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1 | Why is the NT translated from greek? | NT general Archive 1 | mincc | 28866 | ||
Why is the New Testement translated in Greek? The People of Greece were pagan. How do know that some of their pagan doctrine is not mixed into New Testement scripture. Also, I NEED to know if Roman Catholics are Christians because I dont see how they are. |
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2 | Why is the NT translated from greek? | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 28867 | ||
Greetings Mincc! I'll take the Greek question if I may! My Greek professor used to appeal to Gal. 4:4, "But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law," The reason the New Testament was written in Greek is simply because that was the only language that pretty much everyone in the world at that time could understand. It would be similar to someone writting something today in English, simply because it could probably be understood by most of the people in the world. That is the way Greek was in the 1st Century. So I would give the following reasons for the NT being written in Greek: 1) It was a univesal language, which made it ideal for mass communication. 2) It was an extremely precise and descriptive language, which made it ideal for the expression of theological truths. As far as the doctrine is concerned, doctrine doesn't come from a particular language. So, just because the NT is written in Greek doesn't mean that it presents a Greek theology. Consider the example of Paul, we know that he often took Greek words and used them in totally unique ways to express Christian doctrine. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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