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Paul writes his letter to the Philippians referencing two related
forms of persecution. The Christians of Philippi are experiencing
persecution by the Roman authorities who govern the Philippi. Paul
himself is experiencing persecution by the Roman authorities (the
Roman emperor's praetorian guard) in Rome. Roman persecution is
thus the fundamental context for his letter. Paul's most basic
premise in this letter is to hold high the slave, Jesus Christ! In
perhaps the most moving passage he ever wrote (Phil 2:6-11) Paul
delineates that Jesus did not count equality with God something to
be grasped at but rather empties himself taking the form of a slave
and embracing crucifixion, the slave's form of death. Accordingly.
God has raised Jesus to the highest place and has caused all on the
earth, above the earth, and under the earther to bow at the name of
Jesus and to proclaim that Jesus alone is Lord to the glory of God
the Father. Very significantly, Paul affirms that Christian slaves
are ennobled by Jesus initiatives. Because these slaves now join
the other Christian citizens in having "citizenship in heaven,"
Paul's letter constitutes a radical threat to the Roman imperial
authorities in this way as well.
Because he plays such a prominent role in the New Testament and
the tradition of the church, the apostle Peter has been the focus
of much scholarship over the centuries. One wonders whether there
can be anything more to say about Peter. Indeed, there is. In "Four
Times Peter "Richard Cassidy takes a narrative critical look at
Peter in the story of each gospel individually (rather than
studying Peter via a side-by-side analysis of the gospels). Cassidy
looks first to the character of Jesus in each of the gospels and
then to the group of apostles as a whole before turning to
Peter.
In the end, "Four Times Peter" allows an intriguing portrait of
this apostle to emerge. Readers discover a portrait of Peter that
would have been familiar to the earliest Christian communities. And
it is this ancient portrait that gives modern readers a refreshing
new sense of Peter.
"Richard J. Cassidy, STL, PhD, is Professor of Sacred Scripture
at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan." This book is
part of the series Interfaces.
In this work, Cassidy explains how Roman political domination from
the rule of Augustus to Trajan influenced Judaism and the early
Christian Church.
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