Simple Koine Greek lessons for Jesse. Well, for Glenn, too. Well, for the rest of the radical protestant Thugs, too. (And where’s Bubba?)

1. Concerning devotion to Mary, it serves to pay attention to the Annunciation. 

The angel Gabriel doesn’t say “Hail, Mary.”

Gabriel says, “Χαῖρε, κεχαριτωμένη!”

“Greetings, you-who-have-been-fully-graced-forever.”

The verb turned into a pronoun, κεχαριτωμένη, is in the perfect imperative passive form. Meaning an action received that permanently characterizes the receiver. 

Mary is not just full of grace or blessing. She was the recipient (passive) of a command, (imperative) completed action (perfect) that was permanent. She is always fully-graced, fully-blessed one.

Because Mary, by faith, humility, and in righteousness, agreed with God to bear God. She is the faithful Theotokos.

2. And this unfamiliar news to radical protestants or non-Koine Greek readers, reminds me of another possible shock to Jesse and Glenn and… (you know):

The Greek word for “daily” isn’t there in the Lord’s Prayer. Not even close. The Greek word, which doesn’t appear anywhere in all of Greek literature - ALL of Ancient Greek literature - but is in both Matthew and Luke, is…

epiousion. The prefix epi: above, beyond, or super (like epic), and the noun, ousion, as in the Nicene description of the Trinity: three person’s of one ousion, substance or being.

So when we pray the Lord’s P

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  1. FeodorDecember 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM

    Now they’ll race off to AI to find to find the radical protestant justification for not taking this part of scripture seriously. After all, hating on Catholics does not get hung up on the gospel.

    Doubtless, they won’t appear here, though. Because they inkle the looming expanse of what they don’t know, not having seriously committed to long study of what the Bible, their idol and God above the Holy Spirit, says in total, or in those of its partialities that aren’t partial to them.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM

    Why on earth would anyone run to AI just to waste an extra moment of time with you?

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    1. FeodorDecember 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM

      Because their rigid ideology, which they think of as faith, is threatened by these simple textual facts.

      Why did people join an insurrection to attack the Capitol?

      Because their brutalizing ideology, which they think is White identity, is threatened by facts.

      People are coming undone by mere facts. So they build a massive tower of lies to deny simple truths.

      Perhaps you do, too.

      After all, you spend a little time and energy here to say nothing at all.

      Irrational and stunted life.

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