“Faith, then, for Paul is first of all cruciform participation with Christ that liberates participants from the hostile powers that rule human existence and brings them into the powerful sphere of Christ's benevolent lordship and community.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Baptism is a symbolic narrative not only of incorporation into Christ but also of ongoing life in Christ. Although a once-for-all death to sin… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Those who respond in trust or faith to the faith of Christ are moved into Christ, into the sphere of his life. In that… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“faith is an inauguration into a community and into a life of dying, or cruciformity.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Nearly one-third of Acts recounts Paul on trial or in prison, and in five of the thirteen letters he is identified as a prisoner… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“For Paul, the will of God is known in essence in the obedient death of Jesus. In concrete and specific ways, however, God's will… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Faith, therefore, is a liberation that is also an incorporation, specifically an incorporation into Christ the new lord, and into his body.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“for Paul the essential mark of apostleship is conformity to Christ crucified through sacrifice, weakness, and suffering” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“APOSTLE AMONG THE GENTILES (NATIONS) As we have seen, Paul’s encounter with the resurrected Jesus led him to the deep conviction that he had… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Faith, for Paul, is a death experience, a death that creates life.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“faith is an initial and ongoing participation in the faith (i.e., faithful death) of Jesus.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Paul's act of faith has enabled him to share in the faith of Jesus, the faith that expressed itself in self-giving love.” — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
“Especially to be noted is the intense social and even political character of many of the experiences of suffering listed in the catalogs. Paul… — Michael J. Gorman Copy Share Image
