[B-Greek] Early Church fathers writings

Terry Hill terry_sda at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Dec 4 10:24:50 EST 2007


I have been reading of late of the writings of the early Church fathers. These are such as of Ignatius and his letters to the churches, Justin's First Apology, Justin's dialogue with Trypho, Origen on First Principles and Origen against Celsus.

 

Throughout these writings, the words 'begotten', 'unbegotten' and 'begetter' etc are used. I was wondering if anyone could help me understand what were the Greek words used here in these cases. It is not my intent to start a discussion on the meaning of these words. I just want to know what they are.

 

I have 16 different quotes from their writings that I want to check. I obviously chose not to quote them here (there would seem to be too many) but if anyone could help me either on or off list (or point me in the right direction to help myself) I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Regards

Terry Hill

 



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