To: Kolokotronis
σωφροσύνης is (of) chastity? I would have guessed "temperance"or moderation.
I love learning when I'm wrong.
1,282 posted on
03/05/2011 9:13:33 PM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Mad Dawg
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σωφροσύνης is (of) chastity? I would have guessed "temperance"or moderation."
You would have guessed right. The word can also mean prudence. It is translated "chastity" here to demonstrate self control. There a many Greek words with shades of meaning which don't translate into English well. The final word of the Our Father, πονηρός (as in ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ), is a good example of this.
1,283 posted on
03/06/2011 4:46:50 AM PST by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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