When people believe that
the word anathema, or accursed, means «going to hell when you die,» they think that Paul is wishing he could go to hell if only all his fellow Israelites would receive eternal life instead.
Not exact matches
In fact, the irony is that there is a broad consensus in favor of a carbon tax everywhere but on Capitol Hill, where the «T»
word is
anathema.»
The «p»
word is
anathema to anyone who's serious about getting important things done, but if you've ever been slammed with work, there's a good chance the environs surrounding your desk only add to your stress and feelings of being overwhelmed.
We say this because the
word morality seems to be
anathema to so many Euro - American AIDS activists.
The final two
words of this verse sound like this:
anathema maranatha.
For some Anglicans, this was
anathema, not only because it potentially raised the specter of lay presidency at the Eucharist, but also because the singing altered the
words ever so slightly.
The Definitio Fidei of the Sixth Ecumenical Council begins with the
word hepomene: «Following the five holy and Ecumenical synods...»; and ends, as Chalcedon had done, with an
anathema against innovators.
Anathema, which as a
word was historically used to describe a curse banning and ex-communicating persons or doctrines from the Church, celebrates that which is consigned to damnation.