Can a woman go to Church for communion while bleeding? Yes, or No,
and Why?
25 minutes of contradictions.
In summary, here is what I got
from this video;
1- Father Boutros Samy said;
Some Coptic Churches in Egypt prohibit women from going to church, taking
communion, or even going to Sunday school while bleeding during menstruation or
after giving birth because they are impure as stated in the Bible. And that is
wrong.
(So, the Bible tradition is
Women are impure while bleeding but that's wrong?)
2- Father Boutros agrees; The
Coptic Church Law States that a boy is to be baptized at the age of 40 days and
a girl at 80 days because a woman stays unclean or impure for 40 days after
giving birth to a boy and for 80 days after giving birth to a girl.
(A woman is double impure after giving birth to a girl compared to giving birth to a boy?)
3- Father Boutros discussed;
The Old Testament states that women are unclean and impure while bleeding
during menstruation or after birth even men become unclean if they touch them.
(Leviticus 12:2, 15:19-30, 18:19, 20:19, and so on.) But Jesus abolished that
in the New Testament, and we don't believe in it anymore because he let the
bleeding woman touch him (Mathew 9:20) (Luke 8:43-46)
(So, we believe in the Old Testament,
but we don't believe or follow it anymore?)
4- Priest Boutros claimed; We
believe and follow the laws of the Old Testament because it is symbolic and it contains the
prophecy of the New Testament. The New Testament is a continuation of the Old
Testament. Jesus followed the Law and he said, "I have not come to abolish
them but to fulfill them" But he abolished considering women impure among
many other things.
(So, Jesus did not abolish the
Old Testament Law and abolished it too?)
5- Father Boutros explained the Old and The New
Testaments state that women are unclean and less than men. As men have
seniority over women since Adam was created before Eve, and Eve was created from Adam. (for example, in many chapters in Leviticus and in 1 Timothy
2:11-15). Father explained; Women being less is not a punishment, but
it is because the first woman failed and tempted Adam into disobeying God.
(So, women being less than men
is not a punishment, but it is still a punishment?)
6- Father Boutros stated that “Women
being impure or less than men” is a Jewish belief. Because the old church was
established by Jews converted to Christianity, the early Church followed the
Jewish Laws like circumcision and the church continues to follow them till
now!
(So, Coptic Christians have
been following Jewish laws for the past 2000 years?)
7- Father stated; We respect
and follow the Old Testament, but we should not consider women too impure and
make it easy on women. However, at the same time, we will not permit women to
take communion when bleeding during their period until the church changes the laws
(which have not been changed for 2000 years?).
(So, we should follow the Old
Testament laws, but we shouldn’t believe in them?)
(So, we should not follow the
old laws, but we will follow them anyway, but not exactly, so we make it easy
on women?)
I heard Father Daoud Lamai once
claiming that the Church prohibits women or "excuse them" from
attending church and communion while menstruating because the church does not
want to trouble women with the burden of leaving the house when they are
uncomfortable with the bleed and cramps. This is quite a falsification of all
the written verses in the Bible.
