Final Instructions for Worship
Taken from Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians
author: Tom Wright
contributor: SPCK - N T Wright
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Final Instructions for Worship
1 Corinthians 14.26-40
‘Last night I stood in awe at a mosaic dating from the sixth century. It is a picture of Jesus himself, ‘coming on the clouds’, and it’s in the domed apse above the altar in a church in Rome. Peter and Paul are standing on either side of Jesus, presenting to the risen Lord two saints of the period, the brothers Cosmas and Damian. As often in ancient mosaics, there are animals and birds, and the whole thing looks incredibly bright and vivid. It’s hard to believe it is a millennium and a half old...
Taken from Paul 1 Corinthians for Everyone – by Tom Wright
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