8 things to know and share about the Annunciation
Dec 10, 2018 14:41:34 #
04/07/2013 8 things to know and share about the Annunciation
Jimmy Akin
http://m.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/8-things-to-know-and-share-about-the-annunciation
Article main image This Monday we're going to be celebrating the solemnity of the Annunciation.
This day celebrates the appearance of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce of the birth of Christ.
What's going on and why is this day important?
Here are 8 things you need to know.
1. What does the word "Annunciation" mean?
It's derived from the same root as the word "announce."
Gabriel is announcing the birth of Christ in advance.
"Annunciation" is simply an old-fashioned way of saying "announcement."
Although we are most familiar with this term being applied to the announcement of Christ's birth, it can be applied in other ways also.
For example, in his book Jesus of Nazareth 3:
The Infancy Narratives, Benedict XVI has sections on both;
1 "The � Annunciation of the birth of John" and "The annunciation to Mary," because John the Baptist's birth was also announced in advance.
2. When is the Annunciation normally celebrated and why does it sometimes move ?
Normally the Solemnity of the Annunciation is celebrated on March 25th.
This date is used because it is nine months before Christmas (December 25th), and it is assumed that Jesus spent the normal nine months in the womb.
However, March 25th sometimes falls during Holy Week, and the days of Holy Week have a higher liturgical rank than this solemnity.
(Weekdays of Holy Week have rank I:2, while this solemnity has a rank of I:3; see here for the Table of Liturgical Days by their ranks).
Still, the Annunciation is an important solemnity, and so it doesn't just vanish from the calendar.
Instead, as the rubrics in the Catholic Missal note:
Whenever this Solemnity occurs during Holy Week, it is transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter.
�It is thus celebrated on the first available day after Holy Week and the Octave of Easter (which ends on the Second Sunday of Easter).
3. How does this story parallel the birth of John the Baptist?
As noted above, John the Baptist's birth was announced in advance also. In both stories there are multiple parallels:
The Angel Gabriel makes the announcement.
He announces to a single individual: Zechariah in John the Baptist's case and Mary in Jesus' case.
He announces the miraculous birth of an individual who has a prominent place in God's plan.
He is met with a question in both cases (Zechariah asks how he can know this will happen; Mary asks how it will happen)
A miraculous sign is offered as evidence (Zechariah is struck dumb; Mary is told of Elizabeth's miraculous pregnancy, which is in its sixth month)�
Gabriel departs.
4. How is Mary's reaction different than Zechariah's?
At first glance, Mary's reaction to Gabriel could appear like Zechariah's unbelieving reaction, but it is fundamentally different.
Like Zechariah, she asks a question, but it is a question of a different sort:
Zechariah asked how he could
� know,
� What the angel says would be true. His attitude was one of skepticism.
Mary does not ask for proof. Instead, she asks;
� How
� The angel's words will be fulfilled.
He accepts what he says and wants to understand specifically how it will take place. �
Her attitude is thus one of faith seeking understanding, not a lack of faith.
5. What does Mary's reaction say about her perpetual virginity?
Mary's question is translated in the RSV:CE as
� "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"
This is not a good translation, because she;
� Does, in fact, have a husband:
Joseph in Luke has already told us that she is betrothed to Joseph, which means that they were legally married (thus Joseph would have had to divorce her, not just "break the engagement" as one might today.
cf. Matt. 1:19).
What the text literally says in Greek is "since I do not know man."
This relies on the common biblical euphemism of "knowing" for sexual relations.
Mary's question indicates that she understands the facts of life, and it is surprising since she is legally married and awaiting the time that she and Joseph would begin to cohabit.
If she were planning on an ordinary marriage then the most natural interpretation of the angel's statement would be that, after she and Joseph begin to cohabit, they will together conceive a child, who the angel is now telling her about.
The fact that she asks the question indicates that this is not her understanding, and it has often been taken as a sign that she was not planning on an ordinary marriage.
Early Christian writings from the second century onward, beginning with the;
� Protoevangelium of James,
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm
� Indicate that Mary was a consecrated virgin who was entrusted to the care of Joseph.
6. How does Gabriel respond to Mary's question?
Gabriel informs her:
� "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
� And the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
� Therefore the child to be born will be called holy,
� The Son of God."
