The word of the day is “knowledge.”  Socrates said that the only thing I know is that I know nothing. Western civilization pays homage to Socrates, yet the claims to knowledge in our society are thousands of times more abundant than authentic learning. It is the same for religious understanding. A Congregation Divided In our reading of 1 Corinthains 2:9-3:8, St. Paul is responding to a report about what is happening among the Corinthian believers. Members of the “household of Chloe” have informed him of contentious divisions in the congregation (1 Cor. 1-11). The Corinthians are splitting up into factions: one following St. Paul; others following St. Paul’s successor in Corinth, a brilliant preacher named Apollos; and others claiming to follow Christ…