Timeline for According to the Catholic Church, what did Jesus mean by saying that the least in the kingdom of heaven in greater than John the Baptist?
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| Sep 29, 2021 at 4:43 | vote | accept | Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan | ||
| Dec 16, 2020 at 7:58 | comment | added | Andrew Shanks | Great question. Was John inside or outside the Kingdom? If inside the only person greater than John is Jesus himself so Jesus is the least. He is the King, but he washed the disciples feet, he came not to be served but to serve (Mark 10:45), he is the suffering servant for his people. John was great partly shown by great humility (John 1:27, 3:30). If John was outside the Kingdom then the emphasis is on the privileges given to those who are in the Kingdom.. all in the kingdom will have greater privileges than John. The Holy Spirit will be poured out in greater measure. | |
| Dec 15, 2020 at 21:09 | answer | added | SLM | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 7, 2016 at 10:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackChristian/status/718016033773260801 | ||
| Apr 4, 2016 at 16:23 | comment | added | svidgen | I'm not sure there's a a dogmatic answer to this. But, Chrysostom's 37th homily on Matthew talks about it. And, while I haven't had a chance to read it in full yet, I get the sense that A) It's not intended to be a "strict comparison." And directly related, B) earthly notions of greatness are fundamentally broken. And I can attest that both of those points will be pretty familiar to a Church-going Catholic... | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 17:15 | answer | added | Ken Graham♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 13:52 | history | edited | Lee Woofenden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 17, 2016 at 7:34 | history | edited | curiousdannii♦ |
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| Feb 17, 2016 at 7:14 | history | asked | Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |