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It says: “The Ethiopic version reads, "two shall be separated from three, and one shall be separated from two".” I can’t find this passage anywhere. Which Ethiopic version is he referring to? I’ve always felt that Luke 12:49-53 hints at something deeper: 49“I came to cast fire on the earth...

Joseph D. L. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:51 am A cow gave birth to a lamb? Huh. I really didn't see that one coming.

Lots of early / medieval nativity art show a cow or ox right next to the stable.

The sequence of thought is very strange to me. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Chr...

In On Pascha 8-9 Melito writes For he was born a son, and led as a lamb, and slaughtered as a sheep, and buried as a man, and rose from the dead as God, being God by his nature and a man. He is all things. He is law, in that he judges. He is word, in that he teaches. He is grace, in that he saves. H...

What were their primary means of revenue (donations from individual rich donors versus average “member” collections)? What percentage of the revenue went where? This I am really interested in: what percent went to expensive incense and oil, what percent to feasts, what percent to aiding the poor, wh...

they can say for sure. I went down a rabbit hole on the letter I mentioned and still have more to read about it before a proper reply (apparently there is considerable controversy about it which I hadn’t realized, my fault for trusting Wikipedia — some translated it as “no desire to write in Hebrew...

There is at least one professor who entertains the idea Jesus spoke Greek during his teachings: https://www.wisluthsem.org/did-jesus-speak-greek/ It is odd that if Jesus spoke Aramaic primarily, the gospel writers would translate into Greek using the same basic language with mostly just additions or...

whitewash its anti humanitarian reality disturbing If it is anti-humanitarian, then we should see that humanitarianism begins with non-Christians. We would also see that Christians donate the least to humanitarian organizations. We don’t see this. Some of the first humanitarians were Christians and...

Good Friday in action today. Theology having a field day. Are you sure you understand what theology is? All the mainstream (and original) theologians do not believe that a person should literally carry a cross to fulfill Christ’s metaphorical demand in Matthew 16:24. When we interpret this passage ...

The historical act ? What historical act are you referring to ? The historical activity that underlies a religious story. For instance, the historical details of the sacrifice of Isaac are not actually “spiritually useful” for understanding the event. The meaning of the sacrifice of Isaac resides i...