“St. John Chrysostom writes: If you are a Christian, no earthly city is yours. Of our City “the Builder and Maker is God.” [Heb. 11:10] Though we may gain possession of the whole world, we are withal but strangers and sojourners in it all! We are enrolled in heaven: our citizenship is there!”
― Thirty Steps to Heaven: The Ladder of Divine Ascent for All Walks of Life
― Thirty Steps to Heaven: The Ladder of Divine Ascent for All Walks of Life
“Paul does not abandon the collective framework, but rather redefines it around Jesus. Paul thus, like other Jewish writers of his day, understands “election” to be about God’s people as a people.”
― The Chosen People: Election, Paul and Second Temple Judaism
― The Chosen People: Election, Paul and Second Temple Judaism
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