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21 February 2020

Catholicity of Jesus

The culture and religion of the time of Jesus would keep some as 'sinners' and enemies. The elite claimed higher holiness, more perfect ritual and moral correctness, and specially 'preferred' status. They kept themselves away from anything and anyone that was 'unclean.' Instead, Jesus welcomed them all, all who wished to  come to him. They were all the children of God. He could extend himself to them, or he could see them all in himself. Thus loving oneself and loving others became one and the same process. That was the catholicity Jesus showed.

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