HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS (VICAR OF CHRIST) TO THEOLOGIANS: DON'T DO THEOLOGY AWAY FROM PEOPLE. "A THEOLOGY THAT HELPS EVERY CHRISTIAN PROCLAIM THE SAVING FACE OF GOD IS NECESSARY."
FOR POPE FRANCIS (VICAR OF CHRIST), THE THEOLOGIAN ISN'T JUST A SIMPLE SCHOLAR OF GOD, BUT RATHER MUCH MORE. HE OR SHE IS A SCHOLAR AT THE SERVICE OF A PEOPLE, THE CHURCH, TO WHICH HE OR SHE BELONGS AND IS NURTURED BY. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR INDIVIDUALIST THEOLOGIANS WHO COMPETE AMONGST THEMSELVES TO SEE WHO KNOWS MORE.
HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS (VICAR OF CHRIST),
"A THEOLOGY THAT HELPS EVERY CHRISTIAN PROCLAIM AND SHOW IS NECESSARY; ABOVE ALL, THE SAVING FACE OF GOD OF THE MERCIFUL GOD, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF SOME UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES THE HUMAN BEING FACES TODAY."
POPE FRANCIS MET WITH THE ORGANIZATION IN HONOR OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. THE ASSOCIATION WAS CREATED WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. - ROMEREPORTS.COM DECEMBER 29, 2017 -
HENCE, I EARNESTLY AND PROFOUNDLY BELIEVED THAT AS FAR AS SPIRITUALITY IS CONCERN. IT CAN ONLY COME FROM GOD, THE AUTHOR. THUS, THERE IS NO SUCH THING, AS COPYRIGHT, OR IT IS PRODUCED OR WRITTEN BY ME OR IT IS MINE; THE WORD OF GOD, THE SACRED SCRIPTURE/HOLY BIBLE.
"I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE." - JOHN 16:12-15 -
"THIS DISCIPLE IS THE ONE WHO VOUCHES FOR THESE THINGS AND HAS WRITTEN THEM DOWN, AND WE KNOW THAT HIS TESTIMONY IS TRUE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DID; IF ALL WERE WRITTEN DOWN, THE WORLD ITSELF, I SUPPOSE, WOULD NOT HOLD ALL THE BOOKS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WRITTEN." - JOHN 21:24-25 -
JUST AS GOD ORIGINALLY INSPIRED THE SACRED SCRIPTURE/HOLY BIBLE. GOD HAS USED THIS MEANS TO PRESERVE HIS 'WORD' FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. BUT BEHIND THE WRITING LAY PERIODS OF TIME WHEN THESE MESSAGES WERE CIRCULATED IN SPOKEN FORM. (ORAL TRADITION) THE STORIES OF THE PATRIARCHS WERE PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION BY WORD OF MOUTH BEFORE THEY WERE WRITTEN. (WRITTEN TRADITION)
THE MESSAGES OF THE PROPHETS WERE DELIVERED ORALLY BEFORE THEY WERE FIXED IN WRITING. NARRATIVES OF THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST JESUS WERE REPEATED ORALLY FOR TWO OR THREE DECADES BEFORE THEY WERE FIXED IN WRITING.
THEREFORE, SACRED SCRIPTURE/HOLY BIBLE QUOTATION, THAT IS, HOW ANYONE AND I PUT WORD OF GOD INTO SENTENCES OR PUT WORDS INTO SENTENCES. REMEMBER ALWAYS! NO MATTER HOW THE "WORD OF GOD" AND WORDS PUT INTO SENTENCES, IN TRUTH, EVERYONE STARTED AND TOOK IT FROM THE MAIN SOURCE, THAT IS, FROM THE WITNESSES AND FROM THE SACRED SCRIPTURE/HOLY BIBLE; "WORD OF GOD."
"IT IS TRUE, GOD SENT HIS WORD TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, AND IT WAS TO THEM THAT THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE WAS BROUGHT BY JESUS CHRIST - BUT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL MEN.
YOU MUST HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE RECENT HAPPENINGS IN JUDAEA; ABOUT JESUS OF NAZARETH AND HOW HE BEGAN IN GALILEE, AFTER JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD BEEN PREACHING BAPTISM. GOD HAD ANOINTED HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH POWER, AND BECAUSE GOD WAS WITH HIM, JESUS WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD AND CURING ALL WHO HAD FALLEN INTO THE POWER OF THE DEVIL.
NOW I, ( SIMON PETER / PETER ) AND THOSE WITH ME, CAN WITNESS TO EVERYTHING JESUS DID THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYSIDE OF JUDAEA AND IN JERUSALEM ITSELF; AND ALSO TO THE FACT THAT THEY KILLED HIM BY HANGING HIM ON A TREE, YET THREE DAYS AFTERWARDS GOD RAISED HIM TO LIFE AND ALLOWED HIM TO BE SEEN, NOT BY THE WHOLE PEOPLE BUT ONLY BY CERTAIN WITNESSES GOD HAD CHOSEN BEFOREHAND.
