I cannot tell whether or not you are joking here. Obviously it is the content of Jesus' prayer in the gospel of Nicodemus to which Satan is reacting. "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death," is not prima facie a very divine thing to say.Giuseppe wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:15 am I remember en passant that a Jesus who prayes alone in Gethsemani is, according to GNicodemus, just the Jesus who persuades definitely Satan about the mere humanity of Jesus and moves him to kill Jesus not knowing who he really is.
For I know that he is a man, and I heard him also saying, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death
http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2001-03/22-13/1L.html
So even Satan supports my view: who prayes alone is necessarily not a divine being.
On the prayer of Jesus alone as a way to separate him from the community
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Not only the content. The solitude of Jesus is what makes highly dramatic the episode in question.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:23 pm I cannot tell whether or not you are joking here. Obviously it is the content of Jesus' prayer in the gospel of Nicodemus to which Satan is reacting. "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death," is not prima facie a very divine thing to say.
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Ah, so you are not joking. Wow.Giuseppe wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:23 pmNot only the content. The solitude of Jesus is what makes highly dramatic the episode in question.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:23 pm I cannot tell whether or not you are joking here. Obviously it is the content of Jesus' prayer in the gospel of Nicodemus to which Satan is reacting. "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death," is not prima facie a very divine thing to say.
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