The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter: A Great Sign Appeared in the...
The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter
Blog to discuss the book "The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Revelation" and current events that point to the events described therein.
Heaven. At least that's what it used to say. Now, according to the editors of the Lectionary and the New American Bible, it says "Sky". Is that correct? Well, if you pull up your handy Greek scripture, the word used is ouranos (apologies for not using the Greek font and diacritical marks). And ouranos is translated everywhere else in the NAB Book of Revelation as "Heaven".
So why is it translated as "Sky" in the passage from Chapter 12 used on the Feast of the Assumption? It appears that an opinion has been imposed on the text. If you read the Collegeville Commentary on the Holy Bible, the author of the piece on the Apocalypse says the Book of Revelation is lifted from an ancient Near East legend about a sky goddess and a dragon.
So what does it matter? Well the literal translation is "a great sign appeared in the heaven..." And the heaven is used to designate the Church. So the great sign will appear in the Church. Further, the great sign is an activity of a part of the Church, the College of Cardinals. And the activity is the "bringing forth a son".
This "bringing forth" will be the great sign and anyone who has studied the Book of Revelation and Apocalypse - Letter by letter, will know that the sign has appeared and what it signifies.
