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Is the Rapture Biblical? - Definitely not. "RAPTURE::
(n.) comc.1600, "act of carrying off," from Middle French rapture, from Medieval Latin raptura "seizure, rape, kidnapping," from Latin raptus "a carrying off, abduction, snatching away; rape" (see rapt). Earliest attested use in English is of women and in 17c. it sometimes meant rape (v.), which word is a cognate of this. Sense of "spiritual ecstasy, state of mental transport" first recorded c.1600 (raptures)." (Etymological Dictionary) Even the word itself had to be redefined by Darby and co. |
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4/12/09 11:19 AM
