(1) The 3 most important factors in real estate: Location, location, location.
(2) The 3 most important faculties of an orator, according to Demosthenes: Delivery, delivery, delivery (ὑπόκρισις, ὑπόκρισις, ὑπόκρισις).
(3) How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
(4) How do you learn a dead language well? Read, read, read.
. . . by taking the "Which Church Father Are You?" quiz . . .
. . . I’m an Origen!
"You do nothing by half-measures. If you’re going to read the Bible, you want to read it in the original languages. If you’re going to teach, you’re going to reach as many souls as possible, through a proliferation of lectures and books. If you’re a guy and you’re going to fight for purity . . . well, you’d better hide the kitchen shears."
That's what it says, anyway, and it must be true, since it explains so well why I turned up in the vicinity of Gandhi and the Dalai Lama when I took the (also eerily accurate) Political Compass quiz a while back.
My wife is not at all pleased about this.
Find out which Church Father YOU are at The Way of the Fathers!
2 comments:
How about this one?
(5) The 3 most important factors in interpretation: context, context, context.
Yes, now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
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