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 ...
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".
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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.
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