A parallel between New Testament and Qur’an noted

May 9th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

So the understanding of ritual purity in respect of food is, in the vision, a metaphor for a parallel understanding of ritual purity in respect of tribe and humanity.

It is only then, for the first time, the Christian gospel or kerygma is preached to one who is not a Jew, and Christianity becomes universal (“catholic”) whereas previously it had preached solely within a Jewish context, ie as a school within Judaism.

Unsurprisingly, for Christianity this is a radical point of departure and redefinition.

And it is notably accomplished by vision and metaphor — not by text or literal interpretation.

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  1. Scott:

    May 9th, 2015 at 7:18 pm

    Actually, the story of Philip and the Ethopian comes earlier, in Acts 8, and Saul’s conversion in Acts 9. It is unknown whether he began preaching to non-Jews before Peter’s vision, although he and Peter tangled over preaching to Gentiles and the rules the Gentiles had to follow several times. So this isn’t really the first time the Word is preached to Gentiles, but for Peter, it is definitely the first step on the road to accepting non-Jews as fellow believers.

  2. Charles Cameron:

    May 10th, 2015 at 1:02 am

    Thanks, Scott. correction appreciated.