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communion
Term or model used in this packet's account of Paul, Christianity, Roman power, or church doctrine.
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Key Notes
diagnosis
Jiang says Paul turns church gathering into ritual obedience rather than discussion of Jesus.
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The Eucharist is interpreted as a ritual that negates individual divine sparks by making believers possessed parts of Jesus.
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A student asks whether consuming Jesus abuses him; Jiang answers by emphasizing mastery and obedience rather than exploitation of Jesus.
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"So it's almost like a pep rally, right? He's a business person. He's telling his workers, go out and sell those damn hamburgers, man...."
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"For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you. And the Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed,..."
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"Can we see this as a way that they abuse or exploit Jesus because they're just eating their body, although the body of Jesus..."
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"...foremost religious. We want to be spiritual. We want to have communion with God. But the Catholic Church says, no, you have to just..."
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"...absorbing his energy. And they're becoming one with Dionysus. They're coming communion with Dionysus. And the Christians have the same ritual. Okay? And this..."
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"...very important that you obey the ritual. Okay? The ritual is communion, the Eucharist. And we must remember this is a ritual where you..."
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"...remember him forever, okay? So that you would have an eternal communion with him. Because his soul would go into the spirit world but..."
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"...the Catholic Church from the equation. Now you are in direct communion with God and you must show absolute faith if you are to..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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Jesus arrives as a poor prophet of the inner spark; Paul turns that spark into belief, obedience, ritual, hierarchy, and a machine that can outlive Rome.
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