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Please note that this document is very authoritative BUT it uses big words. The document comes from the New Catholic Encyclopedia volume 11, 2nd edition pages 1 to 16 published by Gale in 2003
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The 1st Journey began in Antioch, the 2nd began in Jerusalem
The following is a text from the Teacher share drive at Kilbreda, originally published in 2006
Developing Christian Communities.
Melbourne is recognized as probably the most cosmopolitan city in Australia…. As such it has a lot in common with the ancient city of Corinth. An important and wealthy city, Corinth was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia, the southern part of Greece. Because of its position on the great trade route between Rome and the East. It was a city of great commerce and wealth, and like many great cities Corinth was renowned for its culture and notorious for its immorality. Its cosmopolitan community and its strategic position made it an important place in the spread of Christianity.
In the winter of 49AD Paul arrived in Corinth after his unsuccessful visit to Athens. He remained in the city for 18 months, working as a tentmaker and living with a Jewish couple who had been expelled from Rome. As a result of Paul’s preaching a large Church was formed at Corinth, mostly from the poor and the slaves. After leaving the city, Paul seems to have received little but bad news about what was happening among the Christian community in the province.
In fact the early Corinthian Church looked like becoming a basket case. The Church was divided by factions, it had little sense of sin or the need of salvation. A second visit by Paul failed to achieve any reform, and, after he had been publicly insulted, he sailed back to Ephesus. Paul wrote at least four letters addressing the problems of the Corinthian Church; only two of these letters survive. In the section we hear today Paul faces the charges levelled against him by false apostles: that he is no true apostle, having brought no letters of recommendation with him from the other churches. In defence of his apostleship Paul writes his moving apology, arguing that the true proof of his apostleship is the converts produced by his preaching: You are yourselves our letter, written in our hearts, that anyone can
see and read, and it is plain that you are a letter from Christ, drawn up by us, and written not with ink but with the spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on the tablets of your living hearts.
Paul calls out the best in his converts, affirming them in their new identity as letters of Christ to the world. They are not only the messengers of Christ but they are the message of Christ. For Paul, the message of Christ is inseparable from the person of the Christian. How can the world hear the message of Christ if the Christian is silent ? Every Christian is a message that should be seen and read by everyone. Paul values the importance of each individual Christian, and he hopes that all Christians will subscribe themselves to the spread of the Good News.
In that sense every Christian is a missionary – one sent to others. We are all letters of Christ addressed to the people we meet. Of course, some of us may be difficult to make out, a puzzle of scribble to those we meet; some of us may communicate little of the joy of the Gospel; some of us may never get round to delivering the message that Christ has written in our hearts.
When we look at Paul we see how Paul’s own energetic life for Christ was the best proof of what he wrote. The truth of his writing shone through his troubled and spirited life story. And his hope for every Christian community is as valid today as it was in the middle of the first century. We should take courage from God’s choice of us; we should not
be timid about the message we have received; we should share the Good News that is part of our very being. All of us have benefited from the witness of other Christians who have been letters to us. It would be a pity if our generation had a postal strike.