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To: metmom; aMorePerfectUnion
[31] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. [32] This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church. " [Ephesians Chapter 5]

Or did Luther toss that book too?

143 posted on 07/17/2017 5:36:23 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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To: ebb tide; metmom; aMorePerfectUnion
Roman Catholics continue to delude themselves in thinking Christians follow Luther.
154 posted on 07/17/2017 5:46:34 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ebb tide

I don’t see the word *sacrament* in anything you posted.


157 posted on 07/17/2017 5:48:18 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: ebb tide; metmom; aMorePerfectUnion
[32] This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church. " [Ephesians Chapter 5]

No wonder Roman Catholicism gets stuff wrong. The word in Ephesians 5:32, τὸ μυστήριον, is only translated as "sacrament" in the Vulgate.

No other major translation renders it this way. The word conveys the meaning of:

the content of that which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency

Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 344). New York: United Bible Societies.

3466 mystḗrion (the root of the English term, "mystery") – mystery. In the Bible, a "mystery" (3466 /mystḗrion) is not something unknowable. Rather, it is what can only be known through revelation, i.e. because God reveals it.

162 posted on 07/17/2017 5:55:40 PM PDT by ealgeone
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