κοινωνια

Holy Sepulchre,Round Church,Cambridge

“We declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have communion with us; and truly our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. These things we write so that our joy may be complete.”

1 John 1:3-4

“St John makes it clear that the communion of lifein the Church participates in the communion which is the divine life itself,the life of the Trinity.”

The Anglican Communion Covenant

Andrei Rublev,

Holy Trinity

TanjaButler,

God comesto Dinner

Koinonia in Koinonia in PhlippiansPhlippians

1.Business partnerships

2.Friendships

3.Divine-human communion

Koinonia of Koinonia of partnershippartnership

1:6 “I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.”

4:14-15 “It was kind of you to share in my trouble. You Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving except you only.”

Partnership

Phil.1:5

4:14-15

Partner

Paul(apostle)

Partner

Church(donors)

PartnersPartnershiphip

Client

Patron

PatronaPatronagege

Partner

Partner

GodFounder – Provider

GodGod

Founder and Sustainer of community

Phil. 1:6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.

Provider for community

Phil. 4:19My God will supply all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Koinonia of Koinonia of friendshipfriendship

1:7-8 “It is right for me to feel this way about you, since I have you in my heart . . . and you all share in God’s grace with me. For God is my witness how I long for you all with the

affection of Christ Jesus.”

4:1 “my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, my dear

friends”

Partnership

1:5, 4:14-15

Friendship

Phil.1:7-8

FriendshipFriendship

1.Pleasure2.Need3.Virtue

Philippians 4:11Philippians 4:11

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

Virtue – Friendship Virtue – Friendship

Philippians 4:8

Whatever is trueWhatever is nobleWhatever is rightWhatever is pureWhatever is lovelyWhatever is admirableIf any excellence (αρετη – virtue)If any praiseworthy

Think about such things

Soichi Watanabe,

Reconciliation,

2010

Koinonia of communion Koinonia of communion in the Spiritin the Spirit

Philippians 2:1-2

Thereforeif you have any encouragement from being united with Christ,if any comfort from his love,if any koinonia in the Spirit,if any tenderness and compassion,then make my joy complete by being like-minded,having the same love,being one in spiritand of one mind.

Salvador Dali, Last Supper

“Dali’s true intention, which he has masterfully accomplished in this painting, is to remind us of what is occuring in everycelebration of the mystery of bread and wine:that the worship here on earth makes present the realitiesof worship in heaven. The Real Presence of Christmeans the Real Presence of the Father. The COMMUNITY drawn together in recognition of this miracle---the Church---shows the Real Presence of the Holy Spirit,and where the Trinity is, is Heaven: unseen with our eyes,but sensed and recognized in our prayer.”

Michael Anthony Novak, Salvador Dali, The Sacrament of theLast Supper: A Theological Re-Assessment

Koinonia of communion Koinonia of communion with Christwith Christ

Philippians 3:10

I want to know Christ to know the power of his resurrectionand koinonia in his sufferings.

Soichi Watanabe,

Together with

those who weep,

2011

Partnership

Friendship

Communion

Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus, 1601