![]() ![]() This part was rather difficult to make it look how I wanted it to look. Use anything that will sufficiently and easily curve your cardboard. (image 2) I used my shins to make the main curve of the cardboard. (image 4) Pay attention to the direction of the corrugation (the lines) in the paper, this will help keep your cardboard smooth and crease free. If you don't, you'll end up with a folded (and creased) piece of cardboard. (image 4) Other pointsOne crucial point in forming the shell is to flatten the cardboard as thin as it will go, this will allow you to mold the curved shape into the paper. I cut long slits down the center of it so I could curve it and fold the flaps over. (images 4-8) I wanted this to fold over and act as the curved section of the helmet. Get started, get gluingAfter I knew what shape I wanted to create, I curved a piece of cardboard so it fit most of the way around the circumference of the helmet. I'm a firm believer of test-fitting with tape, then secure it permanently. I taped these in place to get a feel of what the sizes would be like. (2) “Armor & Sheilds: Tools of War, Roman Military,” Ben Hollis, et.Rough it out (images 1-3)I sketched out a few ideas of what I wanted the helmet to look like (I should have looked at some real images on the web) and cut out a few pieces of cardboard. Reid, eds., “Ephesians” in the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship, (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), 250. Paul tries to drive home that this “armor of God” is linked to God’s armor as found in the Old Testament. Yet, as we will see next week, the comparisons go only so far and St. St. Paul knew that his audience, especially the Gentile Christians in Ephesus, had knowledge of Roman military gear and could visualize the comparisons. This sheds new light on Paul’s description of the shield a Christian soldier must wield as the “shield of faith.” This is important as the concept of faith is a central part of Paul’s teaching throughout his letters. ![]() He would then kneel behind the shield and fight from behind it.” (4) In battle, “when a legionary charged with the shield, he would…run towards the enemy with full force in an attempt to knock his foe over. (3) Of particular interest is the shield, one of the most important assets in a Roman soldier’s arsenal. For example, “the armor of the Roman army…was mainly comprised of a shield, the scutum, and body armor that varied depending on rank and position, consisting of a breastplate and one greave, on the left leg.” (2)Īdditionally, a Roman soldier would possess a helmet (depending on rank) and a sword known as the gladius. Paul’s description of armor shares many similarities with the military gear that a Roman soldier would have worn. Roman military gear would have been readily visible and fresh in the minds of Paul’s audience. While writing his passage about the “armor of God,” Paul is writing to an audience that is well aware of the battle array of Roman soldiers.Įphesus was known as a “leading city of the richest region of the Roman Empire” and “served as the administrative and commercial hub of Asia Minor.” (1) In addition to being an important city of the Roman Empire, Ephesus also hosted various gladiatorial fights in its stadium constructed during the reign of Nero. The imagery Paul uses might remind someone of a great Roman centurion, poised and ready for battle. Paul is most likely referring to God’s armor that was mentioned in the Old Testament, he also knew the audience he was writing to and gave them images that they could visualize.Īfter illustrating the importance of divine armor that every Christian must put on, Paul becomes specific and makes a list of what this armor consists. Paul references and compare it to a Roman centurion’s armor. As we continue to delve deeper into our series on the Armor of Godas featured in Saint Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, this week we start to examine the specific pieces of armor that St. ![]()
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