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2 giorni fa · There are a number of points about the cross of Christ we can draw from his declaration. First, the great commission includes the command from our Lord to make disciples by baptizing them in the name of the triune God (Matthew 28:18-20). But as apostle to the Gentiles, Paul understands that his divinely-appointed mission is to preach the gospel ...
2 giorni fa · The June 5 encounter was centered on the Scripture passage 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, ... quoting from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.
2 giorni fa · Paul’s litany of self-defense in 2 Corinthians 11 might, however, suggest that the superapostles were first century advocates of what we might [anachronistically] call strict halakhic Torah observance, who emphasize their Jewish credentials [“See, WE’RE 100% authentic Jesus’s people”] to their largely Gentile [culturally clueless] audience in Corinth.
2 giorni fa · The June 5 encounter was centered on the Scripture passage 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, ... quoting from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.
5 giorni fa · Today we begin a Summer study of Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. Paul established this church during his second missionary journey and visited it once again during his third missionary journey.
5 giorni fa · It’s not the only letter of Paul’s that we may not have an “original” version of (assuming that the earlier letters that were cut and then spliced together are more original). We have a similar problem with Philippians, long my favorite Pauline letter — so much my favorite as a young person that I memorized it at age 18!
4 giorni fa · The second Scripture reading in the liturgy for the feast is drawn from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. It’s about a building — but then again, it’s not. As we celebrate the great feast of the great basilica, we are reminded that like the great basilica, we are temples of God.
