Qüestions sobre la doble obra lucana, III. L'aparició/desaparició del "nosaltres" en el llibre dels Fets: Un simple procediment teològico-literari?

• Autores: Josep Rius-Camps
• Localización: Revista catalana de teología, ISSN 0210-5551, Vol. 6, Nº. 1, 1981, págs. 33-75
• Idioma: catalán
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  • The sudden appearance and disapperance of a group of anonymous people in certain passages written by Luke in the first person plural (-We-passagesm) in the second part of the Acts of the Apostles, is a phenomenon which has always intrigued commentators. From ancient times it has been put forward as proof of the presence and cornpany of Luke during the last ascension of Paul to Jerusalem. In modern times the presence of We, has been interpreted as an indication of a source used by Luke, whether it relates to an earlier source, or to some travel notes, an itinerary. A recent tendency is to treat it as a literary device, at the writing level, although diversely appraised. Following a thorough analysis of al1 the passages where this anomaly occurs, we have come to the conclusion that it is a theological-literary device used by Luke in the Acts, starting from the time of the rupture between Barnabas and Paul. The latter, deprived of prophetic complement (Barnabas) which assured the permanence of spiritual discernment in the missionary community (essential to know the course that should be taken), the Holy Spirit or, on seeing hirnself hindered, the Lord Jesus will intervene to set right the mission and to lead it to the goal which divine purpose had planned. To mark out this way, on which two very distinct orientations intercrossed, Luke makes use of some anonymous persons (in the manner of milestones). These persons, in first person plural, indicate to the reader the action or direction of the Holy Spirit. Its absence means that the Holy Spirit is not responsible for those undertakings which Paul has taken up according to his whim. It first appears to confirm that the route through Macedonia towards pagan Europe is the correct one. Once Paul has irrevocably decided to confront the institution of Jewish believers in Jerusalem, the presence of the Holy Spirit in successive stages of the journey, and its absence in certain scenes, is used to orient the reader. On arrival at James' house it suddenly disappears, reappearing again after the useless and prolonged imprisonment of Pau; in the prisons of Jerusalem and Caesarea. At the time of undertaking the journey which would finally lead him to Rome, the We reappears again and it does not then leave him until his objective as determined by divine purpose had been achieved. At the end of this great detour, Paul was to admit that the Holy Spirit was correct, and he stopped putting obstacles in the course of the mission, finally renouncing his natural sympathies with Judaism, sympathies which had led him to treat the Jews as privileged, above the pagans.