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> >> :[Michael]

> >> :"Heard a great lecture tonight from Dr. Scott Hahn, who pointed out

> >> :that there would be no concept of human rights at all without the

> >> :Church, because it all emanates from the concept of person, which

> >> :was developed in the Church's struggle to define who Christ was in

> >> :the face of heresies like the Arians, Docetists, Nestorians, etc.

> >> :The word person did not exist in Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek. It was

> >> :part of the vocabulary the Church developed to fight heretics who

> >> :challenged the humanity or divinity of Christ.

> >>

> >> [Simon]

> >> Is Dr. Hahn suggesting that the use of the English word 'person' in

> the OT

> >> (including Genesis) is a mistranslation? If so, what is the real

> meaning of

> >> the word translated as 'person'?

> >>

> >> Genesis certainly precedes 'Christ' whether 'Christ' is used as

> Jesus'

> >> surname or as meaning 'messiah' or anointed since it is obviously

> used

> >> pre-Jesus and pre-Saul (the first to be anointed, I think).

> >

> >

> >

> >RON

>   As you know Brian, I would suggest that there are many inaccurate

> "translations" and paraphrases in modern english versions, even the New

> American.

>

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