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Pauline/1 Corinthian Ecclesiology 

7:1-24(39-40)—The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
          “For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does;
           likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does.
           (“one flesh”)

7:25-38—Holy Celibacy
           “The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the
           Lord.”

8:1-13—Primacy of Love (food sacrificed to idols)
           “ ‘Knowledge’ puffs up, but love builds up.”  “Only take care lest this liberty of
           yours become a stumbling block to the weak.”

9:1-27—Apostolic sacrifice
          “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I
           might win the more.”  “all things to all men.”

10:1-11:34—The Holy Eucharist (“Holy gifts for the holy people”)
           “all ate the same supernatural (lit., ‘spiritual’) food… supernatural* drink.” (OT)
           “warnings for us, not to desire evil”  “The cup of blessing… participation
           (‘communion’) in the blood of Christ… bread which we break… body of Christ.”
           “we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.”
           “The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread”
           “For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks
           judgment upon himself.”

12:1-14:40—Gifts of the Spirit to build up the Church
          “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”
          “all the members of the body, though many, are one body”
          “If I... have not love, I gain nothing.”   “Love endures all things.”
          “So faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is
          love.”
          “Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in
          building up the church.”

15:1-57—The resurrection of the body, and the life of the world to come
          “I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that
          Christ died… was buried… raised on the third day… appeared… so we
          preach and so you believed.”
          “If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to
          be pitied.”
          “raised a spiritual body”  “the mortal puts on immortality”
          “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord
          Jesus Christ.”

15:58-16:24—Closing instructions, greetings, and blessing
          “concerning the contribution for the saints”
          “Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all
          that you do be done in love.”
          “Greet one another with a holy kiss.”  “Maranatha!”

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:

1.  In the midst of Christian dissension and disunity, how can we believe in “one, holy…Church”? 

2.  What gifts of the Spirit should we nurture to strengthen St. Mark’s to be faithful in these trying times?

3.  How important is our emphasis on the Sacraments?