443. Peter could recognize the transcendent character of the Messiah’s divine sonship because Jesus had clearly allowed it to be so understood. To his accusers’ question before the Sanhedrin, “Are you the Son of God, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am.” Well before this, Jesus referred to himself as “the Son” who knows the Father, as distinct from the “servants” God had earlier sent to his people; he is superior even to the angels. He distinguished his sonship from that of his disciples by never saying “our Father”, except to command them: “You, then, pray like this: ‘Our Father'”, and he emphasized this distinction, saying “my Father and your Father”.
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467. Why is the legitimate defense of persons and of society not opposed to this norm?
68. Why does the human race form a unity?
237. From where do the sacramental signs come?
412. On what is human equality based?
166. Why is the Church called “Catholic”?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
God’s Covenant with David: An Eternal Commitment (2 Samuel 7)
What is the role of faith in the midst of suffering, according to Job 13:15-16?
How is God’s sovereignty portrayed amidst the chaos in Lamentations 2:8-9?
David’s old age and death: the end of a life of ups and downs (2 Samuel 23, 24)
How important is the Word of God in the Christian life according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17?
What can we learn about the theology of suffering from the story of Job described in Job 1:1-22?
