Article October 12, 1963 Issue

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[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on October 20, 1963.]

One mediator between God and men (I Tim. 2:5)

The Greek word mesites, rendered "mediator," means literally "middleman," from mesos (middle). Thayer explains it in his Lexicon as "one who intervenes between two, either to make or restore peace and friendship, or to form a compact, or for ratifying a covenant; an arbitrator." In the papyrus documents of the early centuries it is often used in the sense of "arbiter" in connection with legal transactions; occasionally also in that of "intermediary."

Remission (Hebr. 10:18)

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