tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8930691132383224588..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: The First and Last GospelFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-63209185019804876772022-10-12T15:49:37.621+01:002022-10-12T15:49:37.621+01:00But it is the minority, variant reading with which...But it is the minority, variant reading with which almost all Mass-goers, in England at least, will be familiar, as that is the reading followed by the Jerusalem Bible (which has a regular tendency to go for variant readings or non-standard interpretations over those hallowed and authorised by the Church). It bugs me every time I have to proclaim it on Christmas Morning. Whatever the arguments inWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010105719301587195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57158311089750551142022-10-11T20:15:19.587+01:002022-10-11T20:15:19.587+01:00I have for many years known of this alternate read...I have for many years known of this alternate reading, which, only God knows, might be the original. Everytime that i celebrate Mass i think of the Maiden Birth of our Lord at the words "qui non ex voluntate viri neque ex voluntate carnis, sed ex Deo nati sunt" and in my thoughts change these words to "ex Deo natus est".Albertushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236817196746609901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-78827975386633842602022-10-11T15:42:29.616+01:002022-10-11T15:42:29.616+01:00By the way, why mention St. John the Baptist? Is i...By the way, why mention St. John the Baptist? Is it because the forerunner is so important and he is going to point to the Lamb of God? Yes. But I when St. John when saying "John[, the other one, ] bare witness of Him", I cannot imagine him without chuckling to himself "and so does this John here". What a nice way to introduce himself, especially since he is going to hide Moritz Gruberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313974490621703071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30487437493549450702022-10-11T15:41:27.571+01:002022-10-11T15:41:27.571+01:00Thank you for further insight into this text.
In ...Thank you for further insight into this text.<br /><br />In any case, my own, less erudite especially in textcrit but, I think, not incorrect reading was this:<br /><br />1. St. John [the Baptist] came as a witness for the Light, but was not Light Itself (V.6-8). <br /><br />2. But Light Itself did come. That means interaction of God with Abraham, Isaac, the Chosen people; all the prophets, all Moritz Gruberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313974490621703071noreply@blogger.com