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Apostles
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When John accuses "evildoers" of leading gullible people into sin, what troubles him is what troubled the Essenes: whether—or how much—to accommodate pagan culture. And when we see Jesus' earliest followers, including Peter, James, and Paul, not as we usually see them, as early Christians, but as they saw themselves—as Jews who had found God's messiah—we can see that they struggled with the same question. For when John charges that certain prophets and teachers are encouraging God's people to ea
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― Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
― Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
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To understand antiquity’s idea of man, we must examine its gods and heroes, myths and legends. In these we find the classical prototype of genuine man. ... the will to greatness, wealth, power and fame. Anything opposed to it falls short of the authentically human. ...
What a world of difference between this conception and that to which Christ has led us! ...
Jesus’ friends are in no way remarkable for their talent or character. He who considers the apostles or disciples great from a human or
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― The Lord
― The Lord
