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I have listened to so many apologists that I...


decided, on things I had questions about, it would be best if I knew what the authors of scripture were saying myself. But, it isn't easy on a linguistical novice, so I set out on a little journey.

I found out that almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew during the thousand years of its composition. But a few chapters in the prophecies of Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in a language called Aramaic. Around 300 BC the Old Testament had been translated into Greek, as many of the scholars of that day no longer read Hebrew. It was called the Septuagint.

The New Testament was written in Greek. Jesus was able to communicate, well as needed. But he spoke Greek, Aramaic and Latin. God will be God (:

I do believe that an excellent job was done of translation, or communicating at least if not a direct translation, the closest found for us in the English speaking world, and in most languages.

I wondered about the debate on Calvinism and Armenianism. Some of the word were "chosen", "elect" and others.

First I wanted to know where and when these ideas came into being. On John Calvin, which you can read much more, briefly, I found:

Background

Born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, Picardy, France, John Calvin was a law student at the University of Orléans when he first joined the cause of the Reformation. In 1536, he published the landmark text Institutes of the Christian Religion, an early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestantism. Calvin's religious teachings emphasized the sovereignty of the scriptures and divine predestination—a doctrine holding that God chooses a sellect few to enter Heaven, regardless of their good works or their faith.

much more on him here: http://www.biography.com/people/john-calvin-9235788

Arminianism is based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) and his historic supporters known as the Remonstrants. His teachings held to the five solae of the Reformation, but they were distinct in some ways from particular teachings of Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin, and other Protestant Reformers. Jacobus Arminius (Jacobus Hermanszoon) was a student of Beza (successor of Calvin) at the Theological University of Geneva. Arminianism is known as a soteriological diversification of Protestant Christianity.[1] Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the Remonstrance (1610), a theological statement signed by 45 ministers and submitted to the States-General of the Netherlands. The Synod of Dort (1618–19) was called by the States General to consider the Five Articles of Remonstrance. These articles asserted that
1.salvation (and condemnation on the day of judgment) was conditioned by the graciously enabled faith (or unbelief) of man;
2.the Atonement, is qualitatively adequate for all men, "yet that no one actually enjoys [experiences] this forgiveness of sins, except the believer..." and thus is limited to only those who trust in Christ;
3."That man has not saving grace of himself, nor of the energy of his free will," and unaided by the Holy Spirit, no person is able to respond to God’s will;
4.The (Christian) grace "of God is the beginning, continuance, and accomplishment of any good", yet man may resist the Holy Spirit; and
5.believers are able to resist sin through grace, and Christ will keep them from falling, but whether they are beyond the possibility of ultimately forsaking God or "becoming devoid of grace", "must be more particularly determined.

As Refreshed told me, most people believe somewhere on sort of a sliding scale between these two beliefs.

So, I begin a little or maybe bigger journey. If I discover I am reinventing the wheel, well, I am not interested. I just want to provide resources for anyone to thoroughly understand how to judge based on scripture, not these 2 movements, unless they too feel led in that way.

It could end here but I hope not. It may be a while for me to answer my questions. I don't even know what "Reformation" refers to, other than to reform the standard of belief at that time maybe.

Anyway, to be continued...


 

 
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