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To: kawaii
Not only must one read a book to be saved but they have to read it in English?

From your website:

It seems the Orthodox are planning to publish it in English. I'm going to be sorely disappointed if it comes out in Greek.
10,717 posted on 02/16/2007 12:29:27 PM PST by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD

1. No one has to read anything to be baptised and beleive and follow Christ. There's no reading requirement. Christians were following Christ long before the printing press and most alphabets.

2. There's nothing grand about English. There's no 'must speak english' sign on the gates to heaven. Orthodox countries were the firsts to translate the word into native languages! They also have been preaching in North America since 1794 often to people who don't understand a word of English.

3. Presuming there is the church to guide folks there's nothing wrong with many ambiguities in translations because the church is there to keep the sheep headed on the correct path. it's when folks run off and proclaim themselves personal popes of scripture that one needs a perfect translation. if one has Orthodox clergy to help one along thent he KJV is 'good enough' for most things, but always understandings MUST be the same as were present in the Greek & Hebrew original texts. When one runs afoul of those they're no longer hearing the word of God but instead the word of men.

4. The Orthodox study Holy Scripture plenty hence the Study bible. They simply don't pray to books or proclaim themsleves as individuals with perfect knowledge of scripture.


10,722 posted on 02/16/2007 12:52:49 PM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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