[B-Greek] QEOS in Dialogue with Heraclides

Octavio Rodriguez octaviors at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 10:36:33 EDT 2007


In his Dialogue with Heraclides Origen said:

"For when human beings are joined to each other, the appropiate word is
"flesh", and when the just person is united to Christ, the word is "spirit";
and when Christ is united to the Father OU SARX, OU TO PNEUMA  ONOMA, ALLA
TOUTWN TIMIWTERON TO QEOS. "

The first question is about the neuter article TO. It seems that it is
related to QEOS which is however male in gender. If i am right, the
translation could be:

"Not flesh and  spirit, but which is much more precious, the god nature".

I think that QEOS here seems to be a mass noun rather than a definite noun,
due to the neuter article, and what "flesh" and "spirit" are grammaticaly.

I would appreciate other translation.



Regards

Octavio Rodriguez



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