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Friday, November 25, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Apostle to the Apostles
In his writing of “Mary Magdalene”: A Biography, Bruce Chilton underscores the scriptural references to Mary as being there at the cross and subsequently at the tomb.
Chilton further affirms that Mary is the first person to ‘see’ Jesus after the crucifixion, despite Paul’s erasing that story in his account. Chilton then emphasizes the tradition that Mary is the ‘Apostle to the Apostles’.
Chilton writes:
“… Mary is the first person to see Jesus, and in John, she sees Jesus himself, although she is hysterical and doesn’t recognize him at first (John 20:11-18). Only when he speaks her name does she realize that she is speaking to her rabbi, and so she cries out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni’ (which is to say, “Teacher”) (20:16). She must have reached out to Jesus, because he says (v. 17), “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the father. But proceed to my brothers and say to them, I ascend to my father and your father, my God and your God.” Mary departs and is the first person to say, “I have seen the Lord” (John 20:18). It is her experience that ultimately teaches the other disciples how to see Jesus as well…”
P. 130
Chilton further affirms that Mary is the first person to ‘see’ Jesus after the crucifixion, despite Paul’s erasing that story in his account. Chilton then emphasizes the tradition that Mary is the ‘Apostle to the Apostles’.
Chilton writes:
“… Mary is the first person to see Jesus, and in John, she sees Jesus himself, although she is hysterical and doesn’t recognize him at first (John 20:11-18). Only when he speaks her name does she realize that she is speaking to her rabbi, and so she cries out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni’ (which is to say, “Teacher”) (20:16). She must have reached out to Jesus, because he says (v. 17), “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the father. But proceed to my brothers and say to them, I ascend to my father and your father, my God and your God.” Mary departs and is the first person to say, “I have seen the Lord” (John 20:18). It is her experience that ultimately teaches the other disciples how to see Jesus as well…”
P. 130
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Mary Magdalene: A Biography
Apostle to the Apostles …
Bruce Chilton, a professor of Religion at Bard College at Annandale-on-Hudson and a priest at the Free Church of Saint John in Barrytown, New York, has written a new piece on Mary Magdalene.
Chilton takes on the challenge of trying to construct a biography of Mary in order to situate her more properly within and without the traditional images we have of her from scripture, drama, and the arts.
The sparse details in the Gospels are but clues to her identity. Many people have tied her to other unnamed women in the Gospels in order to produce a sketch of the person so important to the post-resurrection period of Christianity.
…. I’ll post more after finishing reading the book.
Bruce Chilton, a professor of Religion at Bard College at Annandale-on-Hudson and a priest at the Free Church of Saint John in Barrytown, New York, has written a new piece on Mary Magdalene.
Chilton takes on the challenge of trying to construct a biography of Mary in order to situate her more properly within and without the traditional images we have of her from scripture, drama, and the arts.
The sparse details in the Gospels are but clues to her identity. Many people have tied her to other unnamed women in the Gospels in order to produce a sketch of the person so important to the post-resurrection period of Christianity.
…. I’ll post more after finishing reading the book.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Vows - holy orders and marriage
Vows: The story of a Priest; a Nun and their son, by Peter Manseau.
Peter Manseau writes of the complications of being the son of a priest and a nun – parents who committed themselves to the church and thence to each other and their family.
How so?
William Manseau was ordained a priest on Feb. 2, 1961 by Richard Cardinal Cushing. Manseau served the Archdiocese of Boston as a parish priest. On June 14, 1969, he married Mary Doherty, a professed member of the CSJ.
In the wake of the reforms of Vatican II, Manseau and Doherty walked away from one life to another in search of their vision of the emerging church. That vision is yet to be.
Their son, Peter, writes now of the early years and the call to a vocation and the pre-Vatican II church environment and ethos. Peter describes the separate journeys of his dad and Mom in their struggle to find the path that God called them to.
From his father’s own writings, in July of 1968, “ … O Father, deep within my being I feel a call to follow you in a new way – trusting beyond knowledge that it is right – it is so insistent – Lord Jesus, accomplish your will in me. Whatever it may be. I am bewildered as to which course to follow…” p. 192
Earlier, Manseau had said that “ …I had come to a junction in my life … when I really felt that in order to be faithful to the Gospel, I should enter into the deepest relationship possible for a Christian, marriage…” p. 191
Peter Manseau writes of the complications of being the son of a priest and a nun – parents who committed themselves to the church and thence to each other and their family.
How so?
William Manseau was ordained a priest on Feb. 2, 1961 by Richard Cardinal Cushing. Manseau served the Archdiocese of Boston as a parish priest. On June 14, 1969, he married Mary Doherty, a professed member of the CSJ.
In the wake of the reforms of Vatican II, Manseau and Doherty walked away from one life to another in search of their vision of the emerging church. That vision is yet to be.
Their son, Peter, writes now of the early years and the call to a vocation and the pre-Vatican II church environment and ethos. Peter describes the separate journeys of his dad and Mom in their struggle to find the path that God called them to.
From his father’s own writings, in July of 1968, “ … O Father, deep within my being I feel a call to follow you in a new way – trusting beyond knowledge that it is right – it is so insistent – Lord Jesus, accomplish your will in me. Whatever it may be. I am bewildered as to which course to follow…” p. 192
Earlier, Manseau had said that “ …I had come to a junction in my life … when I really felt that in order to be faithful to the Gospel, I should enter into the deepest relationship possible for a Christian, marriage…” p. 191
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
And the Bible Says....
‘Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why’
Bart D. Ehrman, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explains how the inspired Word of God in original writings was altered over time as manuscripts were copied and translated. What we read today in various different editions or translations is the product of scholarly work that is interpretative and illusory.
Ehrman writes of the accidental and the intentional alteration of the early manuscripts such that it is difficult to know what the exact original words are.
He says that “… The King James was not given by God but was translation by a group of scholars in the early seventeenth century who based their rendition on a faulty Greek text …” p. 209.
Bart D. Ehrman, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explains how the inspired Word of God in original writings was altered over time as manuscripts were copied and translated. What we read today in various different editions or translations is the product of scholarly work that is interpretative and illusory.
Ehrman writes of the accidental and the intentional alteration of the early manuscripts such that it is difficult to know what the exact original words are.
He says that “… The King James was not given by God but was translation by a group of scholars in the early seventeenth century who based their rendition on a faulty Greek text …” p. 209.
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