Проблема материального обеспечения Церкви в Посланиях апостола Павла к Коринфянам

Abstract

В данной статье рассматривается проблема материального обеспечения Церкви и её служителей на примере Посланий апостола Павла к Коринфянам. Выделяются места, в которых так или иначе затрагивается тема благовествования и пропитания служителей. Анализируются различные толкования на рассматриваемые отрывки из посланий. Особое внимание акцентируется на том, как решалась данная проблема во времена проповеди апостола.

The problem of economic maintenance of the Church and its cler-gymen is alive and relevant, as recently the question of the possibility for the clergy to combine service with work for their financial provision is often raised. At the same time we can see experience of Greek Orthodox Church where clergymen are provided by the state on an equal basis with government employees. In our own Russian Orthodox Church, another practice has developed, when both clergymen and the Church exist mainly due to collecting donations. Material security through donations is not an invention of the 20th century, but the way in which the faithful members of the Church, called "ἅγιοι" "saints" in the New Testament, throughout all history cared and supported each other. Many bible fragments show as Christ, the Apostle Paul and others got material support from those who were near. Therefore, in this article, we will analyze how the modern ways of material support of the Church are correlated with the teaching of the New Testament by the example of the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthian Church.