Read It Also to the Gentiles

The Displacement and Recasting of the Philosopher in theVita Antonii

Bibliographic Data

ID4815314
AuthorsArthur Urbano, Arthur P Urbano (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume77
Issue4
Pages877-914
Publication date2008-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009640708001571
OpenAlexW2032496637
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited33

In his correspondence with the Corinthian community, the Apostle Paul addressed the problem of factionalism, his criticism aimed particularly against a faction of educated members who regarded their knowledge as evidence of social superiority. He countered these types of claims to superiority by proposing a dichotomy of wisdoms-"the wisdom of this world" and "God's wisdom":Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory

Apostle · Art · Glory · Literature · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy

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