The Feast of Peter and Paul offers us a vision of our Church and what it should be, with a complementary and simultaneous outward reach and inward focus.
St Peter & St Paul
A wonderful day to celebrate the essence of what we are to do as Christians!
THIS IS YOUR LIFE:
The two have been celebrated together for centuries because of their common martyrdom in Rome circa AD64
PETER: PRINCE of the Apostles: WITNESS of the Lordship of Jesus
PAUL: FACILITATOR: putting it all into practise.
For us today:
Witnesses of Jesus
Called upon to push the church forward in this culture, for this time, for this place.
ST.PETER
Came to represent to universal church: the kosmos
ST PAUL – cam to represent the local church
a person above all about unity
Pope Benedict: launched the year of St Paul yesterday
St. Paul reminds us that the full communion among all Christians finds its grounds in a single father, a single faith and single baptism,"
“In the final analysis, the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul represents the constant tension between "universality" and "locality" in the Church”.
“The Feast of Peter and Paul offers us a vision of our Church and what it should be, with a complementary and simultaneous outward reach and inward focus”.
Dr Alexander Roman – orthodox Theologian
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