09-22-2008, 07:02 PM
Khati Khabibta (beloved sister) Christina,
I wish the Church had one language. Only someone multi-lingual can truly understand the phenomenon at play here. It is nearly impossible to have two languages as different as Greek and Aramaic are convey the same word-imagery. Especially in cases where a cognate term does not exist on one side. That goes both ways.
As the saying goes .... they are speaking "two different languages."
But, if only it were a matter simply of just terms. Where one side could then borrow a loan-word (like we did with "parsopa"). Sometimes a whole concept is not conveyed properly by simply trying to find a cognate. That's the reason why Ephesus was such a tragedy. Both sides were really saying the same thing, but neither understood the other. I fear they still don't.
+Shamasha
Christina Wrote:I love it <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: --> see what I mean, we must get rid of all the Greek & Latin terminology.
I wish the Church had one language. Only someone multi-lingual can truly understand the phenomenon at play here. It is nearly impossible to have two languages as different as Greek and Aramaic are convey the same word-imagery. Especially in cases where a cognate term does not exist on one side. That goes both ways.
As the saying goes .... they are speaking "two different languages."
But, if only it were a matter simply of just terms. Where one side could then borrow a loan-word (like we did with "parsopa"). Sometimes a whole concept is not conveyed properly by simply trying to find a cognate. That's the reason why Ephesus was such a tragedy. Both sides were really saying the same thing, but neither understood the other. I fear they still don't.
+Shamasha