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1 | This is the Bread? | John 6:27 | Emmaus | 90660 | ||
Ray, Although I prefer the older style of capitalizing the tiles and personal pronouns of any of the Persons of the Trinity. I wonder how much of this is cultural and if it is confined to English or if it is found in other languages. i looked at som,e of my older Missals and Bibles and they do not, despite Catholic understanding of John 6, capitalize bread in John 6, only the personal pronouns. I think there used to be standard rules of grammar on these matters. Jesus is the Son of God in his divine personhood and divine nature in the Trinity. He is the son of Joseph in his human nature from Mary and adopted by Joseph. It all goes back to Jesus being one divine Person (the Son, which in the Tinity is a name, as opposed to the son of Joseph, which is not a name), with two natures, divine and human. But I must admit that while respecting your interest, this kind of theological hair splitting over typeface does not hold much appeal for me. Jesus answers your last question in John 6: 50-51. Emmaus |
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2 | This is the Bread? | John 6:27 | Ray | 90713 | ||
Hi Emmaus, John 6:48-58 has the seven breads, rather than 41-58, my mistake. I wanted to make that correction first. Thank you for answering my post especially since typeface does not hold much appeal for you. Your writing about the two natures, divine and human reminded me that I should study more about where a human nature is spoken of for Jesus in the Scriptures. I wonder if the first Adam had a "human nature" before the fall? Another question that comes to mind is whether Jesus is Mary's "son" since you say that He received His "human nature" through her. Emmaus, I know that upper and lower cases of words, or capitalization of pronouns is not of interest to you. But I know that you have an interest in the Eucharist and the topic of transubstantiation. The capitalization of Bread is important for consideration in that regard. For John 6:33 do you go with the NASB "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." Or, NKJ, "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." Personally, I go with "For the Bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." What are your thoughts? From the heart, Ray |
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3 | This is the Bread? | John 6:27 | Emmaus | 90741 | ||
Ray, I certainly would not have any objection to capitalizing Bread of God in appropriate circumstances, though I suspect it is unnecessary in catholic Bibles and would be opposed by publishers of Protestant Bibles whose main audience holds a completely different interpretation of John 6. As for Adam, he had only a human nature, since he was a creation and not uncreated like the eternally pre-existing Son who became Jesus. There is a song in the easter Vigil Liturgy referring to Adam's fall that says "Oh happy fault" because it was that fault which lead to our Redemption by Christ assuming our human nature and allowing us to become "partakers of the divine nature." It is something to ponder about God's plan. As for John 6:33, the NAB and RSV are as the NASB. I am not a Greek scholar, so perhap Tim Moran could comment on the personal pronoun used or implied in this veres. Was it neuter or masculine or is it ambiguous in the Greek and determined by the context or the gender of the word bread according to Greek grammar. Emmaus |
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