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To: maryz

> “The writers of the epistles seem to intend them to churches that are already going concerns.”

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Yes, as they were obviously continuation of synogogues that had been going for probably over a century. They needed instruction, and clarification, which Paul in particular gave them in great detail.


8,408 posted on 10/03/2010 4:25:17 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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They had already received the faith and were established — the epistles encourage and correct and elaborate on the faith already received, but they don’t lay it out from scratch.


8,409 posted on 10/03/2010 4:29:51 PM PDT by maryz
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"Yes, as they were obviously continuation of synogogues that had been going for probably over a century."

Not so obvious since they were letters to Gentiles and not Jews.

8,412 posted on 10/03/2010 4:34:45 PM PDT by Natural Law (A lie is a known untruth expressed as truth. A liar is the one who tells it.)
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