Paul Struggles With His Congregation - The Pastoral Message of the Letters of the Corinthians

Paul Struggles With His Congregation The Pastoral Message of the Letters of the Corinthians
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Author: Format: ISBN: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Hans Urs von Balthasar Soft Cover 0-89870-386-7 7 1/4" (18.4 cm) x 4 3/4" (12.0 cm) x 0 1/4" (0.63 cm) Ignatius Press 1992 90

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Hans Urs von Balthasar

Commenting on the pastoral questions taken up by Saint Paul in his letters to the Corinthians, Hans Urs von Balthasar offers a meditative interpretation of Paul's writings and difficulties with the Christians at Corinth. He discusses the different roles of pastors and believers, and we see how the problems are resolved through Paul's advice, example and prayerful patience.

"The questions people ask God and the Church change; God's answer in Christ is sufficient for all time. Even though the Church, as well as the individual priest, always has to make this answer understandable anew, its essence does not change. Paul's dramatic confrontation with the congregation of Corinth provides both: his words and actions do complete justice to the situation and yet they are timeless. Therefore his pastoral directives to this difficult congregation are still a guideline for everyone holding a pastoral office. The eye-to-eye confrontation with Corinth is so intense and so rich, that it includes virtually everything of importance. Paul emphasized that everything he says is spoken in love and because of love, but he must get rid of `the old leaven' so that the Christian feast can be celebrated with joy. Joy has an amazing preeminence in all of Paul's letters."
- Hans Urs von Balthasar

St. Paul the Apostle

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Eastern Calendar - 06/29
Roman Rite Calendar - 06/29
Tridentine Calendar - 06/29

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    25 January (celebration of his conversion)
    29 June (celebration of Saints Peter and Paul co-founders of the Church)
    18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and of St. Paul)
Profile
    Saul was a Jewish Talmudic student. Pharisee. Tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus to arrest another group of them, he was knocked off his horse and to the ground, struck blind by a heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting Christians, he was persecuting Christ. The experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his conversion to Christianity. He was baptized, changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling, preaacing and writing. Author of much of the New Testament of the Sacred Scriptures. He was martyred in Rome.
Born
    c.3 as Saul at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey)
Died
    A martyr, beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy
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