Printable ModeFaptele Apostolilor 17:28
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17:28 Caci in El avem viata, miscarea si fiinta, dupa cum au zis si unii din poetii vostri: Suntem din neamul lui In El avem viata. [In El traim, KJV.] Intreaga propozitie spune literal, ,,In [sau ,,prin”] El traim si suntem miscati si existam”. Cuvintele apostolului exprima ideea ca nu numai dependenta noastra initiala este de Creatorul, dar si ca toate activitatile noastre – fizice, mentale si spirituale – sunt derivate de la El. In invatatura lui Pavel, persoana atotputernicului si atotstiutorului Dumnezeu nu e contopita, asa cum e dumnezeul panteismului, in sufletul impersonal al lumii, ci se proiecteaza in afara, in infricosatoare distinctie, in caracterul Creatorului si Sustinatorului vietii. ,,Prin mijlocirea naturii, Dumnezeu lucreaza zi dupa zi, ora dupa ora, clipa dupa clipa, pentru a ne tine vii, pentru a ne creste si a ne reface... Puterea care lucreaza prin mijloacele acestea este puterea lui Dumnezeu.” (MH 112, 113). Poetii vostri. E cu putinta ca aceasta expresie sa se refere inapoi, la prima afirmatie a acestui verset, ca si inainte, la citatul care urmeaza. Cuvintele ,,caci in El avem viata, miscarea si fiinta” sunt o citare aproape exacta dintr-o strofa ce pare sa fie scrisa de Epimenide Cretanul (sec. al VI-lea i.Hr.) si e relatata de comentatorul din sec. al IX-lea Isho’dad: ,,Ei au alcatuit un mormant pentru Tine, o, Tu, Cel Sfant si Inalt – Cretanii, pururi mincinosi, fiare rele, pantece lenese! Dar Tu nu esti mort; Tu traiesti si dainuiesti vesnic; Caci in Tine traim si ne miscam si avem fiinta!” (citat in F. F. Bruce, The Book af the Acts [The New International Commentary on The New Testament], p. 359). Pasajul acesta este interesant nu numai din punct de vedere al posibilei legaturi a lui Epimenide cu altarul ,,Necunoscutului Dumnezeu” (vezi v. 23), dar, mai ales, deoarece contine citatul pe care Pavel il foloseste cu privire la cretani, in Tit 1,12. Faptul ca Pavel cita pe Epimenide, in ultimul caz, sporeste probabilitatea ca a avut in minte versul lui si aici. A doua expresie, ,,din El ne tragem obarsia” [,,caci de asemenea suntem odrasliti din El”], e clar un citat dintr-un poet grec si a fost in mod deliberat folosit ca atare, de Pavel. El provine din Aratus (c. 270 i.Hr.) care fusese prieten al lui Zeno, fondatorul stoicismului. La fel ca Pavel, Aratus era din Cilicia. Poemul lui didactic, Phaenomena, ocupandu-se cu faptele principale ale stiintei astronomice si meteorologice, incepe cu o invocare a lui Zeus si contine cuvintele pe care le citeaza Pavel. ,,De la Zeus, hai sa incepem; pe el noi, muritorii, nu-l lasam niciodata nenumit; pline de Zeus sunt toate ulitele si toate pietele oamenilor; plina e marea, cerurile lui; pururi avem toti nevoie de Zeus Caci toti suntem odrasla lui.” (Phaenomena 1-5; ed. Loeb, p. 381) Citatul urma sa capteze de indata atentia ascultatorilor lui Pavel. Citand din propria lor literatura, Pavel ilustra metoda lui de a se face ,,tuturor totul” (1 Corinteni 9,22). Ei urmau sa recunoasca faptul ca nu aveau de-a face cu un iudeu incult, ca negustorii si exorcistii atat de obisnuiti prin targurile grecesti, ci cu un om care poseda o cultura ca a lor si cunoscator al ideilor propriilor lor poeti. Nu e nevoie de a exagera cultura clasica a lui Pavel, dar e clar din referirile aici mentionate si din citatul din 1 Corinteni 15,32, ca apostolul era familiarizat cu autorii greci si putea sa introduca citate potrivite din lucrurile cunoscute lor, atunci cand situatia o cerea. Facand asa, el nu aproba in chip necesar sentimentele descoperite in contextele cuvintelor pe care le foloseste, ci numai foloseste pe scriitorii greci pentru a ilustra invatatura superioara pe care el o prezinta. Abordarea psihologica folosita de Pavel in imprejurarea aceasta este instructiva. Apostolul nu le spune de la inceput ca ei au o parere prea inalta despre ei insisi, ca sunt numai fapturi din tarana, fii ai diavolului. In schimb le arata ca au subapreciat prea mult pozitia lor. Ei uitasera ca sunt odrasla lui Dumnezeu si se socotisera la fel ca iudeii care nu credeau, ,,nevrednici de viata vesnica” (Fapte 13,41). |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
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