Which Path?

[timothyu]

Has your personal theology been influenced by translation or by transliteration? Has transliteration allowed the religion to go in a different direction than as intended? As an example, we have many words created including Jesus, Christ or even Jesus Christ as if it were a surname, along with words we take for granted like baptism, apostle, or even passover that allow us to give meaning differing from the original intention.

 

[PloverWing]

Do you mean: Has my theology been influenced by the fact that I think in English, instead of Greek or Latin or German or some other language?

Sure. One's native language helps provide the categories that one uses to think about the world. I try to educate myself about what these technical theological and philosophical terms meant in the minds of the Greek speakers, Latin speakers, etc., who coined the terms, but I will always do theology with an American-English accent, so to speak.

 

[bling]

We need to rely on the indwelling Holy Spirit.

 

[timothyu]

We need to rely on the indwelling Holy Spirit.

For those who are adept at not seeking solutions to serve self. The HS will never do that.

 

[bling]

For those who are adept at not seeking solutions to serve self. The HS will never do that.

Not sure what you are saying here?

 

[timothyu]

Not sure what you are saying here?

The HS will never help anyone seeking to serve self as it goes against the will of God. A good tool for discernment when people play the HS card.

 

[bling]

The HS will never help anyone seeking to serve self as it goes against the will of God. A good tool for discernment when people play the HS card.

OK