... . It should be stated that the language and terminology Cynthia Bourgeault uses to describe the subsequent topic is so abstruse that paraphrasing becomes a nigh impossibility, necessitating the usage of direct quotations. The previously noted concept of "becoming fully human" is a derivation of a line from Mary's Gnostic Gospel which says, "He has prepared us so that we might become ... diseases."31 "The Twelve" that are referenced to here are the universally-known twelve male disciples, from whom the women are distinctly separated. Bourgeault observes a slight but important difference b...

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... on to inform the readers of how Christians are like the capstone to a builder, rejected by men but chosen by God and he will use that stone in the most important role of the Building. The main body of the book comes in chapter 2:11 and goes all the way to 5:11. This section of 1 Peter deals with living such a good ... was said could be renewed over again. He might not of meant to quote and then someone else who read it recognized it for somewhere else and then put the quotations in himself. This letter was probably circulated throughout a lot more churches then what is was originally in...

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