To: Kolokotronis
"Orthodoxy ALWAYS holds that war is "αμαρτια"!"
What's the translation of the Greek, please?
38 posted on
12/28/2007 8:05:38 PM PST by
tlRCta
(Merry Christmas, folks!)
To: tlRCta; Pyro7480
Strong’s Greek Dictionary: 266. hamartia (ham-ar-tee’-ah)
266. hamartia (ham-ar-tee’-ah) from hamartano; a sin (properly abstract) offence, sin(-ful). see GREEK hamartano. StrongsNumbers.com ...
55 posted on
12/28/2007 8:36:24 PM PST by
Huber
(And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. - John 1:5)
To: tlRCta; Pyro7480; Tax-chick
“What’s the translation of the Greek, please?”
It means “missing the mark”, the mark being Christ, thus, sin.
77 posted on
12/29/2007 5:37:50 AM PST by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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