The First Epistle Of Paul To The Corinthians Classic Reprint

Author : Michael Ferrebee Sadler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331469360
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book The First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians written by Michael Ferrebee Sadler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians: With Notes Critical and Practical At the same time that he heard these reports, a letter was brought to him containing certain questions, respecting the solution of which they desired to have his opinion; such as whether a state of marriage or celibacy was preferable? - what restrictions were to be put on the partaking of things offered to idols? - for what reason did he refuse to receive that maintenance from them which other Apostles claimed as their right? Then he had heard that they observed with some degree of faithfulness the traditions (probably respecting the conduct of their religious assemblies) which he had delivered to them, except, apparently, on two points, concerning their neglect of which he has to blame them severely - one, the veiling of women in their Church assemblies, the other, their disorderly conduct at the Agape, which apparently for schismatical or sensual purposes (xi.20, 22) they had not kept distinct from the celebration of the Blessed Sacrament. They had also, it appears, sent him some questions respecting the relative value of their spiritual gifts, or perhaps he had heard that they abused one spiritual gift, that of tongues, through vanity or love of display. And he had also heard that there were some among them who had so declined from the faith which he first taught them as to deny the Resurrection of the Body, and, by consequence, the Resurrection of the Lord Himself. To meet these evils, and to solve these questions, St. Paul was inspired by the Spirit of God to write this letter. III. The Special Teaching of this Epistle. We have now to consider what is the Christian truth which St. Paul brings forward to meet these evils. The dominant truth of this Epistle is, that Christ is the Head To meet these evils, and to solve these questions, St. Paul was inspired by the Spirit of God to write this letter. We have now to consider what is the Christian truth which St. Paul brings forward to meet these evils. The dominant truth of this Epistle is, that Christ is the Head of a mystical Body, the Church, and that this Church is so the Body of Christ, that each member of the Church is a member of Christ, spiritually and sacramentally united to Him in one Divine organism. We will briefly review the Epistle in regard to this. The whole Church is a body of men sanctified in Christ Jesus (i.2). Grace is diffused throughout it, but "in" Christ Jesus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.