Classical rhetors chased
kairos; trained for it,» he explains.
«We still privilege
kairos.
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It was the nature of the affront that those properly relegated to the past were insisting on being present and extending themselves into the future, all the while denying the Christian view of both present (
kairos) and future (parousia).
There seems to be a prevailing sense that this moment is something of
a kairos for American Christianity, a moment of deep change in the public significance of Christianity and a moment of decision in the life of the Church.
[15] Paul L. Maier «The Date of the Nativity and Chronology of Jesus» in Chronos,
kairos, Christos: nativity and chronological studies by Jerry Vardaman, Edwin M. Yamauchi 1989 ISBN 0 -931464-50-1 pages 113 - 129 [16] The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament by Andreas J. Köstenberger, L. Scott Kellum 2009 ISBN 978 -0-8054-4365-3 page 114 ^ Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity Press, 1992), page 442 [17] The Historical Jesus in Recent Research edited by James D. G. Dunn and Scot McKnight 2006 ISBN 1 -57506-100-7 page 303 [18] Who Is Jesus?
The Lamb's Book of Life was part of the Mosaic dispensation,
the kairos of preparation for the New Covenant dispensation.
The ecumenical movement is in a period of
kairos.
Each successive stage must make more sense in its time (
kairos) than each supplanted stage.
Martha refers to this time as «
kairos time, God's time,» a unique moment that birthed new possibilities.
He is convinced that this kind of pluralism constitutes
the kairos of our times, a special opportunity given by God.
Nevertheless, sometimes there is an «hour» in history,
a kairos, when a large measure of God's justice is established in this world.
The «
kairos» is the «crucial stage in destiny.»
Chronos, then and
kairos are abstractions.
The new (corrected) translation offers us adefinitive moment of action (the local centre of spirituality would doubtless call
it kairos.)
It is characteristic of the tendency of neo-orthodox thought, even when it returns to the Biblical conception of time, to make the distinction between
kairos and chronos too sharp.
The suggestions that follow are offered in the spirit of
this kairos.
Could it be, for example, that
a kairos for suffering and hope does not preclude theological attention to other clarnant issues, not only as they bear upon this one, but also in their own right - sin as how we all stand accountable before God, death as our common mortality, error as our common lot - and what the Good News says about all these things, i.e., forgiveness, resurrection, revelation?
The symbol of expectation is closely linked to the concept of
the kairos, which in turn is rooted in the prophetic notion of the directionality of history and the New Testament concept of the «fullness of time.»
The Greek translation (Septuagint) has here the same word for «appointed time» (
kairos) that is translated «time» here in Mark.
Freed from the clock - ticking tyranny of chronos, they have opportunity (if they take it) to realize
the kairos of each new day.
For the Christian believer this coordination of Christos and
kairos is no coincidence, but rather the outcome of divine providence.
In the New Testament, the Greek word for hour, hora, is more often used in reference to
kairos time than to cronos time: «The hour [hora] comes and now is when the true worshiper...» Hora is used in many gospel stories of mighty works to identify the moment of healing and in those cases it is usually translated «instantly.»
One's hour comes —
the kairos moment presents itself — at the intersection of mangled plans and spiritual openness.
His hour
his kairos moment, appeared before he wanted or expected it.
Cronos was transformed into
kairos.
Thus our present situation is part of a larger
kairos, dating from a past in which the present situation is, so to speak, predestined.
There is
a kairos to wine - making.
Inthis sense the Christian
kairos is rooted in the historical Jesus, who is extra nos, given prior to faith and determining our present, as the history upon which our existence is constituted.
Tillich was their path from pietistic or heteronomous Christian doctrine to a revealing encounter with Greek and German philosophy, with exotic realms of cosmos, mythos,
kairos and even eros — not to mention Angst, Kunst, Socialismus and das Unbedingt.
The Greek term
kairos refers to the right time, the time in which something decisive happens, the fulfilled moment.
We have been moved and encouraged by
the KAIROS document.
2) In
the KAIROS document I miss a thorough class analysis.
In conclusion I would like to commend
the KAIROS document.
In an era of daily reports about a global food crisis, perhaps it is
kairos time for the church to extend the table, to view the Lord's Supper not only as commemorating that Upper Room meal, but also as remembering Jesus» feeding of the multitude.
However, it seems to me that starting with
the KAIROS document Christian churches and communities have to go beyond KAIROS.
The culmination of an appointed time (
kairos) that is just around the corner.
They agree that the «once» of Jesus» ministry has become the «once for all» of revelation (we may put it: the chronos of Jesus has become
the kairos of faith), but the relationship between the «now» and the «then is a problem for them, and a problem for which they find their several different solutions.
On Tuesday morning,
Kairo was finally born.
I have the «
Kairo» Birkenstocks — they are the same as @Lisa's Gizeh with the addition of a heel strap.
An ixere poso
kairo psaxnw ena tetoia zeugari....
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Kairo Fujima (kairofujima): I heard that VIIR doesn't have a new game plus option like the previous version.
From director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, best known for thrillers like Cure and Pulse /
Kairo, this very quiet and intricate domestic drama is powerful and affecting.
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa first came to prominence in the West with his J - Horror masterpieces Cure and Pulse [
Kairo].
BBC Culture's recent top 100 left off a great many Asian films, including J - Horror classics
Kairo / Pulse, Ju - On and The Ring; the Korean sci - fi allegory Snowpiercer, the Korean horror films Thirst and The Host; the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, etc..
Deb Shoval's AWOL won the jury award (and a $ 1000 cash prize) for Best Narrative Feature, Maisie Crow's JACKSON took home the jury award (and $ 1000 courtesy of Classic American Hardwoods) for Best Documentary Feature, and Madsen Minax's
KAIROS DIRT & THE ERRANT VACUUM received the nod (and a $ 1000 cash prize) as Best Hometowner Feature.
She and her boyfriend live in Midtown Manhattan with their two dogs, Nano, a Newfoundland mix, and
Kairo, a Shepherd mix.