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| The apparition of the angel in Matthew and Luke |
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Laellius
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12/14/2011 4:35:45 PM |
There are two passages in the New Testament that mention an angel, first in Matthew 1.20, where the angel appears to Joseph sleeping, and also in Luke 1.11, where the angel strengthens the Christ. Th... |
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| Speculation, theoria, or metaphysics |
Posted by:
WHEELER
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12/9/2011 2:43:56 PM |
I'm off on another paper, put the last one on hold for a bit.
The Enlightenment hated metaphysics. Hume specifically hated Plato and Aristotle. Here is one take:
Emma Goldman ... |
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| Kill, Murder, different in Koine |
Posted by:
WHEELER
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9/13/2011 3:24:39 PM |
The Seventh Commandment in the Hebrew, specifically says "Thou shalt not murder". It doesn't say not kill.
I have the Septuagint Breton Translation. In it, it has "phono" and is translated... |
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| A, terrible, Greek joke |
Posted by:
Bob
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6/28/2011 8:53:18 AM |
I told this in my greek class and the teacher said I should be taken out and shot!
Tupte tupte
Ara tis ekei
Dianaros
Dianaros tis
Dianaros kai Supremes
(I di... |
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| God or a god? |
Posted by:
Ethos
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5/23/2011 3:43:39 PM |
In John 1:1 is it grammatically possible to render "theos" as "a" god or "divine" contrary to "ton theon" which is "the" God?
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| Idea of purgatory in St. Gregory of Nyssa? |
Posted by:
Laellius
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5/18/2011 7:33:45 PM |
Hello all,
A passage in Gregory of Nyssa' Great Catechism struck me:
"Now, to the pure, freedom from passion is that kindred state, and that in this freedom from passion blessed... |
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| Ancient Greece and Indian Philosophy |
Posted by:
kalpvraksha
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4/15/2011 10:55:12 AM |
There is a great relationship between the ancient Greece and the Indian philosophers. There were Indian Gymnosophists having interaction with the elite of the Greece in the ancient times. I want to i... |
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| Antigone translation! |
Posted by:
CloDoh
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4/4/2011 6:57:21 AM |
Hey..
I've been trying to get hold of 'Antigone' in Greek, but can't seem to find one! I currently know very little Greek, but i'm trying to translate some lines myself.
'I love not t... |
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| Plato quote |
Posted by:
Jauchart
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3/15/2011 1:28:56 PM |
A.C. Crombie wrote: In a famous passage in the Laws (book 10), Plato had accused philosophers of leading youth away from the gods by teaching that this beautiful universe, the regularity of the heave... |
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| Koine Greek meaning of Eph 5:17-19 |
Posted by:
tlafferty
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3/14/2011 3:27:20 PM |
First, a plea for mercy: I'm not a student of Greek, so if my question is off the mark, I trust you will understand.
What I'd like to know is if the Greek original text of Ephesians 5:17-1... |
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