“Paul refused to enter into patronage relationships with Corinthian elites; the system of patronage is problematic because it destroys the horizontal bonds of the common people—their solidarity with each other—and ties them to the powerful and the wealthy.”

—  Joerg Rieger

Source: Christ and Empire (2007), p. 30

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