Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 14:25:15 -0500
From: y.kuchinsky@utoronto.ca
To: Paul Miller <pmiller@memphisonline.com>
Cc: crosstalk@info.harpercollins.com
Subject: Re: GThomas and the church at Corinth


Paul,

While it is clear that the Pauline corpus contains much that can be
described as "gnostic speculation", it is not clear if Paul himself
authored such passages.

Alfred Loisy believes that the later followers of Paul added such ideas
and passages. 

Of course it is clear that such epistles as Hebrews, containing much
"gnostic" thinking, are most likely later additions to the corpus. But
whether or not such passages were inserted in the epistles generally
believed as authentic is the really big question. 

Best,

Yuri.

On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Paul Miller wrote:

> I know Steve has written on this subject in his book "The Gospel of
> Thomas and Christian Wisdom", but I would like to list some passages
> from 1Cor. that seem to suggest that, even though Paul was writing
> against those teaching "hidden wisdom", instead of "christ crucified",
> Paul also taught hidden wisdom to the "mature".
> 
> 1Cor. 1:30
> But [1]by His doing you are in *Christ Jesus, who became to us *wisdom
> from God,
>
> 1Cor. 2:6-7
> 6Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are *mature; a wisdom, however,
>             not of *this age nor of the rulers of *this age, who are
> *passing away; 
>         7but we speak God's wisdom in a *mystery, the hidden wisdom
> which God
>             *predestined before the *ages to our glory; 
>