[Greek] ἀνέχομαι (anechomai), [Latin] peccare, [Latin] delinquere, [French] faillir: to tolerate, to put up with, to bear, to endure, to be patient with; Mt.17:17, Mk.9:19, Lk.9:41, Acts 18:14, 1Cor.4:12, 2Cor.11:1,4,19, Eph.4:2, Col.3:13, 2Thess.1:4, 2Tim.4:3, Heb.13:22
Acceptance, “inclusion”, and toleration have become modern forms of false compassion pertaining to questionable or immoral behavior.
Background information:
Greek Hellenism: This term means to endure, to bear, and to abide.
Plato’s Phaedo 109e: “If his nature were strong enough to bear the sight, he would recognize that his this is the real heaven.”
Sophocles’ Ajax 660: “Ever since I took into my hand this gift from Hector, my greatest enemy, I have gotten no good from Greeks. The gifts of enemies are not gifts an bring no good.”
Homer’s Iliad 1.586: “Be patient, my mother, and endure for all your grief.”
Old Testament: This term means to endure, to bear, to put up with, to restrain oneself, and to receive (accept) someone or something.
New Testament: This term means to endure, to accept (tolerate), and to forbear (be patient with). If you will put up with me, I will illustrate scriptural passages regarding questionable behavior.
Mt.17:17: Jesus disappointingly puts up with the disciples’ lack of faith (in healing a boy with a demon).
Acts 18:14: The Roman consul would only consider (bear) hearing serious crimes rather than of Jewish doctrinal issues
2Cor.11:1: Paul asks for the Corinthians to put up with his foolishness
2Cor.11:4: Paul points out the Corinthians’ tolerance for immorality, corruption, and satanic influences
2Cor.11:19: Paul points out that the Corinthians put up with fools because they are ‘wise’
2Tim.4:3: The time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, follow their own desires and curiosity, and accumulate teachers
2Thess.1:4: Paul acknowledges the Thessalonians’ endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions they endure
False Compassion: “A person in authority who deprives his subject of the truth when he says, even with the best intention of helping them, ‘You may ignore the teachings of the Magisterium: God’s laws are too hard for you.’ By that he says in effect, ‘You are not and never will be strong and good enough to adhere to these laws.” Catholic psychiatrist Conrad Baars
Soft bigotry of low expectations: “You are not capable and so we have to remove it for you.”
Etymology: The Greek verb anechomai derives from (ana-) up and (-echo) to sound. The Latin verb subportare means to carry (-portare) under (sub-). The Latin verb patere means to suffer, to endure, and to permit. The Latin noun passionem means suffering. Patient means capable of enduring misfortune and suffering. The Latin verb suffere mean to carry (-ferre) under (sub-). The Latin verb sustinere means to hold (-tenere) under (sub-).
Conclusion:
Patience, patient, suffer, suffering, passion, sustain, endure, endurance, support
Sophocles makes reference to the notion of accepting gifts (beware of Greeks bearing gifts).
It goes without saying that God has been putting up with man’s sinful and fallen nature. Moses makes reference to a twisted and perverse generation worshipping idols, devoid of reason, lacking in understanding, forgetting God, and being foolish.
Because of their lack of faith, the disciples were unable to heal the possessed boy.
Paul ironically compares his suffering to the Corinthians’ illusion of wisdom (“we’re good here, you can move along”).
Paul points out the Corinthians’ tolerance of heresy, immorality, and corruption. Paul’s opponents are identified with the cunning serpent.
Paul provides prophetic and timeless insight of those not accepting, refusing, and following different beliefs.
2Cor.11:4: Satanic influences pertains to deserting the gospel of Christ for a perverted message. (Our secular post-Christian society has been overtly and subtly influenced by the cunning serpent).
2Cor.11:19:
Update: In this post-Christian world, fewer people are going to Church.
In this post-Christian world, fewer believe in the real presence of the Eucharist.
Fortunately, fewer and fewer are putting up with this foolishness of wokeism, cancel culture, and equity.
In this secular culture, if you do not approve, accept, or tolerate someone’s lifestyle, you are often deemed as intolerant, bigoted, hateful, and extreme. (Those who seek tolerance are quite often the ones who are intolerant toward others!)
The MSM and social media gladly tolerate censorship and content moderation if they can serve their political purposes.
The Oregon governor signs a bill removing reading, writing, and math requirements to help ‘students of color.’
Some school officials believe that math is “racist”. Therefore, math must be removed from the school curriculum.
Schools, seeking to promote equity, are removing honors classes from their school curriculum.
The public is not putting up with woke corporations “shoving transgenderism” down their throats in the marketplace (Bud Light).
Certain Church leaders (cardinals, bishops, and priests), seeking to be “inclusive” are seeking to change church doctrine (teachings) in order to accommodate or tolerate the gay marriage culture.
Unfortunately, too many Church leaders are failing to forcefully use true compassion in calling out homosexuality, gender ideology, gay marriage, and abortion, etc. as sinful.
The laity, feeling marginalized by Church leaders, are not putting up with being barred from celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass.
“It is up to you, the laity, to remind our priests to be priests and our bishops to be bishops.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen
They laity are now more frequently calling out the church abuses and sacrileges caused by Church leaders and laity.
More and more people are coming to the realization of the evils and abuses of drag queen shows for children, gender reassignment surgery and puberty blockers, transgender woman in women’s sports, and gender indoctrination in the schools.
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