nces, of which St. Paul was
probably informed by Priscilla and Aquila.
[11] This seems to follow from Philo's statement that they did not make
animal sacrifices: and from Josephus' description of their way of life
as Pythagorean.
[12] Cf. 1 Cor. viii. 10.
[13] Gal. iv. 10; cf. Col. ii. 16, 17: 'Let no man therefore judge you
in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a
sabbath day: which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is
Christ's.'
[14] Or _for decisions of doubts_, marg. This, or something like this,
is the right meaning; cf. Hebr. v. 14: 'for decision between good and
evil.' 1 Cor. xii. 10: 'discernings of spirits,' i.e. decisions as to
their true character.
[15] From Isa. xlv. 33.
[16] Cf. Ephes. pp. 271 f.
[17] See app. note H, p. 239.
[18] Gal. i. 8.
[19] 1 Cor. xv. 12, 13.
[20] 1 Cor. v. 6
[21] Cf. Ephes. p. 126.
[22] 1 Cor. xi. 16.
[23] Gal. v. 2.
[24] Phil. iii. 15, 16.
[25] _Unity in Diversity_, by Charles Bigg, D.D. (Longmans, 1899), pp.
84, 85, 95.
[26] 'Whatever is not of faith is sin--that is whatever is against
conscience.' Aquinas, quoted in _S. and H. in loc._
[27] Cf. xii. 6: 'Let us prophesy according to the proportion of our
faith.'
[28] Col. ii. 16: 'Let no man judge you in respect of a sabbath day.'
[29] This is probably implied in Acts xx. 7.
[30] 1 Cor. xvi. 1.
[31] _Philippians_, on 'the Christian Ministry,' p. 181. The language
in the immediate context I cannot make my own. But the statement
quoted is surely true. And to this day I suppose, for those living in
religious communities and similar institutions, there is very little
practical difference between Sundays and week-days. This almost
complete absence of distinction, however, must always come about, if it
is to be legitimate, by raising the week-days to the spiritual level of
the Sundays, and not by the opposite process.
[32] Especially in the Pastoral Epistles: but also in the epistles to
the Thessalonians and Corinthians.
[33] 1 Cor. viii. 13.
[34] Cf. 1 Cor. x. 30: 'Why am I evil spoken of for that for which I
give thanks.' 1 Tim. iv. 3, 4: 'Meats, which God created to be
received with thanksgiving.... For every creature of God is good ...
if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified through the
word of God and prayer. Cf. Acts xxvii. 35: 'And when he had taken
bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all:
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