The Traditional and Ecclesiastical Paul of 1 Corinthians
This article challenges the use of 1 Corinthians as the starting point of a popular devolutionary narrative whereby the charismatic historical Paul gave way over time to the ecclesiastical “Paul” of the canonical tradition. I draw attention to the numerous ways in which the Paul of 1 Corinthians app...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
2017
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2017, Volume: 79, Issue: 4, Pages: 651-669 |
Further subjects: | B
Charisma
B Max Weber B 1 Corinthians B Social Memory B Institution B Paul B Rudolph Sohm |
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Summary: | This article challenges the use of 1 Corinthians as the starting point of a popular devolutionary narrative whereby the charismatic historical Paul gave way over time to the ecclesiastical “Paul” of the canonical tradition. I draw attention to the numerous ways in which the Paul of 1 Corinthians appeals to tradition and to wider ecclesial practices as a way of constraining the practices and beliefs of the Corinthians, and I argue that this devolutionary narrative is being undergirded not by a close reading of the primary sources, or by a careful application of Max Weber’s nuanced work on authority, but by the theologically tendentious Protestant framework established in Rudolph Sohm’s Kirchenrecht. |
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ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2017.0083 |