This has belatedly come to my attention.‘Yahweh’ not to be used in liturgy, songs and prayers, Cardinal Arinze says
Vatican City, Sep 3, 2008 / 05:30 am (CNA).-
The Hebrew name for God is not to be used or pronounced in liturgical
celebrations, songs and prayers, Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of
the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments, has said in a letter addressed to the bishops’ conferences
of the world.
The letter concerns the use of the “Tetragrammaton,”
the name which uses the four Hebrew letters YHWH. In English the name
is pronounced “Yahweh.”
Cardinal Arinze’s letter teaches that
the Tetragrammaton is to be translated as the equivalent of the Hebrew
title “Adonai” or the Greek title “Kyrios.” He lists as examples five
acceptable translations of the title in five European languages: Lord,
Signore, Seigneur, Herr, and Señor.
Regarding translations in the
liturgical context, the letter instructs, “Adonai” is to be translated
in English as “Lord” and the Tetragrammaton YHWH is to be translated
as “God.”
“The words of sacred Scripture contained in the Old and
New Testament express truth which transcends the limits imposed by time
and place,” the letter explains. “They are the word of God expressed
in human words, and by means of these words of life, the Holy Spirit
introduces the faithful to knowledge of the truth whole and entire, and
thus the word of Christ comes to dwell in the faithful in all its
richness.”
Cardinal Arinze, citing the instruction Liturgiam
Authenticam, explains that translators must use the “greatest
faithfulness and respect” regarding the name of God.
He describes
the YHWH as “an expression of the infinite greatness and majesty of
God,” which he says “was held to be unpronounceable and hence was
replaced during the reading of sacred Scripture by means of the use of
an alternate name: Adonai, which means Lord.”
This translation
tradition has importance for understanding Christ, the cardinal
explains, since the title “Lord” in fact “becomes interchangeable
between the God of Israel and the Messiah of the Christian faith.”
Cardinal
Arinze particularly cites St. Paul’s writings in the Letter to
the Philippians, in which he wrote: “God has highly exalted him and
bestowed on him the name which is above every name… every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord.”
Bishop Arthur Serratelli, chairman
of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine Worship, said in a note to
U.S. Bishops that the instructions do not force any changes to
“official liturgical texts” but might result in “some impact on the use
of particular pieces of liturgical music in our country as well as in
the composition of variable texts such as the general intercessions for
the celebration of the Mass and the other sacraments.”
To fulfill the directive, songs with phrases such as “Yahweh, I know you are near” will need to be modified.
What is a real goy?
If you know me, you know I keep saying there are no gentiles in the Bible (article to appear some day at www.hebrew-speaks.blogspot.com). The word 'goyim' does not mean gentiles.
However, there is a new meaning for the word goy, as documented here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/scientists-create-lady-goats-trapped-in-male-bodies.php
YHWH, have mercy on us.
Does this describe modern times?
"A few men, deeply affected by the excitement in the religious world, imagined themselves to have received special revelations from heaven, and claimed to have been divinely commissioned to carry forward to its completion the [revival] which, they declared, had been but feebly begun by X---...... In truth they were were undoing the very work which he had accomplished. They rejected the great principle which was the very foundation of the [revival]--that the word of God is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice; and for that unerring guide they substituted the changeable, uncertain standard of their own feelings and impressions....One of these prophets claimed to have been instructed by the angel Gabriel. A student who united with him forsook his studies, declaring that he had been endowed by God Himself with wisdom to expound His word...The leaders of the movement proceeded...Said they: 'We are sent by God to instruct the people. We have held familiar conversations with the Lord; we know what will happen; in a word, we are apostle and prophets....' The fruit of the new teaching soon became appparent. The people were led to neglect the Bible or to cast it wholly aside."
No, this was written about Luther and the Reformation. There is no new thing under the sun.
Here is a web page from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jewish_atheists
Is this an oxymoron? I searched for Christian atheists, Muslim atheists, Hindu atheists, Buddhist atheists. Yes, as odd as it may seem, there are a few in each category. But not 171, as listed here.
And you want to know why things are not going well? These are the people group whose charge it is to bring the light of YHWH to the world.
Abba, have mercy on your people.
From a current wireless provider:
This is the network, a living, breathing intelligence that's helping business rethink how to do business. In here, inventory can be taught to learn. In here, machines have a voice. In here, medical history follows you, even when you're away from home. It's the **** network. A network of possibilities, creating and integrating solutions, helping business and the world work. Rethink possible.
I prefer a non-breathing, non-living network and machines with no voice. Duh.
The local Baptist sponsored radio station is running a 'service announcement' for a funeral home that supports the station. The funeral home is offering traditional and Free Masonic services. All right, you want to offer these services, but advertising them on a Baptist sponsored radio station? Really?
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Yahweh? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of Yahweh. (James 4:4)
