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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Main Author: O'Collins, Gerald 1931- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: 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.
ISSN:2044-2696
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040571X211056790