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Oiκουμένη and κόσμος in the New Testament1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

George Johnston
George Johnston
Affiliation:
Montreal, Canada.
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Certain considerations make the subject of the ‘world’ peculiarly interesting to Christians at the present time.

‘World’ may refer to the wonderful, vast universe in which we live. The more we explore its farthest reaches, the more we win ascendancy over its invisible forces and energy, the more are we being challenged to defend the doctrine that this world is a created order and is everywhere sustained by an intelligent Being. Is there in fact any purpose or any meaning to be discerned in it?

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New Testament Studies , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , April 1964 , pp. 352 - 360
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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References

page 358 note 1 Das Johannes-Evangelium, p.477.

page 359 note 1 Caird, G. B., Principalities and Powers(1956), passim.Google Scholar

page 359 note 2 Op. cit. p. 30.

page 359 note 3 Op. cit. p. 91.