Here Gabriel indicates the involvement of all three Persons of the Trinity:
Through the action of the Holy Spirit, the Father causes the Son to be conceived in human form.
There will be no human father, making clear the fact that the child will be the Son of God.
As a further illustration of God's power, he points to the fact that Elizabeth, though old and apparently barren, has miraculously conceived a son and is in her sixth month of pregnancy. "For with God nothing will be impossible."
7. Is Elizabeth Mary's "Cousin"?
This question sometimes comes up in discussions of Mary's perpetual virginity, because it is sometimes thought that the "brothers" of the Lord were his cousins and that they are described as brothers because Aramaic has no word for "cousin."
Yet the New American Bible described Elizabeth as Mary's cousin.
Who Jesus "brothers" were has been understood in different ways.
The earliest sources that comment on the question (including the second century;
� Protoevangelium of James) say that they were step-brothers through Joseph.
They also, hypothetically, could have been adopted (adoption was very common in the ancient world since people often died early).
So they need not have been cousins.
While it's true that Aramaic does not have a word for cousin, Greek does (anepsios), but that is not the word used here.
Despite the well-known mistranslation in the NAB (later corrected in the NAB:RE),
Elizabeth is not described as Mary's "cousin."
The Greek word in this passage (sungenis) indicates a female relative--a kinswoman--not a cousin in particular.
8. Why is Mary's "Fiat" (Latin, "Let it be") important?
Mary's acceptance of this role is momentous and will entail suffering.
It is momentous because she will be the mother of the Son of God himself. It will entail suffering in ways that she cannot yet foresee.
(e.g., witnessing the Crucifixion), but some she could foresee.
In particular, she will be regarded as having been unfaithful to Joseph, and that would involve not only public shame but, as Matthew records, endangered her relationship with Joseph and her future livelihood and social position.
Yet she placed herself completely at the service of God's will.
Commenting on this, Pope Benedict writes:
"In one of his Advent homilies, Bernard of Clairvaux offers a stirring presentation of the drama of this moment.
After the error of our first parents, the whole world was shrouded in darkness, under the dominion of death.
Now God seeks to enter the world anew.
He knocks at Mary �s door.
He needs human freedom.
The only way he can redeem man, who was created free, is by means of a free 'yes' to his will.
In creating freedom, he made himself in a certain sense dependent upon man.
His power is tied to the unenforceable 'yes' of a human being.
So Bernard portrays heaven and earth as it were holding its breath at this moment of the question addressed to Mary.
Will she say yes?
She hesitates � will her humility hold her back?
Just this once � Bernard tells her
� do not be humble but daring!
Give us your 'yes'!
This is the crucial moment when, from her lips, from her heart, the answer comes:
'Let it be to me according to your word.'
It is the moment of free, humble yet magnanimous obedience in which the loftiest choice of human freedom is made."
(Jesus of Nazareth 3: The Infancy Narratives, ch. 2).
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2012/11/20/further-details-about-jesus-of-nazareth-the-infancy-narratives/
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Jimmy Akin
http://m.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/8-things-to-know-and-share-about-the-annunciation
Article main image This Monday we're going to be celebrating the solemnity of the Annunciation.
This day celebrates the appearance of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce of the birth of Christ.
What's going on and why is this day important?
Here are 8 things you need to know.
1. What does the word "Annunciation" mean?
It's derived from the same root as the word "announce."
Gabriel is announcing the birth of Christ in advance.
"Annunciation" is simply an old-fashioned way of saying "announcement."
Although we are most familiar with this term being applied to the announcement of Christ's birth, it can be applied in other ways also.
For example, in his book Jesus of Nazareth 3:
The Infancy Narratives, Benedict XVI has sections on both;
1 "The � Annunciation of the birth of John" and "The annunciation to Mary," because John the Baptist's birth was also announced in advance.
2. When is the Annunciation normally celebrated and why does it sometimes move ?
Normally the Solemnity of the Annunciation is celebrated on March 25th.
This date is used because it is nine months before Christmas (December 25th), and it is assumed that Jesus spent the normal nine months in the womb.
However, March 25th sometimes falls during Holy Week, and the days of Holy Week have a higher liturgical rank than this solemnity.
(Weekdays of Holy Week have rank I:2, while this solemnity has a rank of I:3; see here for the Table of Liturgical Days by their ranks).
