u/Legitimate-Gain-9747

I don't know how to find an answer to this stuff...

So my recent posts here are about the 3rd book of Ezra (the prophet) which I decided to read recently. Much of the information which is written there seems contradictory or incompatible when compared to both the 1st and the 2nd book of Ezra. The main thing is that Ezra should have lived over 150 years in order to have been both deported from Jerusalem to Babylon and return back over a century later. Although he is mentioned as the son of Seraiah who died around 586 B.C. it seems difficult to me to believe that Ezra survived that long. Many people say that this work is classified as pseudepigrapha and that it was written much later (even after the New Testament was written) but it is still included in some bibles of the Orthodox Church. There is also an icon I've seen with a quote from that book and the title "prophet" ascribed to Ezra regardless of the fact that in the other books he is considered merely a priest and a scribe. Is the said book accepted by economia even though we know it's not factually right compared to the information we get from the other 2 books?

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Is Francis considered a valid baptismal name in Orthodoxy?

For example, there has been stated in a comment somewhere in this forum that St. Joseph (the Hesychast) was born Catholic and then became Orthodox by chrismation. I've read that the saint grew in an environment influenced by Catholicism and cultural renaissance. Furthermore, it is stated that his baptismal or secular name was Francis but there is no evidence of a Catholic background anywhere I've searched. Is that evidence that a baptismal name can't be always derived from saints?

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 20 days ago
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What does "chemer" (חֶמֶר ) mean in Hebrew (cf. Deut. 32:14)?

Some say it is just a noun meaning unfermented grape juice, others say it denotes red wine, foaming wine, fermenting wine etc. I've also read that it is an adjective which means "pure". Do we know for certain that this word means wine in general?

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 26 days ago

Is "wine" and the "blood of grapes" different terms?

According to Septuagint Deuteronomy 32:14 ("and they drank the blood of the grape, even wine") seems to suggest that they are one and the same (even is a translator's addition that doesn't exist in the original text) but then again in Genesis 49:11 these terms have been clearly separated ("he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape"). One could say that, regarding Genesis there is some sort of poetic repetition but this is not explicitly evident from the context.

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 26 days ago

Confused about "the fruit of the vine" mentioned in Mark 14:25?

Is it wine or just something else which was produced by the vine? Could it be a drink from must? Is there any way to be sure that "the fruit of the vine" definitely means wine?

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 1 month ago

Which term is better, "incorruptible body" or "incorrupt body" when referring to a saint's body which remained intact?

So English is not my first language but I've seen both terms used for the dead bodies of saints in Orthodoxy that do not decay. Which one is preferable? Does it make any difference? Thank you.

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 2 months ago

Why do some sources state that the resurrected body will be "immaterial" or that it does not "consist of matter"?

This idea is presented in the following sources:

(1) https://orthodoxcityhermit.com/2020/02/

(2) https://www.greekorthodoxmonastery.org/about-the-monastery

These sources talk about an immaterial resurrected body (or that it will be 33 years of age). How can a body be immaterial? Again even if we say that the bodies are like those of the angels, it is more like a comparison to bodiless beings which are not immaterial because they are still a creation. So just because a resurrected body is not subject to natural laws (i.e. that it can disappear or appear simultaneously in different places) this does not mean that it's immaterial. Overall the immaterial claim seems confusing...

u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 2 months ago

"Dismas the thief" on OrthodoxWiki

According to OrthodoxWiki, "Dismas" is the name of the penitent thief or the good thief but his name is not really mentioned in the scripture. I've also heard it used by some Orthodox. Is this name used as a sobriquet nowadays?

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 2 months ago

Did Prophet Elijah and Prophet Moses appeared at the Transfiguration with their earthly body (like all people have) that got incorrupt over time or were they given a new spiritual glorified body prior to the general resurrection instead?

Sources seem to disagree on this topic so I don't know which perspective is more correct. Some sources state that their bodies were already glorified before the general resurrection while others state that the prophets appeared in bodily form just like all the living people yet these bodies remained miraculously incorrupt. It's confusing.

Edit: Thanks for the responses

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 2 months ago

Confused over the resurrection of the dead and general transformation concepts regarding the 2nd coming

What's the difference between these concepts of the "resurrection of the dead" and the "transformation of the living" which are connected to the 2nd coming? For example we read that every person will be transformed in Corinthians (presumably that could also include the Theotokos who was bodily taken into heaven yet was not changed according to a source that I read which claimed that her resurrected body wasn't changed but retained). Is it a belief that the resurrection apparently will not be experienced by everyone since there will still be people alive at that point who will merely undergo transformation?

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u/Legitimate-Gain-9747 — 2 months ago