Posted on 01/06/2007 7:13:58 AM PST by Titanites
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I don't think so
Qualifications of this author?
All I see is medical doctor...........no theology, no nothing.
Hmmmmm.
Certainly.
What happened to the sola scriptura belief that all scripture was inspired.
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For three years now you've not heard that from me.
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How are Protestants and Catholics to discuss this issue without rancour, when those who consider themselves to be scholars speak with such hostility?
What timing. Just when I need to change the lining on the bottom of the bird cage, this tripe gets posted. Thank you.
no need
Today we know that the Greek translation of the Old Testament produced at Alexandria-- the Septuagint -- is more than a simple (and in that sense perhaps less than satisfactory) translation of the Hebrew text: it is an independent textual witness and a distinct and important step in the history of revelation, one which brought about this encounter in a way that was decisive for the birth and spread of Christianity. A profound encounter of faith and reason is taking place here, an encounter between genuine enlightenment and religion. From the very heart of Christian faith and, at the same time, the heart of Greek thought now joined to faith, Manuel II was able to say: Not to act "with logos" is contrary to God's nature.
"In addition, we must remember Jerome was opposed to the independence of local churches from Rome represented by the Waldensians."
from Wikipedia: The Waldensians or Vaudois are a Protestant Christian denomination believing in poverty and austerity, founded around 1173, promoting true poverty, public preaching and the literal interpretation of the scriptures. Declared heretical, the movement was brutally persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church during the 12th and 13th centuries and nearly totally destroyed, but the Waldensian Church survives to this day.
There appears to be an apocryphal allegation that the Waldensians are simply the medieval version of certain antinomialists dating back to at least apostolic times. That would be tendentious, I think, but to include this comment as if Jerome personally knew Waldensians, well, that's plain wrong.
Thank you for posting that. I have the utmost respect for our Pope's scholarly credentials.
Psalm 116[115], Prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord, Evening Prayer1. Psalm 116[115], which we have just prayed, has always been in use in the Christian tradition, beginning with St Paul who, citing the introduction of the Greek translation of the Septuagint, wrote to the Christians of Corinth: "Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had, who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke', we too believe, and so we speak" (II Cor 4: 13).
Given that the whole of the New Testament, excepting perhaps Matthew, was composed in Greek, the attachment of Protestants to the Hebrew text is strange. It is my understanding that the Rabbis decided to adhere to the Hebrew "original" because Christians used the Septuagint, and using Hebrew they could more easily avoid messianic interpretations of Scripture. Come to think of it, the role of the minister in Protestantism is very like that of the Rabbi in the Judaic tradition.
You are very welcome. I was curious about what he had to say.
Sorry, not in the scriptures.
The talk of scholars is always rancorous. They hate contradiction and will move heaven and earth to "get" an opponent--so long as it does not put them in personal danger.
I'm confused. I have always believed that all Holy Scripture was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Could be done without too much difficulty if large chunks of the story were handed down carefully from generation to generation. What is that term they use on Antiques' Roadshow?
Oh, yes!! Provenance.
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