatal464
@@hamodalbatal464pagan
A living philosopher and true historian of philosophy
for the algorithm
For the algorithm!!!!!!
Christian Theologians might like to consider the possibility that the World is insubstantial in the same way as taught by
Eastern Mystics.
If Jesus is an apparition (in exactly the same way all phenomona is), then we need not determine how He could be incarnated and divine.
Whatever is incarnated has no validity.
Only God is valid.
The Universe is just a display of divine grace.
Consequently Jesus' physical body was just a display of divine grace.
The difference between Jesus and other physical phenomona is that Jesus awareness was unveiled.
In other words there was no separation between Jesus' awareness and God's awareness.
Hello lovely people!
Namaste!
1:45 you got a LOL out of me
Yay!
❤ from Ethiopa
Igzebiher fikir now
God is love
Love your content bro. Genuine Q tho: why do we accept the term "Oriental"??? As far as ive learnt, its a term which was inserted by western scholars to describe Middle Eastern/Asian/Arabian topics.. How might we label these topics without the term "Oriental" so that we can preserve and restore the true history and identity of topics from the North East African/Arabian/Asian regions
Great video! Do you have any plans on making a video on the coptics? Or perhaps some reaading material on the subject? Keep up the great work.
I was precisely looking for this topic in your channel a week ago. Are you spying on me?
Thank you for uploading! I love you!
As usual my mind is blown by just how diverse any religion can be. You and your brilliant friends of theology are walking, breathing encyclopedias. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and interest.
The role of Yared sounds more significant and is obviously much older, but the way in which you described his role in the Tewahedo Church kinda reminded me of Grundtvig's role in the Danish Folkekirke.
Make a video about Rasta! Much misunderstood religion, subjected to stereotypes and appropriation ! This is a great background for an authentic exploration of the beautiful Rasta faith
Betam tiru Filip. Very good! This is an engaging and learned introduction to Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Ethiopia itself. Thank you as always for your wonderful videos and dropping on the Ethiopian festival of Meskel too!
Great video as usual. As my partner never tires of reminding me her uncle cut Haile Sellasie's hair when he was in exile in Britain.
Personally I really want to hear more about the Ethiopian church's influence on early Islam.
Beautiful, thank touch very much it was always an enigma for me.
May all orthodox christians unite 🙏
Thank you! There’s almost zero content about Ethiopia on TH-cam and I’ve always wanted to learn more about it
Just to note, the 'q' in most ethiopian languages isnt the same uvular sound in arabic, it is more like a regular /k/ sound but said with a burst of air like the glottal stop in "uh-oh". Similarly the ä letter is the short vowel /ə/ like in 'sir' and 'fern'
Beautiful thank you form your work.. I love religious studies ❤
Rastafarianism also came from the region, check out the bahatowie monks, only thing is they don’t believe haile selasi is the messiah but everything else is very similar except much older practice than the Rasta movement and pan africanism at large
A wonderful explanation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. ❤
As always this was a fascinating video, thanks for taking the time to record this for everyone.
What, how did the guys who stuck to the cyrillian formula of christology form opposition to hhalkedon later on when they were there debating their yoint and winning until the emperor fell off his horse and successor backed the other side?
Dude you have no idea how long I have been waiting for this video. Thank you!
Excellent video! Can’t wait for the one on Rastafarianism ❤
“Don’t look, Marion! Keep your eyes shut!”
I wish if the ethipian and coptic churches could join force to promote brotherhood and cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia.
Helpful and informative, thank you
Nice of you to take a break from meat riding Islam
Hey Unc, are you going to make one for Coptic as well??
Christianity has a lot of faults, but the Ethiopian Church is pretty cool
"What are you even doing?!"
Excellent video! Thank you
If date an Ethiopian, am I closest to heaven? 😅
Amazing work, as always! 🙏
Great information.Thanks.
Shout out to my homie from work 😂
You got me with the coffee joke :)
Another great educational video
One of the best documentary ❤
What an interesting video
Do you know where one could find an Ethiopian Orthodox Bible?
It is in Amaharic. I don't know if you can find English translations.
@@tadikebede Yes, there are English translations easily available.
Thank you! 🙏
Fascinating!
Fascinating!
Orrthodox
I agree.
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I've been looking for a good guide like this. Thanks Filip!
Humans originated in Ethiopia.
If you are Christian, no they didn't 😂.
Ethiopian church is the first and only church
YES i was literally just looking up the Church and wishing you had made this video