Wednesday 3 December 2008

St Paul the tent maker

I thought this was an interesting post, at Catholic Analysis. It is a reflection on St Paul's trade as a tent maker, comparing it to the Johannine phrase often translated as "He dwelt among us" but which more exactly translated from the Greek means "He pitched his tent among us".

How fitting then that the Apostle to the nations who would proclaim this Good News would be a tentmaker by trade, in effect a "tabernacle maker" bringing the presence of God to the Gentiles ...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

zero says
It's amazing what you learn i.e.St Paul's tent making.I wasn't aware that St Jude was a nephew of the Virgin Mary until i read it recently.