Terms

Effective 30 August 2026

By using theorthodoxforge.com you agree to what follows. If you do not, please do not use the site. It is written for adults.

What this site is

Orthodox Forge publishes Coptic Orthodox teaching drawn from primary sources, and offers a question box that answers from a corpus of those sources with citations. It is educational and devotional material. It is not spiritual direction, and it is not legal, medical, financial, or professional advice of any kind. It does not replace your priest, your father of confession, or your physician.

On the answers

Answers in Ask the Forge are generated and then checked against the retrieved sources before they are shown, and anything that fails that check is withheld rather than displayed with a warning. That process is good; it is not infallible. Verify anything that matters against the cited source, which is exactly why the citation is there.

Using the material

Quote us, teach from us, and share us — with attribution. Do not republish substantial portions as your own work, and do not present a generated answer as though it were the direct words of a Father when it is a summary citing him. The quotations themselves are drawn from public-domain translations and were never ours to restrict.

Fair use of the question box

There is a daily limit on questions, and automated or bulk querying is not permitted. Do not attempt to scrape the corpus, defeat the rate limits, or use the site to generate content at volume. Do not submit anything unlawful, and do not type personal or sensitive information into the question box.

The email list

Joining is voluntary and leaving is one click in any message we send. What we do with the address is set out in the privacy policy.

Availability

The site is offered as it is and as it happens to be available. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of it, including the question box, without notice. Everything is currently free, and nothing here promises it stays that way forever.

No warranty

The site and everything on it are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Orthodox Forge and Andrew Assad will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use the site — whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other theory, and whether or not we were advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to the site will not exceed one hundred United States dollars (US$100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

Links out

We link to Substack, YouTube, and other services we do not control. Their terms and privacy practices are theirs, not ours.

Changes

If these terms change materially, the effective date above changes with them. Continuing to use the site after that means you accept the revised terms.

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