To: wmfights; Forest Keeper; HarleyD; Kolokotronis; Quix; kawaii; Dr. Eckleburg
I was wondering when that would come up. I just started trying to study Revelation (lots of symbolism!) and noticed a couple of things in chapter 12. Rev. 12:2 "Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth...Rev 12 5:6 ""She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and his Throne. Then the woman fled into the wilderness..." Interesting find, wmfights. Any comments from the Orthodox/Catholic side?
FYI, the Orthodox Church never quotes from the revelation of John as it is the only book that is never read in the Divine Liturgy.
It is a historical fact that the Greek side of the Church had the most difficulty accepting John's Revelation as canonical. It did not accept the Apocalypse of John for almost 900 years after Christ. In the 9th century, it was still listed along with the "disputed" books in Constantinople.
12,535 posted on
04/13/2007 9:44:28 AM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: kosta50; Forest Keeper; HarleyD; Kolokotronis; Quix; kawaii; Dr. Eckleburg
FYI, the Orthodox Church never quotes from the revelation of John as it is the only book that is never read in the Divine Liturgy.I know you've mentioned this before. I'm finding it a very slow process to try and understand it, because the words are so symbolic and there is so much numerology in it.
LOL, Romans might be easier to understand!
12,537 posted on
04/13/2007 9:51:08 AM PDT by
wmfights
(LUKE 9:49-50 , MARK 9:38-41)
To: kosta50; wmfights
i think something as symbol ladden and confusing as the book of revelation should be considered only in the context of the scruitiny of the church and not doven into by one’s self...
12,538 posted on
04/13/2007 9:52:11 AM PDT by
kawaii
(Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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