Thanks, Kolo, for the geek, uh, Greek, and thanks FS, for the grammatical essay on kecharitomene and the notes on Chaire.
FS, isn't it the "perfect" form which makes it intensive in meaning. I mean the Ke, to me, I would have guessed, it was just a marker of the perfect tense - "reduplicative perfect" or somesuch. So the gracing has been done done. Ain't no more gracing to do.
I have to get up at 0500.
Pillut, aka CJ: Clearly we RCs and Orthodox have a different approach to Scripture from that of the sola scriptura gang. But please don't ever think we don't love it. I told my priest that reading the "daily office", which is mostly psalms, is like taking a nice warm bath. It is so nice to think that such a pleasure, almost a self-indulgence, is, for lay Dominicans also a duty. As though it were a duty to drink good Scotch!
Oh darn Honey, I guess I have to go pray my prayers now.
It's like a warm bath and then being rubbed down with the finest olive oil scented with roses. God is so full of Love!
“. I mean the Ke, to me, I would have guessed, it was just a marker of the perfect tense - “reduplicative perfect” or somesuch.”
Blah, Blah, Blah! Here’s what it means in real life:
“An archangel was sent from Heaven to say to the Theotokos: Rejoice! And beholding Thee, O Lord, taking bodily form, he was amazed and with his bodiless voice he stood crying to Her such things as these:
Rejoice, Thou through whom joy will shine forth:
Rejoice, Thou through whom the curse will cease!
Rejoice, recall of fallen Adam:
Rejoice, redemption of the tears of Eve!
Rejoice, height inaccessible to human thoughts:
Rejoice, depth undiscernible even for the eyes of angels!
Rejoice, for Thou art the throne of the King:
Rejoice, for Thou bearest Him Who beareth all!
Rejoice, star that causest the Sun to appear:
Rejoice, womb of the Divine Incarnation!
Rejoice, Thou through whom creation is renewed:
Rejoice, Thou through whom we worship the Creator!
Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!”
Here’s a link: