P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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view we may cite E. Percy " ~fA.&r.o, ist der,
welcher sich im Herzen und in der Lebensftihrung den
Inhalt des christlichen Glaubensrecht angeeignet hat ll •
But this individual significance of the term does not
agree with the theme of the pericope;
du Plessis well
notes that "the individuality disturbs the sequence
o f th oug~, h
oian
d· 1S con t ra d· 1C t ory t 0 th e soma t·· 1C 1mage
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The ecclesiological basis of the letter and, more particularly,
the setting of the phrase in 4:l-l~makes
a corporate understanding of the phrase necessary.
This interpretation fits well with the ecclesiological
significance that we have already suggested belongs
to -m MV'ta. i the Church in so far as it is both
the instrument and medium of the 1tA.~ 'to,," Xp:.