Posted on 04/28/2011 6:13:54 PM PDT by publius321
Editor in post 97: The Pharisees were satanic
oookay -- so you say...
Its a matter of simple semantics, not theology. Latin was very adept at applying existing words and phrases to new objects. Unlike English they rarely adopted foreign words. The Romans recognized the Jewish high priests as the equivalent of their own high priests and applied their term.
Note that in our discussion we have all applied the same term "high priest" to both the Roman and Jewish clergy. That doesn't make us pagans, does it?
"Simple semantics"? You're rendering the high priest of the true God on the same level as high priests of other religions? Note that the original text of the Bible was not Latin; there were three languages used, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
"Pontifex maximus" Its a matter of simple semantics, not theology. Latin was very adept at applying existing words and phrases to new objects. Unlike English they rarely adopted foreign words. The Romans recognized the Jewish high priests as the equivalent of their own high priests and applied their term. Note that in our discussion we have all applied the same term "high priest" to both the Roman and Jewish clergy. That doesn't make us pagans, does it?
Like it or not, the Romans did exactly what they wanted to and they decided for themselves that, in their language, the Vulgate Latin, Kohen haGadol was the equivalent of Pontifex Maximus. The Romans were a stubborn bunch and when the decided to label or name something it stuck. If you don't like it, take it up with them.
So the Romans' stubbornness is stronger than God's truth?
Like it or not, the Romans did exactly what they wanted to and they decided for themselves that, in their language, the Vulgate Latin, Kohen haGadol was the equivalent of Pontifex Maximus. The Romans were a stubborn bunch and when the decided to label or name something it stuck. If you don't like it, take it up with them
Look, this isn't about theology or about what you or I believe, it's about the Latin language Etymology. You might not like it, but the Romans drew the parallels and chose to extend the term Pontifex Maximus generically to all "high priests". That linguistic flexibility was later extended to include the Christian bishop of Rome. Deal with it.
No, it's not "linguistic flexibility". Things like the Reformation occurred in attempts to "deal with it", albeit not utterly decisively. The Romans' sacrileges still can't bury the truth.
Look, this isn't about theology or about what you or I believe, it's about the Latin language Etymology. You might not like it, but the Romans drew the parallels and chose to extend the term Pontifex Maximus generically to all "high priests". That linguistic flexibility was later extended to include the Christian bishop of Rome. Deal with it
By your standards you are a sacrilegious pagan for using the English word God when referring to the Christian Deity because of its pagan origins. Give it a rest. You are one troll I choose not to feed.
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