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&c.; Rom. vi. 3; Gal. iii. 27; 1 Cor. i. 13/,
17, &c.).
(21) Baptism had for its object the acpearig tcou
ajtxapTiwv (Acts ii. 38; Rom. vi. Iff.; Col. ii. 12/).
(22) The A:\ao-f9 aprov is the social and religious
bond within the community (Acts ii. 42, 46 ; xx. 7,
11 ; 1 Cor. X. 16 ; xi. 17 ff. 24).
(23) J^v-^apiarrla and KXacrig aprov belong together
(Acts xxvii. 35 : Xa/Scou aprov ev-^apla-r^crev . . . Ka\
Kkacra^ ijp^aro ea-dUiv, 1 Cor. xi 23/ : eXajSev aprov
Kai €V')(api(Tr)]crag cKXaaev . . . oo-aKig eav ecrOlere).
(24) The " Doctrine of the Apostles " is the fundamental
principle of the community and its bond of
unity (Acts ii. 42) ; we may here compare 1 Cor.
XV. 1-3.
(25) In Acts ii. 42, next to the Doctrine of the
Apostles and before the KXacrig aprov, stands the
" Koivwvla " ; for this conception, which was also of
great importance in St. Paul's teaching, compare
Gal. ii. 9; 1 Cor. i. 9 ; x. 16, 18, 20; 2 Cor. 1, 7;
vi. 14; viii. 4, 23; xiii. 13; Phil. i. 5 ; ii.l; iii. 10;
Philem. 17.
(26) In Acts ii. 42 " the prayers **'
are introduced as
the fourth chief article of the summary there given
also in the Pauline epistles the basis and the sphere
of the Christian life are summed up in these four
articles (together with Baptism).
(27) From the speeches of St. Peter we see that the
most important subjects of the Apostolic teaching
were the Crucifixion and Death of our Lord : further,
the fact that He did not abide in the grave but rose
again and manifested Himself ov iravri rip Xaw aXXa
;