The Moral Meaning of the Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Lord Has Bound Us to One Another By the Thread of Holy Love | Homily on today's Gospel reading by Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. https://t.co/MQKvsTNa0I pic.twitter.com/8EmFmfqrpv

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How is this different from what Pope Francis did in his last encylical letter? Metropolitan Hilarion probably acknowledges that the Christological meaning is primary, and the moral meaning is first determined by that. Also, Metropolitan Hilarion does not use the parable to lay out a simplistic moral theology regarding immigration, refugees, etc.

How Should One Understand Parables?

As a revelation of a truth about the Mystery? Or should parables be reduced to a supposed "literal" moral or political meaning, which serve as the theological basis of a papal encyclical on "love" (or "charity")? I think the latest encyclical does bring into relief a difference between Latin (or Jesuits) exegesis of parables and the Christological (or properly mystical) exegesis that one finds in the East.

Pope Francis wants #FratelliTutti to move us to action — like the Good Samaritan, writes #Jesuit @BMcCSJ. https://t.co/AWSGDGi5D3

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Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon on the Parable of the Prodigal Son

The Wedding Garment

A False Opposition Between Commandment and Love?

I hope the podcast is better than the summary. Law or commandment pertains to reason, love to the will, and God Himself gives us a commandment to love Him and to love our neighbor as ourselves.