Still, the Annunciation is an important solemnity, and so it doesn't just vanish from the calendar.
Instead, as the rubrics in the Catholic Missal note:
Whenever this Solemnity occurs during Holy Week, it is transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter.
�It is thus celebrated on the first available day after Holy Week and the Octave of Easter (which ends on the Second Sunday of Easter).
3. How does this story parallel the birth of John the Baptist?
As noted above, John the Baptist's birth was announced in advance also. In both stories there are multiple parallels:
The Angel Gabriel makes the announcement.
He announces to a single individual: Zechariah in John the Baptist's case and Mary in Jesus' case.
He announces the miraculous birth of an individual who has a prominent place in God's plan.
He is met with a question in both cases (Zechariah asks how he can know this will happen; Mary asks how it will happen)
A miraculous sign is offered as evidence (Zechariah is struck dumb; Mary is told of Elizabeth's miraculous pregnancy, which is in its sixth month)�
Gabriel departs.
4. How is Mary's reaction different than Zechariah's?
At first glance, Mary's reaction to Gabriel could appear like Zechariah's unbelieving reaction, but it is fundamentally different.
Like Zechariah, she asks a question, but it is a question of a different sort:
Zechariah asked how he could
� know,
� What the angel says would be true. His attitude was one of skepticism.
Mary does not ask for proof. Instead, she asks;
� How
� The angel's words will be fulfilled.
He accepts what he says and wants to understand specifically how it will take place. �
Her attitude is thus one of faith seeking understanding, not a lack of faith.
5. What does Mary's reaction say about her perpetual virginity?
Mary's question is translated in the RSV:CE as
� "How shall this be, since I have no husband?"
This is not a good translation, because she;
� Does, in fact, have a husband:
Joseph in Luke has already told us that she is betrothed to Joseph, which means that they were legally married (thus Joseph would have had to divorce her, not just "break the engagement" as one might today.
cf. Matt. 1:19).
What the text literally says in Greek is "since I do not know man."
This relies on the common biblical euphemism of "knowing" for sexual relations.
Mary's question indicates that she understands the facts of life, and it is surprising since she is legally married and awaiting the time that she and Joseph would begin to cohabit.
If she were planning on an ordinary marriage then the most natural interpretation of the angel's statement would be that, after she and Joseph begin to cohabit, they will together conceive a child, who the angel is now telling her about.
The fact that she asks the question indicates that this is not her understanding, and it has often been taken as a sign that she was not planning on an ordinary marriage.
Early Christian writings from the second century onward, beginning with the;
� Protoevangelium of James,
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm
� Indicate that Mary was a consecrated virgin who was entrusted to the care of Joseph.
6. How does Gabriel respond to Mary's question?
Gabriel informs her:
� "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
� And the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
� Therefore the child to be born will be called holy,
� The Son of God."
Here Gabriel indicates the involvement of all three Persons of the Trinity:
Through the action of the Holy Spirit, the Father causes the Son to be conceived in human form.
There will be no human father, making clear the fact that the child will be the Son of God.
As a further illustration of God's power, he points to the fact that Elizabeth, though old and apparently barren, has miraculously conceived a son and is in her sixth month of pregnancy. "For with God nothing will be impossible."
7. Is Elizabeth Mary's "Cousin"?
This question sometimes comes up in discussions of Mary's perpetual virginity, because it is sometimes thought that the "brothers" of the Lord were his cousins and that they are described as brothers because Aramaic has no word for "cousin."
Yet the New American Bible described Elizabeth as Mary's cousin.
Who Jesus "brothers" were has been understood in different ways.
The earliest sources that comment on the question (including the second century;
� Protoevangelium of James) say that they were step-brothers through Joseph.
They also, hypothetically, could have been adopted (adoption was very common in the ancient world since people often died early).
So they need not have been cousins.
While it's true that Aramaic does not have a word for cousin, Greek does (anepsios), but that is not the word used here.
Despite the well-known mistranslation in the NAB (later corrected in the NAB:RE),
Elizabeth is not described as Mary's "cousin."
The Greek word in this passage (sungenis) indicates a female relative--a kinswoman--not a cousin in particular.
8. Why is Mary's "Fiat" (Latin, "Let it be") important?
Mary's acceptance of this role is momentous and will entail suffering.
