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κοινωνια. Holy Sepulchre, Round Church, Cambridge. “ We declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have communion with us; and truly our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. These things we write so that our joy may be complete. ” 1 John 1:3-4.
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Holy Sepulchre, Round Church, Cambridge
“We declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have communion with us; and truly our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. These things we write so that our joy may be complete.” 1 John 1:3-4
“St John makes it clear that the communion of life in the Church participates in the communion which is the divine life itself, the life of the Trinity.” The Anglican Communion Covenant
Andrei Rublev, Holy Trinity
Tanja Butler, God comes to Dinner
Koinonia in Phlippians Business partnerships Friendships Divine-human communion
Koinonia of partnership 1:6 “I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” 4:14-15 “It was kind of you to share in my trouble. You Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving except you only.”
Phil.1:5 Partnership 4:14-15
Partnership Partner Paul (apostle) Partner Church (donors)
Patronage Patron Client
God Founder – Provider Partner Partner
God Founder and Sustainer of community Phil. 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. Provider for community Phil. 4:19 My God will supply all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Koinonia of friendship 1:7-8 “It is right for me to feel this way about you, since I have you in my heart . . . and you all sharein God’s grace with me. For God is my witness how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.” 4:1 “my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, my dear friends”
Partnership 1:5, 4:14-15 Friendship Phil.1:7-8
Friendship • Pleasure • Need • Virtue
Philippians 4:11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
Virtue – Friendship Philippians 4:8 Whatever is true Whatever is noble Whatever is right Whatever is pure Whatever is lovely Whatever is admirable If any excellence (αρετη – virtue) If any praiseworthy Think about such things
Soichi Watanabe, Reconciliation, 2010
Koinonia of communion in the Spirit Philippians 2:1-2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any koinonia in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
“Dali’s true intention, which he has masterfully accomplished in this painting, is to remind us of what is occuring in every celebration of the mystery of bread and wine: that the worship here on earth makes present the realities of worship in heaven. The Real Presence of Christ means the Real Presence of the Father. The COMMUNITY drawn together in recognition of this miracle---the Church--- shows the Real Presence of the Holy Spirit, and where the Trinity is, is Heaven: unseen with our eyes, but sensed and recognized in our prayer.” Michael Anthony Novak, Salvador Dali, The Sacrament of the Last Supper: A Theological Re-Assessment
Koinonia of communion with Christ Philippians 3:10 I want to know Christ to know the power of his resurrection and koinonia in his sufferings.
Soichi Watanabe, Together with those who weep, 2011
Partnership Friendship Communion
