Bishop Barron on Why It Matters Who Jesus Is

". . . In the famous scene at Caesarea-Philippi, Jesus turns to his Apostles and asks, 'Who do people say that I am?' He doesn't ask what people are saying about his preaching or his miracle-working or his impact on the culture; he asks who they say he is. St. John's Gospel commences with a magnificent assertion regarding, not the teaching of the Lord, but rather his being: 'In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God...and the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us.' In his letter to the Philippians, St. Paul writes, 'Though he was in the form of God, Jesus did not deem equality with God a thing to be grasped at,' implying thereby an ontological identity between Jesus and the God of Israel."

In a recent commentary, Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, reflected on the importance of the understanding who Jesus is.

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The Boston Pilot: Echoes. Why It Matters Who Jesus Is. (15 MAR 17)