"a commonplace belief among historians of the early church that early Christianity did not emphasize Jesus’ crucifixion"

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mlinssen wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:48 amIt says 'in crucem' and I would expect 'ad crucem' for tying someone 'to' a cross. If, in fact, crux means cross here - but 'in' here seems to mean 'into', and this isn't a clear-cut case of "crucifying someone as we know it"
Why would you expect that?

If the Latin in means "into" here, are you saying that this poor fellow was somehow inserted into a cross/stake (in crucem)? How would that work?
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Ben C. Smith wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:53 am
mlinssen wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:48 amIt says 'in crucem' and I would expect 'ad crucem' for tying someone 'to' a cross. If, in fact, crux means cross here - but 'in' here seems to mean 'into', and this isn't a clear-cut case of "crucifying someone as we know it"
Why would you expect that?

If the Latin in means "into" here, are you saying that this poor fellow was somehow inserted into a cross/stake (in crucem)? How would that work?
I'm going to ignore you for the day Ben. You seem to have an off-day. Get well soon!
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mlinssen wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:48 amIt says 'in crucem' and I would expect 'ad crucem' for tying someone 'to' a cross. If, in fact, crux means cross here - but 'in' here seems to mean 'into', and this isn't a clear-cut case of "crucifying someone as we know it"
mlinssen wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:12 amI'm going to ignore you for the day Ben. You seem to have an off-day. Get well soon!
There is truth to what Martijn says here about me having an off day. I certainly have less of a filter right now than I usually do.

My knowledge of Latin, however, remains unimpaired, and (for the sake of those keeping up with such matters) Martijn's expectations concerning the Latin prepositions ad and in are ungrounded.
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Well, I had 5 years of Latin in grammar school but it's been a while. Ad versus in is a difficult beast, and Perseus has a mini bible on the both of them

To make a long story short: to tie on in or to a crucem is not a very convincing example of Hannibal beating the canonicals to it

I could give you a link to some sites to give you an idea how you tie people "into a cross", Ben, but those definitely are NSFW
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Well, I had 5 years of Latin in grammar school but it's been a while. Ad versus in is a difficult beast, and Perseus has a mini bible on the both of them

To make a long story short: to tie on in or to a crucem is not a very convincing example of Hannibal beating the canonicals to it

I could give you a link to some sites to give you an idea how you tie people "into a cross", Ben, but those definitely are NSFW
The point remains that, if you want to say (in Latin) that you have affixed someone to a stake/cross, in crucem is a perfectly valid way of putting it.
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Ben C. Smith wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:49 pm The point remains that, if you want to say (in Latin) that you have affixed someone to a stake/cross, in crucem is a perfectly valid way of putting it.
Where has anyone actually said they did that? Where have the Church Fathers recounted someone as doing that?
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MrMacSon wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:37 pm
Ben C. Smith wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:49 pm The point remains that, if you want to say (in Latin) that you have affixed someone to a stake/cross, in crucem is a perfectly valid way of putting it.
Where has anyone actually said they did that? Where have the Church Fathers recounted someone as doing that?
Sorry, I am not sure what you are asking.
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Ben C. Smith wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:08 pm
MrMacSon wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:37 pm
Ben C. Smith wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:49 pm The point remains that, if you want to say (in Latin) that you have affixed someone to a stake/cross, in crucem is a perfectly valid way of putting it.
Where has anyone actually said they did that? Where have the Church Fathers recounted someone as doing that?
Sorry, I am not sure what you are asking.
Where have the Church Fathers recounted someone as 'affixed to a stake/cross', in crucem ?
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MrMacSon wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:18 pm
Ben C. Smith wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:08 pm
MrMacSon wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:37 pm
Ben C. Smith wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:49 pm The point remains that, if you want to say (in Latin) that you have affixed someone to a stake/cross, in crucem is a perfectly valid way of putting it.
Where has anyone actually said they did that? Where have the Church Fathers recounted someone as doing that?
Sorry, I am not sure what you are asking.
Where have the Church Fathers recounted someone as 'affixed to a stake/cross', in crucem ?
The church fathers? Offhand, I am not sure. Why?
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