Emphasis Preaching Journal
The Greek-speaking church fathers...
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The Greek-speaking church fathers had a very useful word they used in situations of
church conflict. The word is adiaphora. Diaphora means "different."
Adding the prefix a to the front makes it negative -- so adiaphora
means literally, "no difference," or "it makes no difference."
What adiaphora means, in practical usage, is "something that's non-essential," "something you can do perfectly well without," "something that doesn't matter all that much."
What adiaphora means, in practical usage, is "something that's non-essential," "something you can do perfectly well without," "something that doesn't matter all that much."
