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What is the he Palaia Diatheke (The Old Testament)?

27 December 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 8 Comments

OK, so what is the Old Testament? Well, in Greek it was called “he Palaia Diatheke,” which was translated into Latin as Vetus Testamentum, from which we get our English, “Old Testament.” “The Latin rendered testament in English originally came from the Latin for ‘witness’ and from there expanded to mean ‘to make a will’; […]

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