by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIt is reasonable, I suppose---or at least natural---for modern students of religion to wonder how the earliest Christians, all them Jews, were able to reconcile their belief in the divinity of Christ with the monotheism enshrined in Israel’s Sh'ma'. Indeed, historians of C … [Read more...]
What Did Jews Identify the Gospel With?
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonThe very notion of the "Gospel," the Evangelion, lies so deep in Christian memory that it takes on a tautological quality, as it were: The Gospel is the Gospel. The "idea" of it is so integral to what we mean by "Christian" that the two concepts can hardly be dissected. … [Read more...]
Christ And Zeal
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonJesus Christ and ZealAlthough each of the four Gospels tells of our Lord's purging of the Temple, in John's account its position is unique. Whereas the three Synoptic Gospels place the story during the last week of Jesus' earthly life, we find it, in John's telling, near … [Read more...]
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