ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 14 v40

NOTHING DISORDERED. ORIGEN: Therefore he wants all these to be set in order by you, nothing disordered, nothing restless, nothing indecent. … Therefore, now our true high priest, Christ, also wants his hands to be filled “with finely composed incense.” HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 9.4-5.

WHAT IS DECENT? AMBROSIASTER: Something is done decently when it is done peacefully and with discipline. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

WELL-ORDERED WAY OF LIFE. BASIL: Paul is referring to the decent and well-ordered way of life in the society of the faithful, where the relationship which obtains among the members of the body is maintained. THE LONG RULES 24.

GOOD ORDER BUILDS UP. CHRYSOSTOM: Nothing builds up as much as good order, peace and love, just as nothing is more destructive than their opposites. It is not only in spiritual affairs but in everything that one may observe this. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 37.4.

RESISTING DISSENSION. AUGUSTINE: Those who make dissensions and disturbances in the church are the ones who seem to be what they are not. LETTER 169, TO EUODIUS.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE LAWGIVER. THEODORET OF CYR: Law and order come first. Let us also dedicate ourselves to this principle as members of the fellowship of the great Lawgiver. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 264.

DISORDERING GOD’S ORDER. FULGENTIUS: If we take a closer look at the origin of sin, I think that it is nothing else than the inordinate love by a rational creature of the things set in order by God. TO MONIMUS 1.20.2.

THE CONFESSION OF FAITH 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-7

OVERVIEW: Christ could not have died for sinners if he had been a sinner himself (CHRYSOSTOM). That he died for our sins according to the Scriptures (AMBROSIASTER) is testimony to his sinlessness. He did not die the death of sin but of the body. We become brothers and sisters through the work of Christ in his earthly life, death (CHRYSOSTOM) and resurrection (AMBROSIASTER). All our works are meaningless without the gospel (PELAGIUS). The justice Christ embodied when he died for us is greater than our sins (CYRIL OF JERUSALEM). He made his life an exchange for the life of all (CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA). The Father does not suffer loss when he gives what is his own to the Son (AMBROSE). The Corinthians needed to be reminded of what they knew and to have their errors in understanding corrected (CHRYSOSTOM). The Fathers debated as to who was included in the resurrection appearances (ORIGEN, CHRYSOSTOM, OECUMENIUS, AMBROSIASTER) but agreed that many witnesses attested the resurrection truthfully (CHRYSOSTOM). We are to remember the events of the death and resurrection of Jesus according to the unbiased testimony of the apostles (CYRIL OF JERUSALEM, HILARY OF POITIERS, AMBROSE, BASIL).

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