Encountering grace
With reference to the contradiction between 1 Cor 15:1ff and Gl 1:1ff, it is demonstrated that the latter is referring to grace as the key to Paul's understanding of the Damascus event. The decisive importance of grace in the various Pauline references to this encounter is demonstrated. Grace f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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NTWSA
1996
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1996, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-87 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Greek Language B Grace B Saint Paul B Terms B Christianity B Conversion B Damascus encounter |
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| Summary: | With reference to the contradiction between 1 Cor 15:1ff and Gl 1:1ff, it is demonstrated that the latter is referring to grace as the key to Paul's understanding of the Damascus event. The decisive importance of grace in the various Pauline references to this encounter is demonstrated. Grace forms the missing theological link which explains why Paul, who sinned so gravely against God, was nevertheless chosen to be the apostle to the gentiles. Grace is not only to the essence of Paul's Damascus experience, but also opens up the whole of his soteriology and a major part of his christology. In developing a theology of Paul, grace should therefore be taken much more seriously than in the past. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_432 |