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The monastic way is not forsaking the world

First and Second Corinthians: Straight From the Heart 159.99 The desert stood in stark"Sugg. Donation" The community Paul founded in Corinth gave him both joy and grief, for he was to encounter problems there of disunity, sin, and arrogance including the rejection of his own apostolic authority by some of his flock. His two epistles to the Corinthians come straight from the heart, as he appeals to them to live in peace, in righteousness, in generosity, and not to resist his God given authority. His Corinthian correspondence abides as a