Difficult texts: being made perfect according to Matthew 5 and 19
Usually translated as ‘perfect’, teleios appears in Matthew’s Gospel – twice in an exhortation (in the Sermon on the Mount) to imitate our heavenly Father’s boundless love and once in an invitation to a rich young man to divest himself of his great wealth and join the disciples in following Jesus. T...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 124, Issue: 6, Pages: 404-409 |
IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament NBE Anthropology |
Further subjects: | B
perfect
B Imitatio Dei B Rich young man B Sermon on the Mount B Imitatio Christi B Matthew’s Gospel |
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Summary: | Usually translated as ‘perfect’, teleios appears in Matthew’s Gospel – twice in an exhortation (in the Sermon on the Mount) to imitate our heavenly Father’s boundless love and once in an invitation to a rich young man to divest himself of his great wealth and join the disciples in following Jesus. This article explores the grounds and difficulties for Christians who embrace this imitatio Christi and imitatio Dei. |
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ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X211056790 |