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  1. MoreCoffee

    Election

    By the way, in my last post I neglected to state that the letters from the martyrs on behalf of penitents are "indulgences", that is the name they received in the west. I am not sure what name a Greek speaker might have used. The letter might have said something like:From Publius, presbyter of...
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    Basilica Block Party

    If you want to know why not write to the people that you want to know about?
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    Basilica Block Party

    MennoSota, how about you writing a letter to the bishop or the parish priest and put forward your concerns and see what answer is given, then you will know who owns what and who runs what, and what kinds of things happen. Then there will be no more guessing because you'll have the information...
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    Election

    I apologise for being so slow to respond to this post. I was distracted by another matter - one of lexical differences - but now that matter may be over and done with so I have returned to answer you my brother. I hope you were not inconvenienced by my delay. Indulgences originated in the East...
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    Basilica Block Party

    But the web page does not say that the bishop, priest, or diocese sponsors "it". The web page indicates that the money raised at the event is intended for the upkeep of the Basilica - a building - but not for the benefit of the church (the people of God). It seems you may have confused a church...
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    Election

    The text does not say and it really becomes a matter of opinion if "the elect lady" is an oblique reference to a local church or a direct reference to a specific lady. Commentators seem to be divided on the matter. It is not a very important point of theology as far as I can tell. It isn't going...
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    Election

    I see, so you're not asking what the text says you want an opinion about what "the elect lady" means and specifically if it means "church"?
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    Basilica Block Party

    Are you implying that the local priest or local bishop ought to go over there and forbid the consumption of alcohol? Do you think he has that kind of influence? He is not running the event is he, but you think he is responsible for what the organisers do?
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    Election

    I presume you are referring to this passage 2John 1:1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2 for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from...
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    Election

    You are mistaken about ἐκλέγω and also about λέγω. But with λέγω you have one of its meanings right. λέγω Ancient Greek Etymology From Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Cognates include Latin legō and Albanian mbledh. Pronunciation IPA: /lé.ɡɔː/ → /ˈle.ɣo/ → /ˈle.ɣo/ Verb λέγω • (légō) 1. I...
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    Election

    RichWh1, here is the etymology for ἐκλέγω (eklego) ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek Etymology From ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) +‎ λέγω (légō, “to choose”) Pronunciation IPA: /e.klé.ɡɔː/ → /eˈkle.ɣo/ → /eˈkle.ɣo/ Verb ἐκλέγω • (eklégō) 1. to pick or single out, to choose (in middle voice) to pull...
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    Election

    Well have fun with those ideas. God willing they will be amusing to somebody.
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    Basilica Block Party

    The web page is at https://www.basilicablockparty.org/ I don't see any mention of the wickedness you mentioned. Maybe you're mistaken?
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    Election

    ekklektos is not a word in Greek. Eklektos is. It is derived from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “to pick out”) +‎ -τος (-tos).
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    Election

    I know that you said it but that does not make it so. Besides no one need rely on my knowledge the words and their definitions are widely available on the internet. In my previous post I gave the source for the definitions as used in the NASB lexicon. You can check any printed lexicon that you...
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    Election

    Here's a lexical definition of ekklesia ek-klay-see'-ah Noun Feminine Definition a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating the...
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    Election

    Partly, the church has elect in it and it has others in it. The parable of the wheat and the tares as well as the parable of the fish and the net tell the story.
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    Election

    RichWh1, Eklektoi and Ekkesia are different words just like Accept and Except are different words in English and even though some English speakers confuse Except and Accept the two words are not closely related and have different meanings. The same can be said of "bought" and "brought" which are...
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    Election

    Why does your source have such horrible colour combinations on the web page? pink headings on light blue background with black text for the meat beneath the headings! It's shockingly bad for reading. Your source says What happens when I die? At the moment of death, our soul and body will go...
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    Salvation

    But Greek isn't dead and even google can manage to translate many of the words in koine Greek. It just couldn't manage to translate all the words in the passage that I translated in a previous post.
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