{"id":30371,"date":"2015-06-20T09:22:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T13:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=30371"},"modified":"2015-06-20T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T13:22:45","slug":"privilege-in-the-corinthian-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/06\/privilege-in-the-corinthian-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Privilege in the Corinthian Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We discussed 1 Corinthians 11 in my Sunday school class recently. I shared the well-known details that churches met in homes, and the argument that what is in the background to this passage was the custom of people sitting (or rather reclining) at meals to be separated\u00a0along socioeconomic lines.<\/p>\n

The interesting suggestion was put forward that, in addition to such things, the very timing of the meal might have been an issue. The wealthy host and his or her friends might have the luxury to meet at a particular time for a meal, while ordinary people might still have been working. And so, by the time the latter arrived, the former might well have already made significant progress in eating the food and drinking the wine that was available.<\/p>\n

That suggestion fits wording in the text quite well. And it makes the text relevant to an important topic in our time: unexamined and unrecognized privilege.<\/p>\n

Has anyone else made or come across this suggestion before, that the timing of the meal might have led to a separation between the wealthy and the poor in the Christian gatherings in Corinth?<\/p>\n

\"TO<\/p>\n

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