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The people who have looked for and found Jesus now ask for a sign. Notwithstanding the miracle of the loaves and fishes, which they have witnessed, they now say they require a sign in order to believe in Jesus. It is in some ways akin to Christ’s temptation in the desert, when Satan tempted him to prove his divinity [ … ]
Christ is to be saviour of all mankind, in accordance with the promise to Abraham, and he is to bring an everlasting kingdom to the Jewish people, as prophesized to King David. He is identified right at the start of Matthew’s Gospel as the son of David and the son of Abraham. From one perspective, the genealogy then presented confirms these truths and roots Christ in a line that is itself a record of salvation history, which in the birth of the Son of God reaches its climax [ … ]
The First Letter of Clement is one of the earliest post-New Testament Christian writings, dating to around 95 A.D. Clement was the third successor of Saint Peter as Bishop of Rome, and his letter was written to address a crisis in the Corinthian church, where a group of younger Christians had ousted their elders from leadership. Clement’s primary aim was to restore harmony and proper ecclesial order. Against this background, his call for unity, humility, and order takes on profound urgency [ … ]
