P
ope Benedict XVI.
If we listen attentively to the Gospel of Holy Thursday, we can discern two different dimensions in the event of the washing of the feet.
The cleansing that Jesus offers his disciples is first and foremost simply his action—the gift of purity, of the "capacity for God" that is offered to them.
But the gift then becomes a model for the duty to do the same for one another.
The Fathers of the Chruch described these two aspects of the washing of the feet with the words sacramentum and exemplum.
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ope Benedict XVI.
If we listen attentively to the Gospel of Holy Thursday, we can discern two different dimensions in the event of the washing of the feet.
The cleansing that Jesus offers his disciples is first and foremost simply his action—the gift of purity, of the "capacity for God" that is offered to them.
But the gift then becomes a model for the duty to do the same for one another.
The Fathers of the Chruch described these two aspects of the washing of the feet with the words sacramentum and exemplum.
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