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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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• 18. Mk 7:14-23, Lk 7:34 || Rom 14:21, I-Cor<br />

8:13<br />

Either we ought, or we ought not, to maintain<br />

some particular diet for religious reasons. Yet Paul<br />

agrees with neither the OT's dietary rules (kashrut)<br />

nor the Savior's remarkable midrash (commentary)<br />

thereupon.<br />

• 19. Mt 12:19 (Isa 42:2), Lk 10:7 || Ac 17:16-34,<br />

20:20<br />

Paul preaches house-to-house, as well as in<br />

the streets and squares— contrary to Christ's<br />

paradigm.<br />

• 20. Mt 6:5-6 || I-Tim 2:8<br />

Paul demands the very same outspoken<br />

prayer which Christ condemns as exhibitionist; the<br />

Savior states that one should only pray in solitude<br />

and in secret, never openly.<br />

• 21. Mt 18:1-4, Mk 9:33-35, Lk 14:7-11 || II-Cor<br />

11:5-12:13<br />

Paul's recounting <strong>of</strong> his travels is<br />

insubordinately boastful and rivalrous— rather<br />

than humble, respectful and obedient— toward<br />

those who preceded him in the Discipleship: the<br />

ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙ.<br />

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