The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-04

Then the Christian fathers generally and far know.
universally, believed that aionios mean unlimited duration.
ably not be affirmed that jerome and Cicero were scho
| ars, or that Phlo was ignorant of Greek.
Another proof of the unlimited Specification of aoaios de-
@
M Sn he osh verse of the yxh chapter John makes
beyond eternal (aidon) life In the text on which he
Aristotle heads chap
wards on ss by aisn In the chapter he a
e n 5 BE-
able and nn1r0dHHeed We will now show that aidos
work SAYS dsn,onitI&tsd that mind cannot be gem
being dlersn, from the bqdy-a being which in its
Which never generated Which will never " decs ae
Again the author proceeds Nor is possible that that
cula time neither that admit of corruption whchex
lists from eternity Here again any thing to be
ect decay which be eternal Then since aidos sig
s 1 sn bais
respectable above we shall take our re-
to the eeno1ey with hese Before Me re-
treat however must try how well his definition of aonos
be substituted for everlasting and eternal of the
passages of Scripture which that Greek term translated
a3 6oe Of proposes as ons
translation in lieu of and everlasting He denies
or dens peod SIMPLY sa
entire duration Of the subject WHICH the adjective 40
cause the word describes his duration of existence.
Him because mdependanty Of That word wefnoW hat He
IS eternal Now if his definition adopted, the term, when
cal When sppsd e %sie life While t
asn d to fs aes sf m him GGd while he is
ne TINS be S ws hs yod wb6s
any describing word at all When we are told that life is
life as long as it lasts that man man long he lives
than we by hearing the term life God The mind
Ty a 0 wE he ME s s
while he God Let us read some important texts Of Scrip
tRee The s God s
The things that unseen things while they hng
contempt These shall 60 away into punishment willis i S
a e s ws 50 we ss
0 od Of e Baf Sd w Be s G9d thus the
- adored,
Ry saint By ,ag va Era q BY sage
Which The ysksd
applicable destruction Of jerusalem as that was De.
s agd nd, sa o the Jewish nation only
But brother Of the Church, while
he informs us that the fire into which the wicked in the
tons Of the jews At the destruction Of te city, also
exact coesPondsncs With the teachings Of ths Scripture.
winch burned Jerusalem 0uenched
But the fire into which the wicked are to go unQaeeh
But the enemies and prosecutors of Lord be the devil
and his angels as the Jews were his enemies and
day Then the numerous persons who followed the sa
The man possessed Of dumb devil must have been in the
out Of dumb Jew he jews must have entered into
ths head Of swine that into the sea out MARY Mss
mans corporal capacity out Of whom he cast legion Of
still we Suppose eu adversary The & soeS about
roa ing lion, seeking whom he may devour!
tn whe H. rs
tons lead We are not surprised that he should sometimes
asm when he finds necessary to resort to such biblical
this question with Christ and not with him the Saviour
Be-
say that he himself mistakes the meaning OF what Jesus
affirm that he would conne his the subyenion Of
the Jewish poy when one stone Of the temple should not
vision OF the question which relates to his second
ks as be
of temporal judgements in the discourse before only
chapter; but that there it asserted he introduced new
Ms M evsnae Of Of s e
that the % f o o asaGy as 6 s
pds H a sd SeS that he did thus show
s
s shn Ws
the fact both by classical and other authority and by
proved that opponent explanation of aionos,
in making it tautoogcaI-his exposition Of unauenehabe
abtants of Jerusalem in the destruction Of that city and
angels We're unionndsd and rienlous, then furnished
indirect evidence of the Until he overhows
hear no more of the want of evidence There evidence
sufficient and to spare until then N9E if the transition be
fifth chapter then the text which arm that the then exist
be ali fned cam be- refeed to the destruction Of jerusalem.
which happened about the year 70 Of the Christian and
from earth and then the sending away Of the wicked
M tin may uHdhoubed be
true transition be understood to be made Others sup
sps OF And hen ss IKE es
would refer other of hnt already
'e And Should this transition as it is by Archbishop To
be the 18th Of the oath chaptee
Maw s d all n es a ss @
I'd the day of as we mantsn IT, but we must
with the accomplishment Of all these things that then
sting generation and with the eSp1sEslono immediately
chapter. On the latter mentioned thefoowing from
s a sufficient sssend somns
ion against this that is said to be Immediately after the
aophete style speak Of things great and as
and hand only the greatness and certainly Of
aen B sRSfP f s'f Lord eoms 5 thousand
are God sight but day indeed e epruts
gned by the dakening of the and moon and falling
Of the stars that may have literally commenced
after the destruction of Jerugaem may be
n pro:re and so may until Christ shall appear the
In regard 10 the fulflmen of all these things within the
lime of the existing generation it is not only true
egard to destruction of jerusalem but also in very
important and solemn it is true Of all things pertaining
o the day of judgment. The day of mans death in
very practical the day of judgment to him although
his death and that day thousands Of roI
heir changes his tomb. Viewed in this light in &
hat important the time of Christs second coming az
the generation that then earth to that which
hall be living when he shall the second time. without
in unto salvation The judgment near the Judge stand
h at the door Who read in these chapters before
parallels of the virgins of the talents of the
honght that his Lord delayed his coming and Of the house,
ioder watching thief connection with the repeated
warning, for ye know not at what hour Lord doth