Sermon at the Mount

Sermon on the Mount

Sermon on the Mount is a collection of sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, mainly reflecting the moral teachings of Christ. Chapters 5 through 7 of Matthew's Gospel tells the story of what Jesus gave this sermon (about 1930 N. er.) on the slope mountains to his disciples and a crowd of people. Matthew divides the teachings of Jesus into 5 parts, Sermon on the Mount of them first. Others relate to the Disciples of Christ, the church, the kingdom of heaven, as well as tough condemnation of the scribes and Pharisees.

The most famous part of the Sermon on the Mount is Beatitudes, placed at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Also in the Sermon on the Mount includes the prayer "Our Father, the commandment not to resist evil"(Matt. 5:39)," turn the other cheek ", as well as the Golden Rule. It is also often quoted words of the “salt of the earth “, "Light of the World ", and "Judge not, that ye be not judged".

Many Christians believe Sermon on the Mount commentary on the Ten Commandments. Christ appears as the true interpreter of the Law of Moses. It is also believed that the Sermon on the Mount is concentrated the main content of Christian doctrine, that is how this part of the Gospels include many religious thinkers and philosophers such as Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King . Such a view is a major source of Christian pacifism.

Mount of Beatitudes

The Catholic Church of Beatitudes on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee , on a hill near Tabgha. Gore, which was delivered Sermon on the Mount was named "Mount of Beatitudes And though in this part of Galilee, there are no real mountains to the west of the Sea of Galilee has a few big hills. In addition, some scientists believe that the Greek word used in (Matt: 5:1) is more accurately translated as "mountainous area" or "hills" rather than "mountain".

According to the ancient Byzantine tradition, it was a mountain of Karnei Hittin (lit. the Horn of Hittin 'because it has two peaks, which is located on the route between Favorov and Capernaum, about 6 kilometers west of Tiberias. Followed by the Byzantines and the Crusaders thought so, and the Catholic Encyclopedia still insist on this version. The Greek Orthodox tradition also considers the slopes of this mountain place Sermon on the Mount. At the time of Napoleon, some believed that Mount of Beatitudes - is Mount Arbel located on the western shore of Lake Galilee, south of Capernaum.

Since the mid 20th century, after building on a mountaintop Nahum, in close proximity to Tabgha, a Catholic church dedicated to the Commandments of Bliss it was she who became known as the Mount of Beatitudes. Mountainside is an amphitheater with good acoustics. Today, Christian pilgrims of all faiths and just as tourists visit Mount of Beatitudes are the ...