It is momentous because she will be the mother of the Son of God himself. It will entail suffering in ways that she cannot yet foresee.
(e.g., witnessing the Crucifixion), but some she could foresee.
In particular, she will be regarded as having been unfaithful to Joseph, and that would involve not only public shame but, as Matthew records, endangered her relationship with Joseph and her future livelihood and social position.
Yet she placed herself completely at the service of God's will.
Commenting on this, Pope Benedict writes:
"In one of his Advent homilies, Bernard of Clairvaux offers a stirring presentation of the drama of this moment.
After the error of our first parents, the whole world was shrouded in darkness, under the dominion of death.
Now God seeks to enter the world anew.
He knocks at Mary �s door.
He needs human freedom.
The only way he can redeem man, who was created free, is by means of a free 'yes' to his will.
In creating freedom, he made himself in a certain sense dependent upon man.
His power is tied to the unenforceable 'yes' of a human being.
So Bernard portrays heaven and earth as it were holding its breath at this moment of the question addressed to Mary.
Will she say yes?
She hesitates � will her humility hold her back?
Just this once � Bernard tells her
� do not be humble but daring!
Give us your 'yes'!
This is the crucial moment when, from her lips, from her heart, the answer comes:
'Let it be to me according to your word.'
It is the moment of free, humble yet magnanimous obedience in which the loftiest choice of human freedom is made."
(Jesus of Nazareth 3: The Infancy Narratives, ch. 2).
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2012/11/20/further-details-about-jesus-of-nazareth-the-infancy-narratives/
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Rose42,
Can you conceptualize or grasp or do you even know, or even understand the definitions of Hermeneutics is ?
Or could even understand the Christian terms of Exegesis and Eisegesis viewpoints, Rose42 ?
This happens to be the major Protestant stumbling blocks, and the inherent problems with Martin Luther's ("man-Made") biblical self-interpretation of Sola Scriptura.
a. Which is a Protestant Man-Made AD 1517 theological doctrine invention. . . . .
b. Which there is "NO" biblical verse basis of Sola Scriptura, found in Holy Scripture in Old and New Testament Bible.
c. Or the Bible study, that is called "Typology, — The study of Scripture “types.”
Few Protestant Christians have made any sort of in-depth investigation of biblical types.
As a matter of fact, this field of study has fallen into disrepute in recent years and this can probably be accounted for on two bases:
a. First, the extravagant speculations of earlier Protestant revisionist typologists, have left a bad taste for the study in the minds of many; they feel it has been discredited.
b. Second, the spirit of religious liberalism has silently assaulted the thinking of some. They thus tend to dismiss the supernatural elements of the Scriptures, and since typology relates to prophecy, it has been similarly discarded.
The Bible itself, however, makes it quite clear that types are a vital component of God's redemptive plan found in the Bible and Church oral and written Traditions or less prophetic, called ‘Antitype’”
“The preordained representative relation, which certain persons, events, and institutions of the Old Testament bear to corresponding persons, events, and institutions in the New Testament.”
The following "Typology" definition, which we ("Paraphrase"): A type is a real, exalted happening in history which was divinely ordained by the omniscient God to be a prophetic picture of the good things, which he purposed to bring to fruition in Christ Jesus.
Rose42, your personal Protestant man-Made doctrine-theology opened "Pandora's Box of Christian ill's-problems, and of biblical comprehension and understanding of bible definition applications typology;
a. Self-Made interpretations by 30,000 thousand plus Protestants, and by 30,000 little mini-Popes, self-Interpretation of Holy scripture.
b. And in which 30,000 plus schismatic Protestant's, independent, reformed denominations, have no-Christian self-Interpreting Authority, to make man-Made Biblical interpretations of the Bible.
Which you Protestant people know nothing about the "Typology's inherent problem's) .e.g.
Of two conflicting approaches of Interrupting Hermeneutics ? Or understanding Bible "Exegesis" and Bible "Eisegesis" viewpoints . . . .
New Testament Terms;
https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/126-study-of-biblical-types-a
There are several words used in the Greek New Testament to denote what we have just defined as a type.
a. First, there is the term ("Tupos") (the basis of our English word “Type”). Though this word is variously employed in the New Testament, it is certainly used in our present sense in Romans 5:14 where Paul declares that Adam “is a figure ("Tupos") of him that was to come”, i.e., Christ.
14Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
b. Second, there is the word (Skia,) rendered (“shadow.”) In Colossians 2:17, certain elements of the Mosaic system are said to be (“A shadow of the things to come.”)
(cf. Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 10:1).
5They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
10The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
c. Third, there is the term ("Hupodeigma,) translated (“copy,”) and used in conjunction with (“shadow”) in Hebrews 8:5 (cf. Hebrews 9:23).
5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
d. Fourth, the Greek word ("Parabole") (compare our English, “parable”) is found in Hebrews 9:9, "This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper." Where certain elements of the tabernacle are “a figure for the present time”
(cf. 11:19).
Finally, one should note the use of ("Antitupon,) rendered (“figures” )(KJV) or (“pattern”) (ASV) in Hebrews 9:24, and (“like figure”) (KJV) or (“true likeness”) (ASV) in 1 Peter 3:21. This word, as used in the New Testament, denotes (“that which corresponds to” the type.) It is the reality which fulfills the prophetic picture.
Two Example: 1 Peter 3:21
21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 9:24
24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
Rose42,
a. From now on, I will only converse with you on "Interpretive understanding of the Bible."
b. by Discussing only Hermeneutics; Protestant Exegesis and Eisegesis viewpoints.
1. Hermeneutics is the field of study concerned with how we interpret the Bible.
2. Exegesis is the actual interpretation of the Bible by drawing the meaning out of the Biblical text.
3. Hermeneutics also studies the role of eisegesis in interpretation, considers the role of church doctrine and theology in interpretation.
Which is by definition not part of exegesis, there is no overlap;
The focus of exegesis is the text, the "critical" nature, it implies some scientific method, which implies some prior hermeneutic.
1. Protoevangelium of James,
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm
2. Redemptoris Mater (25 March 1987) John Paul II
w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/
c. Rose42 I will continue to argue with you about your Straw-Man, RedHerring, Ad Hominem and Non-Sequester Fallacy idiom arguments, as with your present reply.
d. In Redemptoris Mater, Sola-Scriptura (Bible Alone) has no historic, factual or biblical scriptural passage relevance. . . . 1876 – 9 October 1958
e. All you do is present a ("Personal hatred") against the Catholic Church, a Protestant ("Bigoted interpretation-foundation") of anti-Catholicism and 501 year church tradition and ("False un-factual") and ("non-biblical lies") and ("Protestant man-Made mistruths.")
Rose42, Below are Scriptural Passages on Authority, in the Old Testament and New Testament Bible.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
2. New Testament Bible passages on, "Authority."
Matthew 4:4
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 17:20
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 16:15-19
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 18:18-20
Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Mark 1:27
And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
Mark 6:7
And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
Luke 9:1
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
Luke 10:17
The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Romans 13:1
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
2 Corinthians 2:9
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
2 Corinthians 10:5
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:8
For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
1 Peter 2:13-14
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
Can you conceptualize or grasp or do you even know, or even understand the definitions of Hermeneutics is ?
Or could even understand the Christian terms of Exegesis and Eisegesis viewpoints, Rose42 ?
This happens to be the major Protestant stumbling blocks, and the inherent problems with Martin Luther's ("man-Made") biblical self-interpretation of Sola Scriptura.
a. Which is a Protestant Man-Made AD 1517 theological doctrine invention. . . . .
b. Which there is "NO" biblical verse basis of Sola Scriptura, found in Holy Scripture in Old and New Testament Bible.
c. Or the Bible study, that is called "Typology, — The study of Scripture “types.”
Few Protestant Christians have made any sort of in-depth investigation of biblical types.
As a matter of fact, this field of study has fallen into disrepute in recent years and this can probably be accounted for on two bases:
a. First, the extravagant speculations of earlier Protestant revisionist typologists, have left a bad taste for the study in the minds of many; they feel it has been discredited.
b. Second, the spirit of religious liberalism has silently assaulted the thinking of some. They thus tend to dismiss the supernatural elements of the Scriptures, and since typology relates to prophecy, it has been similarly discarded.
The Bible itself, however, makes it quite clear that types are a vital component of God's redemptive plan found in the Bible and Church oral and written Traditions or less prophetic, called ‘Antitype’”
“The preordained representative relation, which certain persons, events, and institutions of the Old Testament bear to corresponding persons, events, and institutions in the New Testament.”
