[B-Greek] OIKONOMIA

babc2 at comcast.net babc2 at comcast.net
Wed May 17 20:29:42 EDT 2006


On 17 May 2006 at 15:43, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> Early Christian Doctrines, by J.N.D. Kelly, has this
> on page 68:
> 
> ...Justin, when he argued that, for example, Leah and
> Rachel prefigured the Synagogue and the Church, or
> that the polygamy of the patriarchs was a 'mystery'
> (OIKONOMIA).
> 
You people are all far better informed concerning everything Greek 
than I am, but reading the above immediately brings to my mind the 
Orthodox use of "economy"  to mean something like a concession to 
human frailty (such as permitting remarriage after divorce).

Barbara D. Colt, babc2 at comcast.net
St John the Evangelist, San Francisco
>From envy, hatred, and malice and all uncharitableness
Good Lord, deliver us!






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