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Capitalizing pronouns

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Topic: Capitalizing pronouns

Posted By: LeopoldPhilippe
Subject: Capitalizing pronouns
Date Posted: 16-Jun-2015 at 20:21

Should pronouns (He, Him, His) be capitalized when referring to the Lord God and Christ Jesus?
I have seen some Catholic bibles where the religious pronouns are not capitalized.

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Posted By: J.A.W.
Date Posted: 16-Jun-2015 at 20:28

Does it apply to 'Her', too - as in 'Mary Mother of God'?

Or pre-monotheistic G/gods, or passé G/gods of defunct religions?

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 18-Jun-2015 at 02:14

Originally posted by LeopoldPhilippe

Should pronouns (He, Him, His) be capitalized when referring to the Lord God and Christ Jesus?
I have seen some Catholic bibles where the religious pronouns are not capitalized.

This type of capitalization is known as reverential capitalization. However this isn't restricted to pronouns alone, with some extending this to any term which refers to the deity. What I can gather is that these types of capitalization has been in decline for many years.

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Posted By: J.A.W.
Date Posted: 18-Jun-2015 at 23:49

& AFAIK, the deities have too..
Not that it prevents excessive stupidities being sheeted home by mortals - in Their Names..

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Posted By: LeopoldPhilippe
Date Posted: 16-Jul-2015 at 20:41

In all of the earliest copies of the Greek New Testament, the text is written in all capital letters.