Tag: 1 Timothy 3
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Household: Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 4)
We have looked at the controversial 1 Timothy 2:8-15 passage, but we need to make a couple of more observations about this letter as it concerns fictive family. What I have to say here is frequently not well received by my Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican/Episcopalian friends, nor by some of my more theologically conservative…
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Household: Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 1)
In the middle of the 1 Timothy, we find the following verses in Chapter 3: 14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that, 15 if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church…
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Household: Fictive Family in Ephesians
The precise phrase "household of God" is used only once in the New Testament, in Ephesians 2:19 (oikeioi tou Theou). In 1 Timothy 3:15, we find oikoo Theou rendered "household of God" in some translations, but more accurately, it is "house of God." Paul also writes "household of faith" (oikeious tees pisteoos) in Galatians 6:10.…
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Theology and Economics: Ordering
I ended the previous post by asking, "So what should the leadership look like of a community of broken eikons undergoing transformation?" The answer? At the risk of being simplistic, it should look like whatever structure most effectively creates maturing eikons and "breathes" them out into the world. The Roman Catholics understand Jesus to have…