A week ago a question was raised about the meaning
of EPIQUMIA. I found an interesting passage in Col. 3:5
containing this word:
NEKRWSATE OUN TA MELH TA EPI THS GHS
PORNEIAN AKAQARSIAN PAQOS EPIQUMIAN
KAKHN KAI THN PLEONEXIAN......
(NIV) Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your
earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil
desires and greed......
Now looking at the NIV's translation and the Greek
there are two different words for lust and evil desires:
PAQOS and EPITHUMIA KAKHN respectively.
Which shows quite clearly that there is nothing
inherently sexual in the meaning of EPITHUMIA.
Lust is expressed by a different word.
On another point,
A friend (History Professor) recently told me about
how he remembered reading something in Greek
Philosophy regarding how the ancient Greeks
viewed homosexuality. Basically the Greeks saw that
the only way to have true spiritual love was through
the melding of mind and spirit between two people.
Since they thought that women didn't have a mind,
the only way to achieve this kind of love was to meld
with another male. Apparently the ancient Greeks
were also quite favourable toward pedofilia.
I find this quite shocking. My friend couldn't remember
where he read this so does anyone out there know
where I could find such references (assuming my friend
recalled this correctly).
ZAE hEMERA EX hEMERAS KAI PLOUTE
cheers,
Andrew
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