AskNoah International (ANI): The Asian continent was originally apportioned by Noah to Shem and his descendants.
Jean~Paul Charles Aymard Sartre: Man is the being whose project is to be God.
WALKER ROBINS: Evangelical support for Israel is neither permanent nor inevitable.
Paul F. Knitter: In other words, our life in the future life after death is a form of existence that is beyond individuality.
"Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio watches as Violinist 五嶋 みどり performs at a meeting of the governing council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development at the headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome 2019 February 14. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)"
Matthew 11:12
Luke 16:16
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JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO: In Asia, we see the beginning of a strong theological thinking. The Philippines are also a clear example of how this is coming to be.
JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO: It is clear that the origins of both men and women general superiors, who are from non-European and non-Western continents, is more and more becoming a reality and this is Good News that makes us happy.
As time goes by, this change of the face of the Church is more and more visible, a fruit of its history and the marvel of evangelisation.
"A Dream comes through much Masculine Business" (Ecclesiastes 5:3).
- The king carries a Torah everywhere to recognize he is not above the law.
- The king must limit the numbers of horses at his disposal so military power not go to his head.
- The king cannot return the people to Egypt.
WIKIPEDIA: Originating in the Armenian Highlands of eastern Turkey, the Euphrates River flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
SETH J. FRANTZMAN: Who is undermining US-backed forces in Deir Ezzor and Euphrates area?
GIORGIO MARENGO: we must whisper the Gospel to the heart of Asia.
CHRISTOPHER LAMB: Rome can no longer see itself, and Europe, as at the centre of Christianity. But this requires a new mentality. The Pope’s choice of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to lead the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples is a bold decision aimed at solidifying his legacy of putting the Church into a permanent state of mission, with eyes firmly set on the East. The choice of a cardinal from the Philippines, who is a student of Vatican II, to lead the Vatican's evangelisation department tries to put this vision into reality. The Pope believes the Church’s future rests on sowing the seeds of the gospel in the East.
Andrey Kortunov: The focus on maintaining dominance in Europe, while postponing the shift to Asia, shows that Washington's elderly elites are stuck in the 20th century
PIETRO PAROLIN: The West will have to apologize to Francis.
DA MO, Translated by Charlie Li: To achieve the goal of evangelization, Christians generally adopt three methods: one is to preach the gospel by word of mouth, the other aims to influence people around them by words and deeds, and the last one is targeted at spreading the gospel through culture, such as distributing leaflets, writing books and establishing studies, creating various artistic products (movies and songs), etc.
Karol Józef Wojtyła: Christ is Asian.
ALBERTO MELLONI: What is relevant is the fact that the Holy Father has clearly a great interest in Asia.
Merriam-Webster: Eastern hemisphere definition is - the half of the earth east of the Atlantic Ocean including Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
riskybusiness: I am inclined to hedge my bets and say that at the very least, Southeast Asia's economic gains will facilitate integration with the East Asian regional market.
Allison Finch: the Joro spider, native to East Asia, could spread to much of the East Coast in the coming year
JOSEPH ALOISIUS RATZINGER: Despite all the variations in practice that have taken place far into the second millennium, one thing has remained clear for the whole of Christendom: praying toward the east is a tradition that goes back to the beginning.
Baruch S. Davidson: The year 5782 on the Jewish calendar (Sept. 7, 2021–Sept. 26, 2022) will be the next Sabbatical year.
Kelly Ng: Asia will house some 389,000,000 Christians by the middle of 2022, representing about 15% of the global Christian population. By 2050, the proportion will go up to about 17%.
Dafei Tang: If Mashiach's first coming was a Jubilee, it may be reasonably surmised that his 2nd coming would also be a Jubilee.
DAVID ARMSTRONG: My hope for Christian communities in Asia is that their experience will be one more like their premodern forbears: one defined by dialogue, sharing, and, yes, rich syncretism between Christianity and its new-old intellectual environments—in spiritual ecosystems still inhabited by brahmanic deities, bodhisattvas, immortal sages, magic, and folk religion (but also, more recently, by atheistic secularism).
Jorge Mario Bergoglio: The Church, in its theological and liturgical tradition has always turned to the East, and invites us to look there because from the East rises the light, the sun of justice, the shining star that is Christ.
12th chapter of Didascalia Apostolorum: And for the presbyters let there be assigned a place in the eastern part of the house; and let the bishop's throne be set in their midst, and let the presbyters sit with him. And again, let the lay men sit in another part of the house toward the east. For so it should be, that in the eastern part of the house the presbyters sit with the bishops, and next the lay men, and then the women that when you stand up to pray, the rulers may stand first, and after them the lay men, and then the women also. For it is required that you pray toward the east, as knowing that which is written: Give ye glory to God, who rideth upon the heaven of heavens toward the east [Ps 67.34 LXX].
