CYPRIAN: A martyr. Bishop of Carthage, North Africa, from 248 to 258, and Christian writer of a vast amount of correspondence dealing with the Church life in the middle of the 3rd century. During the Decian persectution, Cyprian continued his ministry underground but was later captured and beheaded during the Valerian persecution. David W. Bercot, A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, pg. 186. Scroll Publishing.
ADVOCATE for PARACLETE (Paraqlita, the Greek loanword in the Aramaic Peshitta text)...... [ not "Redeemer+"]
used by Cyprian in the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 5 p. 332, Epistles of Cyprian, Epistle 51, section 18
18. Moreover, we do not prejudge when the Lord is to be the judge; save that if HE+ shall find the repentance of the sinners full and sound, HE+ will then ratify what shall have been here determined by us.
If, however, any one should delude us with the pretense of repentance, God, who is not mocked, and who looks into man’s heart, will judge of those things which we have imperfectly looked into, and the Lord will amend the sentence of His+ servants;
while yet, dearest brother, we ought to remember that it is written,
“A brother that helpeth a brother shall be exalted;” and that the apostle also has said, “Let all of you severally have regard to yourselves, lest ye also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law** of Christ;”
[ ** "This is My+ Commandment that ye love one another as I+ have loved you." John 15:12, The Law of CHRIST versus the Torah. / Sr. JH]
[ ** "This is My+ Commandment that ye love one another as I+ have loved you." John 15:12, The Law of CHRIST versus the Torah. / Sr. JH]
also that, rebuking the haughty, and breaking down their arrogance, he says in his epistle, “Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall;” and in another place he says, “Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth; yea, he shall stand, for God is able to make him stand.”
John also proves that Jesus Christ the Lord is our Advocate and Intercessor for our sins, saying,
“My little children,
these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not.
And if any man sin,
we have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the Supporter:
and HE+ is the propitiation
for our sins.”
And Paul also, the apostle, in his epistle, has written, “If, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; much more, being now justified by His+ Blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him+.”
Note to Readers: We see how these Early Christian apologists wrote and spoke of the Paraclete as always being the HOLY SPIRIT or Advocate or Intercessor ... but never "Redeemer+".
It would have behooved the translator / editor of the Netzarim's "Golden, Historic, and Best" Aramaic-English New Testament to check the Early Church Apologists if he were confused and / or chose not to rely upon the work of the standard and approved Peshitta translators, Drs. Etheridge, Murdock and Lamsa, for correction or understanding.
The Early Christian Apologists work to correct ALL heretical teachings and thus, one can be saved from ignominious statements ... both receiving them and making them ... if one lays to heart the work of these Early Christian Martyrs and Confessors from the Unified Christian Church of the first 3 centuries.
The Early Christian Apologists work to correct ALL heretical teachings and thus, one can be saved from ignominious statements ... both receiving them and making them ... if one lays to heart the work of these Early Christian Martyrs and Confessors from the Unified Christian Church of the first 3 centuries.
REFERENCES
NOTE: Material is from the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volumes 1-10, American Edition ( a reprint of Christian Literature Publishing Co. 1886), 2nd printing 1995, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA. ISBN 1-56563-087-4
Some supplemental information and dates are from: David W. Bercot, editor, A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, Peabody, MA, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1998. ISBN 978-1-56563-870-9 [ Scroll Publishing www.scrollpublishing.com ]
Digital Copy from: The Master Christian Library Version 8 CD-ROM 2000 Ages Softward, Rio, WI www.ageslibrary.com
NOTE: This Digital Copy of the ANF does NOT contain any Introductory Notes from the translators and editors, no footnotes, and no elucidations and comments at the end of the books, although these helpful items are contained in the hard copy listed above.
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NOTE: Comments [ in green ] are from the Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+; extra words in black are in the text from the editors. Color added to pronouns, etc., for clarity.
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