Malkuth haShamayim (The Queen of Heaven) מלכת השמים
- 15 years ago
Malkuth haShamayim (מלכת השמים) - in English "the Queen of Heaven" - in Vulgate Latin "Reginae Caeli" - grew to become one of the best loved of the divine epithets that exists in the liturgy and rituals of the Catholic Madonna.
The same tradition holds true of the Panaghia of the Eastern Church.
She is addressed as Basileia, Basilissa, Anassa and Despoina - primal names of royal power that reach back to the dawn of the Minoan/Mycenaean civilisation.
The original words of the title of Malkuth haShamayim : the Queen of Heaven were strategically reinterpreted to mean "Kingdom of Heaven".
They enter into orthodox scripture in that very form ... and the Goddess is once again lost in translation.
The Greek version of this phrase that appears in the New Testament gospels is : he Basileia ton Ouranon (ἡ βασιλεια των οὐρανων).
Basileia is an ancient Greek word which meant both "queen" and "royal woman and may also denote "sovereignty" and "royal domain".
The same tradition holds true of the Panaghia of the Eastern Church.
She is addressed as Basileia, Basilissa, Anassa and Despoina - primal names of royal power that reach back to the dawn of the Minoan/Mycenaean civilisation.
The original words of the title of Malkuth haShamayim : the Queen of Heaven were strategically reinterpreted to mean "Kingdom of Heaven".
They enter into orthodox scripture in that very form ... and the Goddess is once again lost in translation.
The Greek version of this phrase that appears in the New Testament gospels is : he Basileia ton Ouranon (ἡ βασιλεια των οὐρανων).
Basileia is an ancient Greek word which meant both "queen" and "royal woman and may also denote "sovereignty" and "royal domain".