{"id":63751,"date":"2015-08-24T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=63751"},"modified":"2015-08-24T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T13:51:01","slug":"memorial-of-bartholomew-the-weakness-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2015\/08\/24\/memorial-of-bartholomew-the-weakness-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartholomew and the Weakness of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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St. Bartholomew, Lateran Basilica, Rome\/Elizabeth Scalia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The weakness of God is stronger than men.<\/em> That the preaching of these men was indeed divine is brought home to us in the same way. For how otherwise could twelve uneducated men, who lived on lakes and rivers and wastelands, get the idea for such an immense enterprise? How could men who perhaps had never been in a city or a public square think of setting out to do battle with the whole world? That they were fearful, timid men, the evangelist makes clear; he did not reject the fact or try to hide their weaknesses. Indeed he turned these into a proof of the truth. What did he say of them? That when Christ was arrested, the others fled, despite all the miracles they had seen, while he who was leader of the others denied him!<\/p>\n

How then account for the fact that these men, who in Christ\u2019s lifetime did not stand up to the attacks by the Jews, set forth to do battle with the whole world once Christ was dead\u2014if, as you claim, Christ did not rise and speak to them and rouse their courage? Did they perhaps say to themselves: \u201cWhat is this? He could not save himself but he will protect us? He did not help himself when he was alive, but now that he is dead he will extend a helping hand to us? In his lifetime he brought no nation under his banner, but by uttering his name we will win over the whole world?\u201d Would it not be wholly irrational even to think such thoughts, much less to act upon them?
\nIt is evident, then, that if they had not seen him risen and had proof of his power, they would not have risked so much.
\n \u2014 From a homily on the first letter to the Corinthians by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop, via Office of Readings<\/a> Memorial of Saint Bartholomew<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weakness of God is stronger than men. That the preaching of these men was indeed divine is brought home to us in the same way. For how otherwise could twelve uneducated men, who lived on lakes and rivers and wastelands, get the idea for such an immense enterprise? How could men who perhaps had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":63755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[2397,2154,2396],"class_list":["post-63751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saints","tag-apostles","tag-office-of-readings","tag-saint-bartholomew"],"yoast_head":"\nBartholomew and the Weakness of God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The weakness of God is stronger than men. That the preaching of these men was indeed divine is brought home to us in the same way. 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