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- April 1st, 2017, 5:14 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: give us this day our daily bread
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12711
Re: give us this day our daily bread
Jonathan, you rotten dog! You have certainly not lost your wonderful art of asking really good dirty-dog questions! And here I was, settling into my easy chair of lazy and undefended chattering, and along YOU come, and start asking your pesky little queries, dropping little items like: "Can you...
- April 1st, 2017, 4:36 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Eph.4:16 διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2914
Re: Eph.4:16 διὰ πάσης ἁφῆς τῆς ἐπιχορηγίας
Perhaps a diagram might be helpful, and it looks chiastic: ο χριστος (immediately prior): 1 εξ ου παν το σωμα 2 συναρμολογουμενον και συμβιβαζομενον 3 δια πασης αφης της επιχορηγιας 3' κατ ενεργειαν εν μετρω ενος εκαστου μερους 2' την αυξησιν του σωματος ποιειται 1' εις οικοδομην εαυτου εν αγαπη If ...
- March 31st, 2017, 9:53 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: give us this day our daily bread
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12711
Re: give us this day our daily bread
Glad to see you are still around to benefit!Thomas wrote:Thanks to both Arsenios and Randall Buth for these comments. I was happy to see that my question still created some interest! I tend to agree with Randall.
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- March 31st, 2017, 9:50 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: give us this day our daily bread
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12711
Re: give us this day our daily bread
Your post is interesting but it is essentially anachronistic, invoking a meaning that could only come later. The Greek translation of the Aramaic did indeed come later, and was crafted by the Church Fathers to render it in a way that reflected the meaning Christ intended, I should think... And beca...
- March 30th, 2017, 12:54 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: give us this day our daily bread
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12711
Re: give us this day our daily bread
Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον I struggled greatly with this many years ago, then found out it has a colossal mistranslation in English... Because... τὸν ἐπιούσιον in this construction is simply an emphatic specifier telling us WHICH bread is being specified... The English gloss is &...
- March 30th, 2017, 12:11 am
- Forum: Church Fathers and Patristic Greek Texts
- Topic: Completion of Milestone: St. John Chrysostom
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2171
Re: Completion of Milestone: St. John Chrysostom
Jonathan -
WAY long time since I have "heard your voice" on line -
Congratulations on completing your effort...
Why John Chrysostom?
Did you become Orthodox?
Arsenios (George) Blaisdell
WAY long time since I have "heard your voice" on line -
Congratulations on completing your effort...
Why John Chrysostom?
Did you become Orthodox?
Arsenios (George) Blaisdell