Saint Paul and the Colossians
“…Paul in the second chapter reminds the people that physical circumcision is not necessary for those who are spiritually circumcised.”
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Saint Paul’s letter to the Philippians
“He wants to reach past death for the joy of eternal life with God, but he dearly loves the people of his churches, and he moans that his heart is torn in two: he wants to die, but he wants to live for the good of the churches…”
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The letter to the Ephesians
“What actually matters is that their nature as outlaws (non-Jewish) has been undone by the work of God, so that they are not foreigners in the Church of Jewish Christians, but fellow citizens and members of God’s household!”
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Saint Paul and the Galatians
“Paul is anxious to tell his new Christians that they don’t have to become Jews, that is, they don’t have to embrace circumcision and so take on the full burden of the Law of Moses.”
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Reading through S. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians
“Here’s an encapsulation of the Christian message: Christ died for us and rose again, we too as dead men have risen to live with His life, not ours.”
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Reading through Saint Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians
“In a situation reminiscent of today’s highly-politicised Church, the Corinthians had apparently selected their favourite apostles and had developed a party system.”
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Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans
“Paul was able to create several local churches with or without the existence of a local Jewish synagogue, to a great extent by his own personal influence – in a typical priest-people relationship – coupled with an ability to foster deep friendships with his converts…”
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Phoebe the deaconess
“…today is also the memorial day of the good lady Phoebe of Cenchrae, about whom we only know from a single mention made of her by the Apostle Saint Paul, in his letter to the Romans…”
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Reading through the first letter of S. Paul to the Thessalonians
“Thessalonika was then as now a natural port and harbour, and in a central position in the Greek mainland, as crucial today as it was in the days of Saint Paul.”
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Reading the Acts of the Apostles
“…the constant theme of the Acts of the Apostles, which is the theme of the Gospels: that the time of the Messiah had arrived and so the gates of Israel had been thrown open at last, and the promises of old had been made available to the Gentiles. The Apostles had to learn this, then they had to legislate for the Gentile Christians.”
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