Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bekenntnisversammlungen
English translation:
public professions of faith
Added to glossary by
Casey Butterfield
Jan 4, 2010 19:41
14 yrs ago
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German term
Bekenntnisversammlungen
German to English
Social Sciences
Religion
Christian missionary work
"christliche Bekenntnisversammlungen"
"Es kommt zu vielen christlichen Bekenntnisversammlungen" in a text about increasingly successful Christian missionary work with a primitive hunter-gatherer tribe.
Could this be "revival meetings"?
"Es kommt zu vielen christlichen Bekenntnisversammlungen" in a text about increasingly successful Christian missionary work with a primitive hunter-gatherer tribe.
Could this be "revival meetings"?
Proposed translations
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| 2 +13 | public profession of faith |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 3 +2 | testimony meetings |
Armorel Young
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Proposed translations
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1 min
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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public profession of faith
is the deep structure here
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-04 19:54:13 GMT)
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the idea is to get new converts to take part in a public meeting, where individuals stand up and recount ("witness") how they "found the Lord", the idea being that a public profession will help to strengthen the converts' budding faith and others in the community will take note of their "new lives in Christ"
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Note added at 21 mins (2010-01-04 20:02:42 GMT)
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"public demonstrations of faith" is perhaps more a propos here, as I'm not sure if you're talking about new converts or whole communities
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-01-04 19:54:13 GMT)
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the idea is to get new converts to take part in a public meeting, where individuals stand up and recount ("witness") how they "found the Lord", the idea being that a public profession will help to strengthen the converts' budding faith and others in the community will take note of their "new lives in Christ"
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Note added at 21 mins (2010-01-04 20:02:42 GMT)
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"public demonstrations of faith" is perhaps more a propos here, as I'm not sure if you're talking about new converts or whole communities
Peer comment(s):
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Rebecca Garber
: Happy New Year, Jonathan
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same to you Sister Rebecca..
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makhno
: http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=EN-izMKVvnEC&pg=PA229&lp...
36 mins
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| agree |
Elisabeth Kissel
37 mins
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Anne-Marie Grant (X)
38 mins
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philgoddard
: Excellent translation. I feel sorry for the "primitive hunter gatherers" though.
1 hr
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| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
: esp. with your plural form "public demonstrations of faith"
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| agree |
Sarah Bessioud
2 hrs
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| agree |
Monika Elisabeth Sieger
: I know this from my own church community as well! Happy New Year!
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Erich Friese
: ....have any of the above ever attended a revival meeting...or (any of the) Billy Graham Crusades???
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: Happy New Year, Jonathan
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Dr Lofthouse
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Jim Tucker (X)
: or simply "profession" tout court http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession_(religious)
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| agree |
Rolf Keiser
13 hrs
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Nicola Wood
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much for your swift and informative answer, Jonathan. The first version was best given context, but the follow-ups were much appreciated as well!"
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2 hrs
testimony meetings
testimony meeting
–noun a meeting at which persons give testimonies of religious faith and related religious experiences.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_E...
An LDS fast and testimony meeting is normally held on the first Sunday of each month, where faithful members of the Church are invited to bear a verbal witness of their feelings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/activity/fast_testi...
–noun a meeting at which persons give testimonies of religious faith and related religious experiences.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_E...
An LDS fast and testimony meeting is normally held on the first Sunday of each month, where faithful members of the Church are invited to bear a verbal witness of their feelings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/activity/fast_testi...
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