In this lecture, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III explains the Coptic Orthodox Church’s position regarding the teachings and practices spread by the defrocked monk Daniel El-Baramosy, affirming that his ways of prayer, healing, and granting the “power of the Holy Spirit” have no connection to true Orthodox faith as received from the Apostolic Fathers.

🔹 1. Defense of Orthodox Faith:
The Pope emphasizes that Orthodox faith is pure, steadfast, and inherited from the Fathers and the Apostles — it must not be changed by emotional or modern spiritual trends.

🔹 2. Rejection of Strange Practices:
He condemns inappropriate acts in the Church, such as people falling to the ground claiming to receive the Holy Spirit, calling them irreverent and foreign to true worship.

🔹 3. The True Work of the Holy Spirit:
The Holy Spirit works through holiness, repentance, and love — not through physical or noisy displays. Divine power is given for sanctity, not for spectacle.

🔹 4. Church Order and Obedience:
The Pope insists that priests and servants must obey ecclesiastical order. Acting independently of the Church’s authority is rebellion against the priesthood.

🔹 5. Pastoral Compassion:
Despite the monk’s deviation, the Pope initially showed patience and compassion, avoiding public exposure in hopes of his repentance, but later took decisive action to protect the faith.

🔹 6. A Clear Pastoral Warning:
He warns the faithful against being misled by non-Orthodox movements that imitate emotional Protestant styles, urging awareness and steadfastness in true faith.

🔹 7. Worship in Reverence:
He concludes that true Coptic worship is peaceful, reverent, and holy — not noisy or disorderly.

🔹 Essence:
The lecture carries a strong call to remain steadfast in Orthodox faith and to reject false spiritual appearances that distort the truth of the Gospel.

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