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Paul’s Letter to the Galatians has played a major role in the history of theology, especially in the Church’s teaching on grace, faith, and justification. This commentary argues that Paul’s doctrine of justification by faith is essentially social in nature and has important ecumenical implications for the Church today. In its original setting, Galatians established a foundation for the unity of...

Paul’s apostolic credentials at Corinth (see especially 2 Corinthians). The situation at Corinth, however, should not be transferred to Galatia. The question of Paul’s apostolic credentials is not an issue in the rest of this letter, not even in the autobiographical section which follows. Instead, Paul’s primary concern is the gospel. He proclaims the divine origin of his apostleship in order to establish the divine origin of the Torah-free gospel that he preaches among the Gentiles. As the delegate
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