[B-Greek] More on AIONIOS

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Oct 26 06:54:54 EDT 2004


Dear Gabe,

>I wonder what everyone might have to say regarding the merits of the 
>following quote by Joseph A. Baird....
>
>"'Eternal fire,' for example, does not necessarily mean a fire that 
>burns endlessly (quantitative meaning), but may also mean a fire 
>'peculiar to the realm and the nature of God' (qualitative meaning)."

HH: It sounds as though he is trying is vacate the ostensive meaning 
of the word. I don't see anything like that in the lexicons. Since 
God is the Creator and the only One with true eternal existence, the 
word is naturally associated with God, but not so much, I think, as 
to change its face meaning.

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard



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