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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Holy fire

Hello,

Could you tell me please if all these different versions are correct?

The holy fire or;

The fire full of divine grace,

Godsent fire,

God-given fire,

blessed fire,

blissful fire,

Happy fire,



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How do you mean 'correct'? In what sense?
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Are all of them acceptable?
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Acceptable as what?! You have no context. 'Fire' doesn't go so well with most of those adjectives.
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This is exactly what I was asking about. I was wondering in how many ways do native speakers refer to Holy Fire.
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I never refer to holy fire. What is it? (I do use 'Holy Smokes!' however.)
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I was referring to the miracle of holy fire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Fire
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I would just use the words that they use, then.
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But they don't speak English. Perhaps it is possible to refer to it only as Holy Fire in English?

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Yes, I would stick with 'Holy Fire', since that is the only phrase your linked article uses. Or you might risk 'Sacred Fire' if you find the original phrase overused.

By the way, a quote within the same linked article:

"...in our letter to him we wrote 'sacred fire' instead of 'holy light'. Surprised by this change the blessed elder asked us: 'Why are you calling the Holy
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