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Holiness and Justice: Exegetical Comments on 1 Corinthians 11.17-34

Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel, Fachbereich 01/Theologie, Diagonale 9, D-34109 Kassel, Germany

The Pauline tradition of the Last Supper is understood here as the handing on of affirmations of hope and remembrance related to Christ, which are inserted into the ritual of Jewish meals. The early Christian celebration of the Lord's Supper is a full community meal which follows the Jewish rite. The conflict in Corinth was generated by the attempt of well-off members of the community to consume their own food and drink during the community meal, separated from the poorer majority of the community. In the view of Paul and other members of the community, this action involves a social injustice which wounds the holiness of the body of Christ. Just as eating and sacrament are linked in the early Christian Lord's Supper, so too are holiness and justice linked.

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