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  • From: "David Inglis" <david AT colonialcommerce.com>
  • To: corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Jerusalem Council Decrees
  • Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:22:16 -0400


Edgar Krentz wrote:
>
> It is curious that neither Paul or subsequent narratives in Acts ever
> speak of the Jerusalem decree being actively used. And the Jerusalem
> leaders also sent along two prophets to make sure that it got
> delivered.
>
> Paul never refers to the decree in discussing the problems with food
> in Corinth, even though Peter has also been there.

As far as we know, the decree *only* went "to the Gentile brothers and
sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia" (Acts 15:23), and hence IMHO it
would have actually been very strange for Paul to have directly referred
to the decree anywhere else. Also, although it is a reasonable inference
to say that Peter had been in Corinth, all we really know is that some
Corinthians knew (or knew of) Peter, not that he had actually been there.

> Why did Paul not
> mention The decree in Galatians, if written after the Jerusalem
> meeting? Because there is not record in Galatians of any of the items
> the Jerusalem meeting wanted enforced being a problem, whether diet
> or rules for ritual purity.

But surely that is not the point? I agree that what the decree *does* say
is not a problem, but the decree is of great importance to the Galatians
because of what it does *not* say, e.g. that circumcision is still
required.

Dave Inglis
david AT colonialcommerce.com
3538 O'Connor Drive
Lafayette, CA, USA



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