Paul’s entire understanding of the gospel was anchored in his conversion experience; but – and this is crucial – not because it was a “visionary” spiritual experience, but because of the transformed perspective it produced in Paul’s mind and heart. […] Paul suddenly understood that his zealous religiosity on God’s behalf was nothing but violence dressed up in sacred garb. He realized that the Mosaic Law he had strained to keep and fulfill with such rigor was itself part of the system of sacred violence, even if its fundamental intentions were good. […] The problem for Paul was his realization that it had cursed Jesus. The very one who had been revealed to him as Lord and innocent victim, had been cursed by the Mosaic Law! — James Warren, Compassion or Apocalypse: A Comprehensible Guide to the Thought of René Girard
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:10:09 +0000
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