ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 8 v13

ANALOGY WITH ADULTERY. AMBROSIASTER: It is all right to have a wife, but if she commits adultery she is to be rejected. Likewise, it is all right to eat meat, but if it has been sacrificed to idols it is to be refused. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

DO NOT CAUSE A BROTHER TO FALL. CHRYSOSTOM: This is like the best of teachers, to apply to himself the things he is speaking about. Paul is not concerned about the rights and wrongs of the issue in any objective sense. His only concern is that his brother should not stumble. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 20.11.

THE STRONG AND THE WEAK. AUGUSTINE: Those who are stronger and are not troubled by scruples are nevertheless commanded to abstain so as not to offend those who, on account of their weakness, still find abstinence necessary. THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 71.

PAUL’S SELF-DEFENSE 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-6

OVERVIEW: If any want to examine Paul’s apostleship (THEODORET OF CYR), let them look at the Corinthians as a sufficient witness to his workmanship in the Lord (CHRYSOSTOM). Paul’s authorization as apostle withstood close questioning (AMBROSIASTER). The whole world had him as its apostle (CHRYSOSTOM). His special role in the church is based on his calling as an apostle (CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA, AMBROSIASTER). Faithful women possessing worldly goods ministered significantly to the apostles in the necessities of life (AUGUSTINE).

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