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Acts
6:1-9
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Chapter XIV, Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The office of preaching the word, and dispensing the goods of the
Church, are different from one another, and not rashly to be joined together, as the
apostles institute here. And the deacons must seek the consent of the Church more than the
apostles." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "Hitherto the disciples had been of one accord; this often had been
noticed to their honour; but now they were multiplied, they began to
murmur." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "And when some of them afterward preached the Gospel, they did this not
by virtue of their deaconship, but of another commission, that of evangelists, which they
probably received, not before, but after they were appointed deacons." |
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| From the
Commentary on the
Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...to serve tables--oversee the distribution of
provisions..." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The apostles guide the choice by describing the kind of men that must
be chosen." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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"Building a Place for Hospitality," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Hospitality," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2007. |
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"The
Spirit of the Gospel," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"The Birth of the Diaconate," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "While all baptized Christians are
called to service, deacons should have a special place in our parish
communities. They represent the community's spirit of giving at the Lord's
Table." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Caring as Honoring," Anne E. Streaty Wimberly, The Center for
Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
| "Congregations are 'soul communities,' in which
young and old are soul-mates, bound together as an extended family
of God, who love, support, and sustain one another. They should
assure that senior adults are cared for and honored as resourceful
contributors to community life, wisdom-givers, exemplars of the
faith, and worthy recipients of care. How do we make this biblical
vision concrete in our lives?" |
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"Faith:
Response in Relationship," by Douglas
John Hall at The Living Pulpit.
| "When it comes to defining
something as elusive and misunderstood as faith, perhaps the way to
begin is to say what it isn't." |
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"Jerusalem
as the Place of Origins in Early Christian Imagination,"
by Milton Moreland, University of La Verne, Constructs of the Social and
Cultural Worlds of Antiquity Group, AAR/SBL Meeting, November 1998.
| "The famous division
between the "Hebrews" and "Hellenists" was probably
nothing more than Luke's way of plotting a course for his narrative that
would lead to a major speech by someone of importance outside of the
group of twelve. The goal was to create a narrative sequence which could
account for the dispersion of Christianity, without the removal of the
twelve apostles from Jerusalem (8:1)." |
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"The
Holy Spirit: A Folk Perspective," Henry H. Mitchell at The
Living Pulpit.
| "Despite all the spontaneity
connected with my African American heritage, a great majority of us
have never been guilty of what has been called over-subjectivity. We
have traditional safeguards, spoken and unspoken, against this kind
of excess. I invite you to consider these safeguards now as basic
ingredients of a folk doctrine of the Holy Spirit." |
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