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Apostolic Constitutions (he eirene tou theou meta panton hymon).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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When it was translated into Coptic a great part of the formulas, such as the Trisagion, the deacon's litany, said at the beginning of the Mass of the Faithful, nearly all the short greetings like eirene pasin ano hymon tas kardias ta hagia tois hagiois, and everything said by the people had already become universally known in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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It is not easy to determine the precise link between the "holy kiss" and the liturgical "kiss of peace", known in Greek from an early date as eirene (i.e. pax, or peace).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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It is evident, by the way, (if the quotation from Irenaeus, given above, is to be depended upon,) that Irena3us must have so read the place: (viz. eirene anthropois eudokias.) (3.)
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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He is evidently acquainted with the reading eudokias: and because it enables him to offer (what appears to him) an ingenious solution of a certain problem, he adopts it for the nonce: his proposal to take the words eirene eudokias together, being simply preposterous, -- as no one ever knew better than Origen himself [504].
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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Whether (with Origen) we connect eudokias with eirene, -- or (with the moderns) we propose to understand "men of good pleasure," -- the result is still the same.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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Apostolical Constitutions (already quoted,) and of Chrysostom, who says expressly: -- Eucharistountes legomen, Doxa en hupsistois Theo, kai epi ges eirene, en anthropois eudokia.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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* Eucharistountes legomen, Doxa en hupsistois Theo, kai epi ges eirene, en anthropois eudokia: [1808] 1
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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However, I do question the recency of this semantic position, and also whether this was not the case with eirene.
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The original Greek term for "peace" is "eirene", which means "harmony" even though it is typically translated as peace in the New Testament passages.
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