Commentary on 1 Corinthians

Polycrates Of Ephesus

It is surely noteworthy that nobody doubted that it was kept by a Christian and Apostolic ordinance. So St. Paul argues from its Christian observance, in his rebuke of the Corinthians.

Those who in our own times have revived the observance of the Jewish Sabbath, show us how much may be said on their side,

They were keeping it "unleavened "ceremonially, and he urges a spiritual unleavening as more important. The Christian hallowing of Pentecost connects with the Paschal argument.

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