Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

antinomian doctrine. (This subject must be
carefully distinguished from that of forgiveness—
both among humans and between God and
humankind— as a pre-eminently innovative tenet
in the Gospels. For of course absolution logically
presupposes a transgression of the rules, not their
abrogation; compare e.g. Ezek 18 with Mt
6:14-15.)
• 32. Gen 49, Jud 2:16 ff., Mt 19:28, Ac 1:13-26,
Rev/Ap 2:2!!, 21:14 || I-Cor 9:1-2, II-Cor 11:5-13
Finally, we must observe the fact that the
permanent tally of the Apostles was established by
the Savior at exactly twelve (for obvious reasons
of historical symbolism— note the symmetry at
Rev/Ap 21:12-14), and moreover that Paul was
never numbered in that circle; not even Barnabas
in his Epistle recognizes Paul’s Apostleship!:
‘[Those] to whom he gave the power of the Gospel
to preach, and there are twelve as a testimony to
the tribes, because there are twelve tribes of
Israel’ (8:3).
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Paul of Tarsus is an engimatic and paradoxical
figure. Caught in the ethical dilemma of calling all
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