Re: [tied] Historical implications of Romanian ecclesiastical termi

--- alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> george knysh wrote:
> > GK: I did wish to put one question in
> connection
> > with this word. Is Romanian the only language of a
> > historically Christian population where the
> primary
> > term for "God" is an epithet? Domnezeu as a
> > development of "Dominus Deus". The Slavic
> equivalent
> > would be "Gospod Bog/Hospod Boh".
>
> It does not seems so strange. Actually it seems to
> continue an old
> pre-christian tradition of calling the gods with the
> appelative "Domn"
> For example: /cut for economy/

*****GK: I agree that this isn't, per se, strange at
all. What IS unusual, though, at least to my eyes, is
the utilization of this expression as the STANDARD
word for "GOD". The fact that in pagan Roman times
Jupiter was referred to as "Dominus Deus" is well
known. And there are many liturgical texts in
Christian literature where God is called "Dominus
Deus". There are similar expressions in the Hebrew
texts. But that's not the point of my query.*****


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