The following "Typology" definition, which we ("Paraphrase"): A type is a real, exalted happening in history which was divinely ordained by the omniscient God to be a prophetic picture of the good things, which he purposed to bring to fruition in Christ Jesus.
Rose42, your personal Protestant man-Made doctrine-theology opened "Pandora's Box of Christian ill's-problems, and of biblical comprehension and understanding of bible definition applications typology;
a. Self-Made interpretations by 30,000 thousand plus Protestants, and by 30,000 little mini-Popes, self-Interpretation of Holy scripture.
b. And in which 30,000 plus schismatic Protestant's, independent, reformed denominations, have no-Christian self-Interpreting Authority, to make man-Made Biblical interpretations of the Bible.
Which you Protestant people know nothing about the "Typology's inherent problem's) .e.g.
Of two conflicting approaches of Interrupting Hermeneutics ? Or understanding Bible "Exegesis" and Bible "Eisegesis" viewpoints . . . .
New Testament Terms;
https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/126-study-of-biblical-types-a
There are several words used in the Greek New Testament to denote what we have just defined as a type.
a. First, there is the term ("Tupos") (the basis of our English word “Type”). Though this word is variously employed in the New Testament, it is certainly used in our present sense in Romans 5:14 where Paul declares that Adam “is a figure ("Tupos") of him that was to come”, i.e., Christ.
14Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
b. Second, there is the word (Skia,) rendered (“shadow.”) In Colossians 2:17, certain elements of the Mosaic system are said to be (“A shadow of the things to come.”)
(cf. Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 10:1).
5They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
10The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
c. Third, there is the term ("Hupodeigma,) translated (“copy,”) and used in conjunction with (“shadow”) in Hebrews 8:5 (cf. Hebrews 9:23).
5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
d. Fourth, the Greek word ("Parabole") (compare our English, “parable”) is found in Hebrews 9:9, "This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper." Where certain elements of the tabernacle are “a figure for the present time”
(cf. 11:19).
Finally, one should note the use of ("Antitupon,) rendered (“figures” )(KJV) or (“pattern”) (ASV) in Hebrews 9:24, and (“like figure”) (KJV) or (“true likeness”) (ASV) in 1 Peter 3:21. This word, as used in the New Testament, denotes (“that which corresponds to” the type.) It is the reality which fulfills the prophetic picture.
Two Example: 1 Peter 3:21
21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 9:24
24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
Rose42,
a. From now on, I will only converse with you on "Interpretive understanding of the Bible."
b. by Discussing only Hermeneutics; Protestant Exegesis and Eisegesis viewpoints.
1. Hermeneutics is the field of study concerned with how we interpret the Bible.
2. Exegesis is the actual interpretation of the Bible by drawing the meaning out of the Biblical text.
3. Hermeneutics also studies the role of eisegesis in interpretation, considers the role of church doctrine and theology in interpretation.
Which is by definition not part of exegesis, there is no overlap;
The focus of exegesis is the text, the "critical" nature, it implies some scientific method, which implies some prior hermeneutic.
1. Protoevangelium of James,
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm
2. Redemptoris Mater (25 March 1987) John Paul II
w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/
c. Rose42 I will continue to argue with you about your Straw-Man, RedHerring, Ad Hominem and Non-Sequester Fallacy idiom arguments, as with your present reply.
d. In Redemptoris Mater, Sola-Scriptura (Bible Alone) has no historic, factual or biblical scriptural passage relevance. . . . 1876 – 9 October 1958
e. All you do is present a ("Personal hatred") against the Catholic Church, a Protestant ("Bigoted interpretation-foundation") of anti-Catholicism and 501 year church tradition and ("False un-factual") and ("non-biblical lies") and ("Protestant man-Made mistruths.")
Rose42, Below are Scriptural Passages on Authority, in the Old Testament and New Testament Bible.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
2. New Testament Bible passages on, "Authority."
Matthew 4:4
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 17:20
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 16:15-19
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 18:18-20
Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Mark 1:27
And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
Mark 6:7
And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
Luke 9:1
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
Luke 10:17
The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Romans 13:1
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
2 Corinthians 2:9
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
2 Corinthians 10:5
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:8
For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
1 Peter 2:13-14
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
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