Eusebius (b.
265
– d. 339/340 CE; aka Eusebius of
Caesarea and Eusebius Pamphili)
was Bishop of Caesarea and the
personal historian of Roman Emperor Constantine
the Great. In his Church History,
Eusebius wrote the first surviving history of the Christian Church as a
chronologically-ordered account, based on earlier sources, complete from the
period of the Apostles to his own time.1 Many questions have been
raised about his agenda, since he was the emperor’s personal historian and a
bishop, and the accuracy of the information. But, the sources he used often
provided information that should not be ignored. Read complete blog at -- http://fromonejesus.blogspot.com/2015/01/yeshua-jacob-and-simeon.html
One of Jesus’s earliest memories was no doubt watching and listening to his family when they gathered to pray the Shema at sunrise before the day’s work began and after the working work day was over at sunset . He also heard and participated in praying the Shema at their synagogue. He was surrounded by neighbors who also prayed the same prayer in their homes every day. The Hebrew word for prayer is tefilah . It is derived from the root Pe-Lamed-Lamed and the word l'hitpalel, meaning “ to judge oneself .” This surprising word origin provides insight into the purpose of Jewish prayer. The most important part of any Jewish prayer, whether it be a prayer of petition, of thanksgiving, of praise of God, or of confession, is the introspection it provides, the moment that we spend looking inside ourselves, seeing our role in the universe and our relationship to God. [1] Most of Jewish prayers are expressed in the first person plural, "us" instead of "me," an...
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