10-22-2004, 09:35 AM
Hi Ronniv93,
Just some food for thoughts, due to one of your responses to Islam is the Truth's post.
''And the Greek word is NOT "periclytos", nor has it ever been. This a fabrication and a lie for people to claim that this was the original word. It is PARAclytos. You would think that out of the THOUSANDS of ancient manuscripts we have, at least ONE might have "periclytos" if this theory were true. But NOT ONE does.''
Whether it is a peri or a para it is perhaps interesting. But I find something else much more interesting in this.
Since the Christian belief is that Jesus on the cross redeemed the believers from the curse of the original sin, and that his spirit, grace and presence in the Eucharist would be FOR EVER with them, left them in NO NEED of no consolation nor of the coming consoler at all. BUT on the other hand, IF they nedded such a comforter, then all the Christian presumptions and pretensions concerning the sacrifice fall to the ground. So the question for me arises - which way is it? A or B?
Regards