To: Campion; DennisR
Stephen was
plhrhV caritoV kai dunamewV =full of grace and power, two nouns dependent on the adjective "full".
Mary was saluted by Gabriel as kecaritwmenh
=perfect participle in the passive voice = endowed with grace or "graced" at an indefinite time in the past and continuing on (presumably forever).
601 posted on
04/14/2005 9:26:45 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: AnAmericanMother
660 posted on
04/15/2005 7:05:05 AM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
To: AnAmericanMother
Interesting... However, there are Greek texts that have ristews (full of "faith") instead of caritoV (full of "grace").
1,057 posted on
04/17/2005 8:54:10 PM PDT by
DennisR
(Look around - there are countless observable clues that God exists)
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