The role of a peacemaker is deeply rooted in the biblical narrative, where peace is a central theme, representing wholeness, completeness, and the restoration of relationships. The call to be a peacemaker is a call to embody the principles of the Gospel, promoting love, forgiveness, and unity...
the Son of God and in believing we may have life in His Name (John 20:30-31). The Word takes us from eternity to eternity and links the whole of mankind together as one body no matter race or color to the resurrection of the incarnate, crucified Logos. He is our Gospel Support Syst...
In the Book of Acts, ἄρχομαι is used to describe the beginning of the apostles' teaching and the spread of the gospel: "Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you...
It was probably around this time that the Christian gospels began to be written. All the gospels represent Jesus as the Son of God. The gospel of St John calls Jesus also the Word of God, the instrument of divine creation. John’s language resembles that of the Jewish philosopher Philo, ...
Eusebius’Preparation for the Gospel While I was working on translations for the OT Pseudepigrapha volume, I spent a lot of time working through sections of Eusebius’The Preparation for the Gospel(Praeperatio Evangelica). And while doing so, I spent a lot of time wishing there was an acc...
In this brief section I had adapted the modern Demotic Greek wordαπόδοση (performance, yield) and treated it as if it were Ancient Greek. (Note, for example, the change in the accented syllable to reflect the pattern prevalent in the Hellenistic Period). I guess I could have ...
The essential uses of the name of God the Father in the New Testament are Theos (θεός the Greek term for God), Kyrios (i.e. Lord in Greek) and Patēr (πατήρ i.e. Father in Greek). The Aramaic word"Abba" (אבא), meaning "Father" is used by Jesus in Mar...
On Thursday morning, the church is decorated in black, purple and white, and the priests—attired in black vestments with silver crosses—read the gospel passages referring to the Last Supper. Afterwards the communion is dispensed to all baptized faithful, and even the youngest children are ...
"But it was Plato who took this word aionios –he may even have coined it – and gave it its special mysterious meaning. To put it briefly, for Plato aionios is the word of eternity in contrast with time. Plato uses it, as it has been said, 'to denote that which has neither begi...
Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 170. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. Black, Stephanie L. Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew: kai, de, tote, gar, oun and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse (Library of New Testament Studies). Library of...