Finding Your Hidden Man Of The Heart »
Posted By Bimonics 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
In the early literature of the Church, the term for the most inward part of man, which in English is usually translated 'mind' (but is not accurate), was settled upon; and it was not 'spirit', in order to remove the confusion between 'spirit' (as in human spirit) and 'Spirit' (as in Holy Spirit). [...]
Research on knowing yourself, my soul, is a long term process. [...]
Concerning soul-type words and the classical Biblical languages, many English words are used to translate one classical word, and many classical words can be translated by one English word. [...]
The greatest writings of importance about your nature, my soul, (other than the Bible) come from English translations of Greek and Russian authors throughout the centuries. [...]
Your limited education comes from the reference works and literature present in the protestant realm, which by custom invalidates most of historical church authors as irrelevant; for example, most all of the classic Eastern Orthodox authors are grouped under the topic of 'Christian mysticism', which is a turn-off to most holiness movement protestants. [...]
You are well instructed by me, my soul, and so you know that i call myself, the 'hidden-man-of-the-heart', 'the essential inner entity of the heart', or 'the soul's most inward identity'; rather than 'mind' or 'spirit'. [...]
Spirit is really a description of the soul in relation to the life it gives to the body; and so, a more accurate title may have been, 'A Look at Man, With His Hidden Inward Reality' or simply 'The Noetic Man' (from the Greek word 'nous'). [...]
Later authors in those languages also translated and interpreted works written by early Latin speaking Roman church Fathers equal in value to the early Greek speaking Roman church Fathers. [...]
Another consideration is the change in words from old English to modern day usage, which is partly responsible for the many modern day paraphrases and translations. [...]
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