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Church Practice in the Epistle to the Hebrews

Summary/Abstract: The Epistle to the Hebrews is the last of the fourteen writings that make up the New Testament collection of letters of the Apostle Paul (corpus paulinum). The article points out that even in the patristic period of the Church, the authenticity of Paulʼs authorship was questioned. As the author is not the apostle himself, it is clear that the authorʼs allusions to ecclesial life and practice do not concern the situation of the Church at the period when Paul lived and wrote his authentic letters. Above all, the Epistle to the Hebrews is a Christological treatise, but it contains passages that invite Christians to be zealous, passages that mention, for example, the content of Christian catechesis, the need for regular worship services, respect for the institution of marriage. The author does not seem to accept a new possibility of repentant return after an individualʼs renunciation of faith. There are superiors in the Church whose competence is not specified by the author, but he encourages believers to obey them. The superiors themselves were examples of persistence in persecution. The life of the Church will be completed in fulfilling of eschatological expectations.

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