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1Corinthians 13:3
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Zechariah14 Wrote:
Paul Younan Wrote:Forgive me if you have addressed this elsewhere.

Unlike the gospels, it seems counter-intuitive to me to hold that either book of Corinthians was written in anything but Greek. I mean, Corinth is in Greece, after all. Do you think that Paul was writing to a Aramaic speaking congregation in Greece, or to someone who would translate Paul's Aramaic into Greek (Luke perhaps) or something else? If Paul was writing in Aramaic to a congregation in Greece, why was he doing so?

Zechariah14

Shlama Zechariah,

Mar Khananyah Dinkha, the current Patriarch of the Church of the East, writes epistles to the churches all over the world in Aramaic (even if they don't speak Aramaic, like the churches in India, USA, etc.) It is impossible for Mar Dinkha to learn every language in the world, so that he can write it in their language. He speaks and writes only Aramaic.

There is 1 language in the Church - Aramaic. Just like Latin for the Roman Rite, the CoE uses Aramaic to communicate all over the world. In each location, there are learned priests, deacons and bishops who understand the language and interpret it for their congregation in their local language (i.e., into Malayalam in India, etc.)

I hope this answers your question about why Paul would have written his epistles in Aramaic (even if he sent one to China or to Mozambique.) <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->
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1Corinthians 13:3 - by Paul Younan - 09-11-2003, 03:04 AM
RE: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by distazo - 07-17-2022, 06:58 PM
RE: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by zega - 12-18-2022, 01:26 PM
RE: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by Andrej - 12-21-2022, 12:01 PM
RE: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by zega - 12-25-2022, 05:41 AM
RE: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by zega - 12-26-2022, 04:20 AM
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Re: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by Zechariah14 - 02-02-2004, 12:43 AM
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Re: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by Paul Younan - 02-02-2004, 03:11 PM
Re: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by Zechariah14 - 02-02-2004, 06:08 PM
Re: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by Paul Younan - 02-02-2004, 07:36 PM
Re: 1Corinthians 13:3 - by Zechariah14 - 02-02-2004, 08:07 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 02-02-2004, 10:30 PM
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Paul was a Pharisee - by Zechariah14 - 02-03-2004, 02:44 AM
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