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The Law of Christ All the Way Down
Author(s) -
CHARRY ELLEN T.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2400.2005.00158.x
Subject(s) - obedience , opposition (politics) , philosophy , law , reading (process) , divine law , theology , set (abstract data type) , sociology , political science , private law , comparative law , black letter law , computer science , politics , programming language
A reading of Paul and Matthew on Christian obedience suggests that the polemic against ‘law’ is not directed to all forms of religious practice, but instead only to a particular set of religious practices developed by Israel's sages. Law should not therefore be opposed to grace; instead the correct opposition is between the ‘law’ taught as the proper way of living before God by the majority of rabbis and the law of Christ, taught by Paul, Matthew and others.