His Life
Eusebius was born around 265, and as a youth he became a student in the theological school of Caesarea founded by Origen, who was one of the great men of the Alexandrian allegorical school of interpretation. Thus the theological, biblical and exegetical tradition of Origen was most influential on Eusebius. He studied under Pamphilius, and their relationship became more than that of student to teacher—they were friends and co-workers. They studied many works, and added new books to the illustrious library gathered together at Caesarea by Origen during the last twenty years of his life. Being both lovers of books and admirers of Origen, together they studied the text of the Bible, with the aid of Origen’s Hexapla and commentaries collected by Pamphilus, in an attempt to prepare a correct version.
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Jan 17, 2008
“χαῖρε μαθηταί”
Review and Addenda
Review Aorist and Future Passives
- In English we form passives by using helping verbs, was/were/will be, e.g. ‘you were taken’
- See Appendix on p. 353
- This is how we will translate the Aorist and Future passives
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 29, 2008
An excerpt from: “To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany That They Establish and Maintain Christian Schools” (1524) by Dr. Martin Luther
“All right,” you say again, “suppose we do have schools; what is the use of teaching Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and the other liberal arts?
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Aug 15, 2007
Synopsis
- Since the Apostle Paul, the most influential Christian man until the Reformation
- Both Catholics and Protestants claim him
- Both Luther and Calvin drew heavily from Augustine
- born A.D. 354, died A.D. 430 – these are the years which saw the ascendancy of Christianity, and the final decline of the old classical pagan Roman Empire.
- Christianity was made legal by Constantine in 319 with the Edict of Milan
- Rome was sacked by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Oct 04, 2007
“χαῖρε μαθηταί”
Review and Addenda
- Exegetical Insight
- 1st Aorist is the regular form
- Most Greek verbs follow this pattern
- The 2nd Aorist alters the Tense Stem from the Present (usually to Verbal Root)
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 17, 2008
“χαῖρε μαθηταί”
Review and Addenda
- Definition of Aorist (ἀορίστος) : Undefined aspect usually in past time
- Basic Definition: Simple Past Tense
- Alpha privative (negation) examples (atheist, agnostic, amoral, etc.)
- verb ὁρίζω – determine, appoint, fix, set limits to, define
- α + ὁριστος = undefined
- Translate as English simple past tense, e.g. “I ate” “I ran”
- Indefinite – states only the fact that the action occurred, and nothing else
- Compare with Imperfect which says something very definite about the action, viz. that its aspect is continuous
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 10, 2008
