Excerpt from The Epistles to the Corinthians: With Notes and Comments NO book. In the New Testament exhibits more graphically the magnitude and variety of the problems which Christianity had to face in its effort to subdue the ancient world to itself, than the first epistle Of Paul to the Corinthians. Corinth was, in a very real sense, the meeting place Of east andw west, Of their commerce and their thought. Of the brilliant and beautiful city, it has been said that in her quickly pulsing life, in her luxury and vice, she may be described as the Paris of the ancient world. The atmosphere Of Greece lies about the epistle the eager mind is here that discusses and questions the resurrection (xv. The spirit Of faction is here that cursed the ancient democracies, and that now threatens to rend the church with party cries; the large and tolerant outlook is here, and the deep and vivid interest in life and its problems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.