The corpus of Pauline writing in the New Testament is rightly described as kerygmatic in its authorial intent. This is not to exclude the pragmatic business which often moved the apostle’s pen, but latent within St. Paul’s correspondence to the early Christian churches is a pastoral proclivity for tending to the salient needs of each congregation through the unveiling of the Godhead’s providential arrangement of events in salvation history. Paul’s earnest desire was not only resolution for the obvious points of contention, but also incorporation into the broader christological narrative, one which allays trivial strifes by bringing God’s Son to the fore.
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The corpus of Pauline writing in the New Testament is rightly described as kerygmatic in its authorial intent. This is not to exclude the pragmatic business which often moved the apostle’s pen, but latent within St. Paul’s correspondence to the early Christian churches is a pastoral proclivity for tending to the salient needs of each congregation through the unveiling of the Godhead’s providential arrangement of events in salvation history. Paul’s earnest desire was not only resolution for the obvious points of contention, but also incorporation into the broader christological narrative, one which allays trivial strifes by bringing God’s Son to the fore.