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Freeloaders in First Century Corinth

Published on: Author: jbarnum@uoregon.edu 59 Comments

In our text Clement, the fourth bishop of Rome, writes to the Christians of Corinth about the division in the church. The elders of the church were ousted from their positions and replaced, and Clement is demanding that they be reinstated (Ehrman 104). He uses the lineage of Apostles from Jesus from God to establish… Continue reading