toward a definition of Verbal Apect

Norman Goos normangoos at worldnet.att.net
Mon Nov 4 09:30:19 EST 2002


[Moderator's note: I have removed items concerned with doctrinal implications;
I would ask any respondent please to reply without getting into doctrinal questions;
just keep the focus upon what the Aorist may or may not imply about the finality
of an event indicated by an Aorist indicative form. --cwc]

Allow me to ask for a clarification.  I am in a denomination where the 
punctilliar idea in the Aorist has been used to defend all sorts of 
"once-for-all" actions, a notion that still persists in many circles.  How
would one explain that this "once-for-all-ness" is not automatically part 
of the Aorist aspect, without removing the idea that it "usually indicates past 
time?"  It seems to be that the balance here is not as simply as it 
sometimes is made to appear.  Thanks for your time.

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