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Martin Luther Bible, Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1 in Nomina Sacra

 May I ask for one final thing about John 1:1? I have two important information, about Isaiah 9:6 and John 1:1. Isaiah 9:6 in Martin Luther's Bible Let's look at the Hebrew terms in Isaiah 9:6> pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom Scholar Wilhelm Gesenius translates the Hebrew term "el gibbor" as "mighty (el) hero (gibbor)". Martin Luther, the famous reformer, renders it as follows (without God): Isaiah 9:6 Lutherbibel 1912, Denn uns ist ein Kind geboren, ein Sohn ist uns gegeben, und die Herrschaft ist auf seiner Schulter; er heißt Wunderbar, Rat, Held (Hero), Ewig-Vater Friedefürst; Even the modernized version does not contain the word God (Gott); Modernisiert Text, Denn uns ist ein Kind geboren, ein Sohn ist uns gegeben, welches HERRSChaft ist auf seiner Schulter; and he is called Wunderbar, Rat, Kraft (Strong), Held (Hero), Ewig-Vater, Friedefürst, Martin Luther Bible, Isaiah 9:6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the governmen...

Church history and evolution in Christianity dogma

  Church history and evolution in Christianity dogma  Matthew 28:19 – The Authenticity Question, Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church, Hegesippus  Hegesippus Fragments from His Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church ------------ [a.d. 170.] One of the sub-Apostolic age, a contemporary of Justin and of the martyrs of "the good Aurelius," we must yet distinguish Hegesippus from the apologists. He is the earliest of the Church's chroniclers-we can hardly call him a historian. His aims were noble and his character was pure; nor can we refuse him the credit due to a foresight of the Church's ultimate want of historical material, which he endeavoured to supply. What is commonly regarded as his defect is in reality one of his greatest merits as a witness: he was a Hebrew, and looks at the Church from the stand-point of "James the Lord's brother." When we observe his Catholic spirit, therefore, as well as his Catholic ort...