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1 Corinthians 11:23-32
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of
Spirit:
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"Supper & Eucharist," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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Chapter XVII,
On the Soul,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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V.8,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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VI.IX,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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Epistle IX --
Epistle X --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 250) |
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On
the Lapsed
--
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 251) |
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Epistle LXII --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 253) |
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Epistle LXXIV --
Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256) |
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Chapter XIV,
Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My
Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "This word "broken"
denotes to us the manner of Christ's death, for although his legs
were not broken, as the thieves legs were, yet his body was very
severely tormented, and torn, and bruised." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "We declare his death to be
our life, the spring of all our comforts and hopes." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "Take then, and eat of, this
bread, in an humble, thankful, obediential remembrance of my dying
love; of the extremity of my sufferings on your behalf, of the
blessings I have thereby procured for you, and of the obligations to
love and duty which I have by all this laid upon you." |
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| But
What is it to Eat and Drink Unworthily? Charles Hodge, c. 1850.
| "To eat or drink unworthily is
in general to come to the Lord's table in a careless, irreverent
spirit, without the intention or desire to commemorate the death of
Christ as the sacrifice for our sins, and without the purpose of
complying with the engagements with we thereby assume." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Unworthiness in the
person, is not what ought to exclude any, but unworthily
communicating: However unworthy we be, if we examine ourselves
so as to find that we penitently believe in Christ's Gospel, we may
worthily communicate." |
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| From The People's New
Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The observance points to two
great facts--the Lord's death, and to his second coming; one past,
the other future. The observance is to continue "till he
come."" |
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| "Exposition
of Mt 26:26-30, 1 Co 11:20-34," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
| "When, in the East, a man has
eaten of an Arab's salt, he is henceforth under his protecting care;
and he who has spiritually eaten of Christ's bread, has come under
Christ's protection; Christ will take care of him." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Dwight Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
| "Instead of turning the Lord's
Supper into an occasion to exhibit social distinctions, the
Corinthians needed to be reminded of what the Eucharist is for:
remembering Jesus and proclaiming his death until he comes. They
ought to partake in the Lord's Supper in a way that demonstrates
their unity rather than their divisions." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Commentary, 1 Corinthians 11:17-27, Luke A. Powery, The African
American Lectionary, 2009.
| "The blood will never lose its
power! The blood of Christ saves us from sin. The blood of Christ
saves us from ourselves and treating each other wrongly." |
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"The
Lord's Supper," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "The Lord's supper is an affirmation of
Christian community. It is a declaration that we are a people bound under
a new agreement with the living Lord which sets us apart as an eternal
community - a people bound in love to one another and to the Lord." |
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"Discovering Our True Identity," study guide for
adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Consumerism," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2003. |
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"Words of Institution," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "For Paul, blood was the life force of
the person; blood was a physical manifestation of one's spirit." |
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"The New Covenant," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "How do you take the idea of God's
covenant seriously? How do you prepare to take Communion seriously?" |
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| Articles & Background:
| "Meals, Food and
Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament
Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
| "How
can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are
meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the
surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what
anthropologists call "the language of meals"?" |
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| "1
Corinthians 11:17-34: Social Intertexture." From The Tapestry of Early
Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology, Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, London:
Routledge, 1996.
| "[Theissen] thinks 1 Cor. 11
suggests that the wealthy Christians began to eat before the congregational meal began,
and the 'individual eating' may have extended into the Lord's supper
itself." |
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| "Baptism,
Eucharist and Ministry," Faith and Order Paper No. 111. World Council of Churches, 1982. Theological and
practical commentary. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Adewuya, J. Ayodeji, "Revisiting 1
Corinthians 11:27-34: Paul's Discussion of the Lord's Supper and African
Meals," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2007.
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| Bach, Alice and Jennifer A. Glancy,
"The Morning After in Corinth: Bread-and-Butter Notes, Part I,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2003. |
| Donnelly, Doris,
"Joy: The Delight of Longing," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.) |
| Schottroff, Luise,
"Holiness and Justice: Exegetical Comments on 1 Corinthians 11.17-34,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2000. |
| Surburg, Mark P., "The Situation at
the Corinthian Lord's Supper in Light of 1 Corinthians 11:21: A
Reconsideration," Concordia Journal, 2006.
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| Wong, Eric K.C.,
"The De-radicalization of Jesus' Ethical Sayings in Romans," Novum
Testamentum, 2001. |
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