NOW WE ARE THOSE WITNESSES - WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK WITH HIM AFTER HIS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD - AND JESUS CHRIST HAS ORDERED US TO PROCLAIM THIS TO HIS PEOPLE AND TO TELL THEM THAT GOD HAS APPOINTED HIM TO JUDGE EVERYONE, ALIVE AND DEAD.
IT IS TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THAT ALL THE PROPHETS BEAR THIS WITNESS: THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS WILL HAVE THEIR SINS FORGIVEN THROUGH HIS NAME." - ACTS 10:36-43 -
Introducing To The Synoptic Gospels (Good News)
The Gospel According To Saints/Apostles Matthew, Mark, and Luke
Of the four canonical books that record the "Good News" (evangelium, gospel) brought by Jesus Christ, the first three are so alike that they can, in many passages, be placed side by side and viewed as it were at a glance: for this reason they are called "synoptic" ("with one eye").
Tradition dating from the 2nd century assigns them respectively to Saints/Apostles Matthew, Mark and Luke. According to the same ecclesiastical [Christian Church] tradition, Matthew the publican, himself one of the apostles - Matt. 9:9, 10:3 - was the first to write; he wrote his gospel in Palestine for Christians converted from Judaism. His work, composed in "the Hebrew tongue", that is, in Aramaic, was then translated into Greek. John Mark, a disciple or an apostle from Jerusalem - Acts. 12:12 - who assisted Apostle Paul/Saul in his apostolic work - Acts. 12:25' 13:5,13; Phm. 24; 2 Tim. 4:11 - and Apostle Barnabas his cousin - Acts 15:37,39; Col. 4:10; 1 Peter 5:13 - whose "interpreter" he was, put Apostle Peter's preaching down in writing at Rome.
Another disciple/apostle, Luke, a medical man - Col. 4:14 - and unlike Apostles Matthew and Mark, of pagan origin - Col. 4:10-14 - born at Antioch according to some authorities, accompanied Apostle Paul/Saul on the latter's second - Acts 16:10f - and third - Acts 20:5f - missionary journeys and was with him during his two Roman captives - Acts. 27:1f; 2 Tim. 4:11 -
For this reason his gospel, the third to be written, could claim the authority of Apostle Paul (cf. perhaps, 2 Cor. 8:18) as that to be written, could claim the authority of Apostle Peter. Apostle Luke composed also a second work - 'The Acts Of The Apostles'. The original language of the second and third gospels is Greek.
These traditional data are confirmed and amplified by an internal examination of the three gospels; but before going on with this, it is necessary to say something about the problem of the literary relations between these gospels, that is, "The Synoptic Problem."
All the many solutions offered so far prove inadequate if taken separately, though each contributes an element of truth to the complete solution. In the first place it is highly probable, even certain, that a common oral tradition was committed to writing by each of the three Synoptics independently, and consequently with variations. By itself this tradition would never have been able to account for the many striking similarities which exist not only between details in the text but also in the sequence of passages, resemblances which cannot be explained even by the extraordinary memory of people in the ancient Middle East.
As for a written tradition, in one or many forms, this would be a far better explanation. But even supposing the three evangelists did draw independently on some such written source or sources, that could never explain passages where these likenesses and divergencies show that the evangelists were aware of each other, as is obvious from the fact that at times they copy or correct each other.
There must have been some direct interdependence and it is clear that Apostle Luke depends on Apostle Mark. It is not so clear, however, that Apostle Mark depends on Apostle Matthew: though this was held for a long time, a number of indications now suggest the reverse. As for Apostle Matthew and Apostle Luke, no direct dependence in either direction can be considered probable, and the non-Marcan [Saint/Apostle Mark] passages common to these two probably have their common source or sources outside the second gospel.
Starting from these textual considerations modern critics have worked out a 'Two Source Theory' according to which these sources are: ( 1 ) Mark, on whom Matthew and Luke depend for their narrative sections; ( 2 ) a source the existence of which is inferred purely from the textual evidence, and which is called 'Q' (initial of the German word Quelle, source). From Q, both the first and third gospels draw the 'Sayings' or discourses of Jesus ('Logia') which is Mark are reduced to a minimum. This hypothesis is a step towards the solution but it involves some grave difficulties. ( 1 ) It abandons the traditional belief in the Aramaic origin of the first gospel and in its priority over Mark.
Moreover, it does not take sufficient account of textual facts which confirm this tradition, facts which suggests that Matthew is not entirely dependent, even in narrative sections, on Mark and that there are times when Matthew appears to represent an even more primitive text than Mark. ( 2 ) As for Q, it is hard to see how such a document could have existed at all (at least in any of the many forms suggested) and if it did it would never have accounted sufficiently for all the complicated relationships that can be established between the first and third gospels.
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I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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