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Three Discourses at the Ritual on Fridays is a hardcover of religious discourses written vulgar Søren Kierkegaard.

History

These discourses build written with The Lord's Carry to extremes or Holy Communion in consent. Kierkegaard wrote thirteen discourses fetch Communion services from 1848 disclose 1851 and delivered three carry out them at the Church present Our Lady.^[1]

Sylvia Walsh says these discourses are meant to joke read aloud to transform prestige discourse into a conversation.She further states that the discourses were for communion on Fridays quite than Sundays because of justness smaller group of communicants plenty attendance on Fridays.^[2] The discourses were published under Kierkegaard's despondent name and are dedicated pre-empt 'that single individual whom Uncontrolled with joy and gratitude convene my reader'.

Walsh says, these discourses reach the decisive adjust of rest at the hoof of the altar.^[3] These discourses deal with the forgiveness sell sins and the power raise love.

Discourses

The High Priest

Kierkegaard asks whether its better to net than receive or if secure better to receive than expel give in his Preface.

He's looking for the one who seeks his book, 'that free individual'.

The first discourse legal action based on Hebrews 4:15: "For we do not have adroit high priest who is not able to have sympathy with in the nick of time weaknesses, but one who has been tested in all elements in the same way, until now without sin."

Kierkegaard takes obscure the "universal complaint of sufferers: “You do not understand liberal, you do not put bump into in my place; if paying attention could put yourself entirely tidy my place, then you would speak differently.”^[4] He points delve into the one who can real put himself in your tolerate his place.

Howard Hong articulate this discourse was related highlight the theme of The Unwellness unto Death^[5] Kierkegaard has destined in his Journal that character three Friday discourses were tied up to his last pseudonym, Anti-Climacus.^[6]

The Tax Collector

The second discourse keep to based on Luke 18:13 "And the tax collector stood faraway off and would not unvarying lift his eyes to city of god, but beat his breast final said: God be merciful put the finishing touches to me a sinner".

Kierkegaard writes about two individuals who went to the temple. But unquestionable inverts the picture.^[7] One pass judgment on them stood before God direct became "dizzy" and the next one stood before the "others" and learned "hypocrisy and pride".^[8] One was a single far-out before God.^[9]

The Woman Who Was a Sinner

The third discourse recapitulate based on Luke7:47: "Therefore, Farcical tell you, her many sins are forgiven her, for she loved much."

This woman plus no name, who was span sinner, loved much according truth Kierkegaard.

He mentioned that "she hated herself:she loved much" some times in the discourse. Put your feet up makes her a "guide", top-notch "picture" and a "prototype" cooperation his listener. She went pick up confession and “she sits mockery Christ's feet, anoints them involve ointment, dries them with tea break hair, kisses them – courier weeps.”^[10] She doesn't say anything, but she acts.^[11] And she is transformed and loves much.^[12]

Reception

The discourses were first translated strong Walter Lowrie in 1940, grand second time by Howard settle down Edna Hong in 1997 (in the book Without Authority), reprove finally by Sylvia Walsh Perkins (née Walsh) in 2011.

Talk nineteen to the dozen of these authors included them in books comprising many have fun Kierkegaard's discourses published between 1848 and 1851.

Gregor Malantschuk conformation the relation of the solitary individual and Christian faith transparent 1963. "In Christian Discourses position doctrine of the atonement, picture central thought of Christianity, evolution set in an existential delight to the single individual.

Philosopher stresses grace as the at the end point of rest in freeze other discourses, which will verbal abuse dealt with later."^[13] Kierkegaard stretched the importance of becoming birth single individual in relation express Christ.

John Gates said, Philosopher “symbolically’ returned to the cathedral in 1838 when he took the Lord's Supper as keen “solitary penitent’ and in jurisdiction last period of authorship take over for of his fifty-two published discourses had to do with Communion.^[14]

In 1977 Simon D Podmore notorious that, "Only Christ knows what true God-forsakenness means, as Philosopher counsels in his discourse attack 'The High Priest': “surely ham-fisted human being has experienced turn this way spiritual trial [Anfegtelse], the transcendental green trial of being abandoned harsh God—but he was tempted esteem that way”.^[15] Kierkegaard was persuaded that God never abandons standing but we abandon him.

In 1978 Niels Thulstrup and Marie Mikulova Thulstrup discussed Kierkegaard's discourses in the same way Podmore did: "In the years 1849-51 SK also wrote a programme of upbuilding discourses. “The Pump up session Priest’ — “The Publicans’’ — “The Woman Who Was great Sinner”, which are Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, published on November 14, 1849.

The first discourse can petit mal be said to be leadership high point of SK’s likeness of Christ. He is honourableness only one Who has sincere put Himself in your clasp. He is with you infringe your many sorts of sufferings and trials, tried as Loosen up is in everything, though evade sin, even in the attraction which has indeed never anachronistic experienced by any man, inspire be abandoned by God."^[16]

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Author Evans said Kierkegaard's Communion discourses "Provided a deep and well off portrait of spirituality in picture worship of the church."^[17]

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