Kroeger's 'Pandemonium And Silence At Corinth'

A response to Pandemonium and Silence at Corinth written by Richard and Catherine Clark Kroeger. I found the introduction quite interesting and informative. “Although we may idealize the early church, most of us would not have enjoyed a visit to a worship service at Corinth. The impression which one was most likely to receive was that of chaos and delirious insanity” (pandemonium and Silence at Corinth). The author uses 1 Corinthians 14:23, NEB which backs up their statement and what they said is accurate. I like how the authors made this paper it is full of things that I have never thought of before. The fact that the Greeks considered madness an important aspect of worship is very important, because as Christians we should not have this kind of …show more content…
The author says, “Ancient Corinth was a center of Dionysiac worship, and Pausinius, world traveler of the second century of our era gives this description” (Richard Kroeger). I did not know that Corinth was wicked and sinful. I liked how the authors talked about the history and the meaning of the two wooden statues of Dionysus. The story of Pentheus is very weird and I have never heard of it. I cannot imagine the savagery of the female Bacchus worshippers just from what the author is talking about is crazy. I would expect men to do this kind of savagery, but women very interesting. I did not know that, “Alexander the Great was supposed to have incorporated of group of these maenads (mad women) into his army in his attempt to conquer India” (Kroeger). I have learned something new about Alexander the Great. I can’t believe that they would eat animals raw, warm and bleeding this is just crazy. I am not surprised that God told his people not to do these kinds of things. Another interesting thing is the argument that, “there is evidence that women participated in a level of initiation in Bacchic worship that was not available to men” (Kroeger). I learned something