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- From: Craig de Vos <csdevos AT trinity.unimelb.edu.au>
- To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Pauline Worship Service: Public or Private?
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:43:32 +1000
Title: Re: [corpus-paul] Pauline Worship Service: Public or P
At 8:42 PM -0700 on 21/10/01, Daniel Strett wrote:
My question revolves around 1Cor 14:20-25. Paul
alludes to the possibility that unbelievers
might enter a worship service where believers
are speaking in tongues, and would then think
they were crazy.
This seems to be, in Paul's mind, a very real
possibility. My question is: to what extent
were early Christian assemblies or worship
meetings considered to be "public space"?
To what extent do you think unbelievers were
welcome? And, finally, do you believe there
is a good possibility that some church
assemblies took place in public areas, i.e.
not in private homes?
Daniel,
I have suggested that the Corinthians church did meet in
something other than private homes in my book, Church and Community
Conflicts (Scholars Press, 1999), pp. 203-5, based on this
text and the practices of both collegia and synagogues in
Graeco-Roman cities.
Craig
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Craig S. de Vos
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Trinity College Theological School
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Bromby Lecturer in New Testament
Trinity College Theological School
Royal Parade
Parkville VIC 3052
Australia
(O) +61 3 9349-0129 (F) +61 3 9349-0460
csdevos AT trinity.unimelb.edu.au
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Pauline Worship Service: Public or Private?,
Daniel Streett, 10/21/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Pauline Worship Service: Public or Private?, Ray Pickett, 10/22/2001
- Re: Pauline Worship Service: Public or Private?, Craig de Vos, 10/22/2001
- Re: Pauline Worship Service: Public or Private?, John Dickson, 10/23/2001
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