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Can we take apart Revelation together?
- Thread starter jeager106
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Kolibri: That was a good statement on Revelation.
Wonder what happend to spellcheck? The guy that corrected my misspelling then misspelled a word himself? I dubed him "spellcheck" out of a polite, gentile,
sense of humor. I wish he'd add more of his wisdom to this post.
He was pretty insightful when he speculated I was "debunking" Revelation.
I really want him back on this thread. They fellow (lady) is an obvious genius.
Wonder what happend to spellcheck? The guy that corrected my misspelling then misspelled a word himself? I dubed him "spellcheck" out of a polite, gentile,
sense of humor. I wish he'd add more of his wisdom to this post.
He was pretty insightful when he speculated I was "debunking" Revelation.
I really want him back on this thread. They fellow (lady) is an obvious genius.
Theodore A. Jones doesn't talk much.
But say something stupid and Jay will talk to you. Funny!
wgw
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The Roman Catholics view Revelations as a description of the Heavenly Liturgy. Thus elements of it like the hymn Agnus Dei are found in the Roman mass and in liturgies based on it like the Roman Catholic Book of Common Prayer.
I think the Orthodox would agree with this, but also see it as an eschatological prophecy and a mystery requiring mystical contemplation. It is the one book of the Binle we don't read in church liturgically, but on the other hand, there is a famous monastery dedicated to St. John, on the Island of Patmos, built over the exact spot where legend has it John received the revelation. Metropolotan Kallistos Ware, one of our great 20th century theologians and apologists, after being baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church, was ordained a monk at that monastery, and remains a member, although he lives in Oxford as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese that encompasses the UK.
I think the Orthodox would agree with this, but also see it as an eschatological prophecy and a mystery requiring mystical contemplation. It is the one book of the Binle we don't read in church liturgically, but on the other hand, there is a famous monastery dedicated to St. John, on the Island of Patmos, built over the exact spot where legend has it John received the revelation. Metropolotan Kallistos Ware, one of our great 20th century theologians and apologists, after being baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church, was ordained a monk at that monastery, and remains a member, although he lives in Oxford as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese that encompasses the UK.