Do you think that Tertullian was correct:
"What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?"
I believe there is a way to reside in both...
What is your opinion?
I am a Nazarene Jew...
2007-11-10 20:31:42 · 10 answers · asked by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In Rome,where Revelation & Reason where mingled.
The jews believed(rightly) that they have a message for the world,i.e Monotheism.
Greeks believed(rightly) that they have a message for the world,i.e the Polis& culture.
2007-11-10 20:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by jammal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is based on an analogy from 1 Cor 1:22 "For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom..." and the answer is that a Christian should not reside in either. As Christians we do not trust in the miraculous, (signs) nor in the intellectual, but in the power of God as received through faith.
1 Cor 1:23 "but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."
2007-11-11 04:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I reside in Athens most of the time, but visit Jerusalem occasionally...isn't that from Corinthians?
2007-11-11 10:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reside in Jerusalem, but travel frequently to Athens.
2007-11-11 04:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess that depends on if you receive revelation from God. If you dont, then clearly you reside in Athens. If you do, then thats a different story.
Unless you are receiving revelation yourself, you cant be using anything other than reason. Because you are reasoning out the revelations of the past.
2007-11-11 04:35:45 · answer #5 · answered by Avatar_defender_of_the_light 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are residing in one country of the earth.
jtm
2007-11-11 04:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
tertullian is accepted as a church father (one of the greatest), so i think it would be unreasonable to suggest that he does not speak for the mainstream of his church.
tertullian even makes a guest appearance in 'alice in wonderland'.
i shall take your opinion as seriously as his when you show me where lewis carroll wrote about you.
2007-11-11 04:41:30 · answer #7 · answered by synopsis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can't be in two places at once. No exceptions.
2007-11-11 04:49:58 · answer #8 · answered by Dashes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I live on Earth.
2007-11-11 04:35:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
in the best country ever, THE U.S. of A
2007-11-11 04:39:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