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Dear friends,
I am honored to be here, this seems to be a place where the “old Catholocism” seems to be most respected, as in Latin masses and such.
I need to pose a question as I have a friend who say’s she has something to do with “Maranatha”, and I cannot remember what this word means exactly to Catholics:confused: .
Can anyone tell me if this is truly Catholic or another evangelical movement:twocents:?
Thank you so much,
Ceci
**SOLA GLORIA DEO:signofcross: **
 
Also, in the Early Church, the phrase was often used. It means, something like, “Come, Lord Jesus!” At the time, they expected Jesus to return as early as before all the Apostles died.

P.S. Welcome, Ceci!!!
 
Thank you NOTWORTHY:tiphat: , there is a brief reference in the catechism to maranatha, but I just can’t seem to find the answers I need. I just want to make sure my friend is not involved with something she shouldn’t be, yes, she can be that naive, but I’m just not sure what the maranathas are in the Roman Catholic church:hmmm: .
Thanks for taking the time to help me and to welcome me:blessyou: !
Ceci
 
I’ve seen some church’s in my area that are called “Maranatha”. They seem to be small non-denominational church’s.
 
Wikipedia has this to say:

Maranatha is an Aramaic (Syriac, see also Aramaic of Jesus) phrase occurring once only in the New Testament and also in the Didache which is part of the Apostolic Fathers collection. It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated, and is found at the end of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 16:22) as a farewell. The NRSV translates it as: “Our Lord, come!” but notes that it could also be translated as: “Our Lord has come”; the NIV translates: “Come, O Lord”; the NAB notes:
“As understood here (“O Lord, come!”), it is a prayer for the early return of Christ. If the Aramaic words are divided differently (Maran atha, “Our Lord has come”), it becomes a credal declaration. The former interpretation is supported by what appears to be a Greek equivalent of this acclamation in Rev 22:20 “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!”” There is a strong similarity here to the final words of the Book of Revelation: “Amen; come, Lord Jesus” (Rev 22:20) which (also) could possibly have been in Aramaic originally.

Hope that helps and welcome to CAF! 👋
 
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