Posted on 03/24/2013 2:39:36 PM PDT by NYer
An interesting study in contrasts.
It doesn’t say anything about apples. “An omni malo” = “from every evil”.
Malum with a long "a" means "apple" (or sometimes another kind of fruit).
Malum with a short "a" means "evil" or "harm."
A little learning is a dangerous thing, to quote a fallible Pope.
Odd how often how some "conservative Christians" are on the same page as the democrat media machine.
This article is interesting, but not because of the differences in the ceremonies. It's interesting because people who migrate in massive herds to whatever "church" best reflects the current secular society and trendy "style of worship" whether that's a gymnasium with pews or a coffee shop clone, claim they're authorities on what surroundings and ceremonies are appropriate when we come together to worship God Almighty, Alpha and Omega, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Obviously the convenient spirits hanging from trees like Spanish Moss have been informing the Self Alone crowd that the Bible is in error on yet another topic and that God never really dictated that the Jewish Temple be beautiful and impressive inside and out.
So, showing God all glory and honor possible is out, and lounging on sofas and in recliners with the cross dressing crowd is now the "in" form of worship. At least that's what the democrat media who critique the Pope and the Church say, so naturally that's what the "conservative Christian" folks who just happen to echo whatever the democrat media machine is pumping out at the moment say as well.
Either that or a who lot of people who each worship their own, "Most High and Holy Self" have no idea what glory, honor, and reverence mean, much less worship.
A chasuble is worn by the celebrant of Mass. The servers and masters of ceremonies wear a surplice or rochet over their cassock.
We don’t really know about Paul but, considering he was a pharisee, it’s a safe bet to assume that he was married.
On the contrary. Paul was not married. He actually endorsed celibacy for those capable of it: "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion" (1 Corinthians 7:8-9).
Perhaps, but we know that he said “men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee” (Acts 23:6) and that Pharisees were required to get married. Did his wife died? Was she left behind in Jerusalem while he went on his trips?
Conceivably he had been married at some point and his wife had died, although there is no evidence for that. I think it is more likely that he never was married, but I don't think we can rule out his being a widower.
When he tells Titus that a bishop should be the husband of one woman, I would take that as excluding men who had remarried after their first wife died.
Were Pharisees required to marry by a certain age? We don’t know how old St. Paul was when he had his conversion experience. It’s possible that he was very young at that time and planning to marry when he got a little older, but that his conversion caused him to drop those plans in order to devote himself entirely to spreading the gospel.
I gave you the dictionary definitions...and they go back several hundred years. The ‘veneration’ of Mary is not a new thing, and the definitions of old would apply to that.
I find this comparing disheartening. Deacon Kandra should know better.
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Actually, that usage that wasn't even a part of English until after the KJV of the Bible was written.
In the US and in languages other than English, adoration didn't include "worship" as an acceptable usage until after 1900, and then only due to the fact the English had added at that usage about the time they wrote the KJV Bible. Even then, it appears as the third or forth acceptable usage.
Besides, what it means in English is meaningless since English wasn't even a written language when the doctrine was established. That's why when someone starts the garbage about what adoration means in English after sixteen hundred it's obvious they don't care one iota about the truth. All such folks care about is spreading their propaganda and lies so if the truth can't be twisted to fit into their agenda they're more than happy to tell any sort of lie they think they can get away with.
Anyone who thinks the Bible, which is composed of books written two thousand and more years ago in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, can be understood by relying on definitions altered to suit Englishmen who were beholden to a monarchy that first outlawed Christianity and confiscated Church property, then wrote a new translation of the Bible to suit their queer King, is someone who doesn't much care about Scripture to begin with. People who don't care what the Scripture means anyway only show up and blabber about what something in Church doctrine or Scripture means in hopes of spreading divisions among Christians.
It's a shame to see, but that sort of folks are under a strong delusion, the same delusion Scripture says leads to destruction. Such folks need to stop worshiping their own, "Most High and Holy Self" and following Eve rather than Jesus Christ. If they would surrender to Christ they'd begin to understand Scripture rather than trying to impose their own conceptions and misconceptions on Scripture.
Dag nabit, I forgot to include you folks in the ping to my post #54
WEll said, in fact I would add in that the English we know didn't even exist at that time.
Old English is more akin to Low German than to the English we know...
I suspect it's something to do with microphones.
Although most people are at some point in their lives called to the married state, the vocation of celibacy is explicitly advocated—as well as practiced—by both Jesus and Paul.
As I noted above, so far from "commanding" marriage in 1 Corinthians 7, in that very chapter Paul actually endorses celibacy for those capable of it: "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion".
It is only because of this "temptation to immorality" (7:2) that Paul gives the teaching about each man and woman having a spouse and giving each other their "conjugal rights" (7:3); he specifically clarifies, "I say this by way of concession, not of command. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another"
Paul even goes on to make a case for preferring celibacy to marriage: "Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. . . those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. . . . The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband" (1 Corinthians 7:27-34).
Paul’s conclusion: He who marries "does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better" (1 Corinthians 7:38).
Paul was not the first apostle to conclude that celibacy is, in some sense, "better" than marriage. After Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 19 on divorce and remarriage, the disciples exclaimed, "If such is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry" (Matt 19:10). This remark prompted Jesus’ teaching on the value of celibacy "for the sake of the kingdom": Notice that this sort of celibacy "for the sake of the kingdom" is a gift, a call that is not granted to all, or even most people, but is granted to some.
When he tells Titus that a bishop should be the husband of one woman, I would take that as excluding men who had remarried after their first wife died.
The point of Paul’s requirement that a bishop be "the husband of one wife" is not that he must have one wife, but that he must have only one wife. The truth is, it is precisely those who are uniquely "concerned about the affairs of the Lord" (1 Cor. 7:32), those to whom it has been given to "renounce marriage for the sake of the kingdom" (Matt. 19:12), who are ideally suited to follow in the footsteps of those who have "left everything" to follow Christ (cf. Matt. 19:27)—the calling of the clergy and consecrated religious (i.e., monks and nuns).
Thus Paul warned Timothy, a young bishop, that those called to be "soldiers" of Christ must avoid "civilian pursuits": "Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him" (2 Tim. 2:3–4). In light of Paul’s remarks in 1 Corinthians 7 about the advantages of celibacy, marriage and family clearly stand out in connection with these "civilian pursuits."
It is obvious to all that Paul endorsed celibacy. But, you are still ignoring my point that, as a Pharisee, he was almost certainly married himself. Maybe that’s why he said “those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that”. The other problem I have with celibacy is that the first command that God gave to man was to”be fruitful and multiply” (Gen 1:28). I would suggest that celibacy would be the exception to the rule, not the norm for all priests and nuns.
The meaningof ANY word varies according to action, usage, and intent. My home-schooled kids knew that by 3rd grade.
I cited typical examples of how the word "veneration" is commonly used. Now I will cite what the action of veneration does: it honors.
One cannot "inadvertently" (or even "surreptitiously") adore one's officers in the armed forces, for instance, when offering them the common signs of honor.
"Honor those to whom honor is due," says St. Paul.
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