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To: Bainbridge
And when you net out Jesus' words, amazingly brief.

Jesus Christ spoke Ancient Aramaic, the language in which the disciples and apostles preached the Gospel and the scribes recorded the Scriptures. It was then translated into Greek. From the Greek, those words were then translated into the vernacular of contemporary societies. As a polyglot, I can assure you that things get lost in translation.

728 posted on 02/16/2006 5:02:06 PM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: NYer
For a polyglot, you are remarkably obtuse in your ability to decipher the clear meaning of my words.
Or ,as I suspect, you are willfully ignoring the actual meaning of the text preferring to go off on an utterly unrelated tangent to satisfy yourself with a reply and boast of an admirable talent.
Rather reinforces ( ironically) my point that Roman Catholicism spends its energy always on trajectories that get so far away from the nub as to confuse those in its grasp and offer no appeal to those who, if it is truly an evangelical, Christian body, it should want to convince.
Sort of gets us back to the topic that started this: to wit,why do so many serious followers of Jesus call themselves Christians rather than call themselves what some pouting complainers insist they do. Get out there and show that you are Christians and stop worrying that you have lost the upper hand.If you believe you should have it - you never will, remember that bit about the last being first and the first being last.
800 posted on 02/17/2006 5:01:20 AM PST by Bainbridge
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