The Father is Greater than I
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Published 2019-05-20
This may be a confusing statement, especially in the Gospel of John, since in no other Gospel, it can be argued, does is Jesus divine nature made more clearly.
So, the questions becomes what does Jesus mean in the context of the entire Gospel of John, and what does he mean in the immediate context of this verse?
Listen as Dr. Pitre explains in this video, which is a portion of a video taken from his series, The Mass Readings Explained.
Notable Quote:
"And so, what do we say as Catholics to that? How do we interpret the verse?
Well the answer to that’s real simple. We just ignore it. We don’t talk about it. We don’t preach about it. We just pretend like it’s not there. No, okay, that’s wrong. That’s not what we do. The Church canonized the scriptures. This is not a surprise to us, that Jesus says, “The Father is greater than I” in the Gospel of John. The Church gave us the Gospel of John and said this is the word of God. So the question becomes not “what do we do with the verse?” (in the sense of, “do we take it out of the Bible” or “do we ignore it”), the question becomes, “what does it mean? How do we understand this verse in context (in the context of the whole gospel).” And I’m going to come back to the living tradition in just a second, and we’ll look at how this verse was interpreted by St. Augustine, but for now I would just make this one clear point..."
Learn more about the Mass Readings Explained here:
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Find Bible studies by Dr. Brant Pitre here: catholicproductions.com/collections/brant-pitre
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All Comments (21)
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Dr. Pitre is an amazing theologian. I listen to his Podcast every week, and I always learn something. He is a gift to the Church!
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He never has a Bible out of his hand, it is his index. He can just flick to any passage he talks about. It takes me ages to find anything while stalling for time saying, ' its definitely in here somewhere ' 😂. How I would love to be like this man!
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I'm very proud to be a Catholic
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The Teaching coming through you Dr Pitre, is beyond words. Thank you.
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This is so enlightening! Thank you, Dr. Pitre! I'd never heard it explained this way and so clearly.
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Thank you for sharing ❤
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This was today’s mass reading. I was wondering the meaning of it. It’s amazing that this video just showed up in my feed thanks to God’s providence.
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I'm glad I found you on you tube since I read your book "JESUS and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist" (thanks to our Pastor ),I began to follow you on you tube and I'm so grateful - I watch you all the time. Thank you So much Dr. Brant Pitre you are a Godsent to us,Catholics. May God bless you always.
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God bless you Dr. Pitre. 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
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Another related verse to ponder is 1 Cor 15:28: "When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be everything to every one (may be all in all)."
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Amen.Yes.The emphasis IS on his humanity; therfore he says the Father is Greater than Him
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I try never to miss your commentaries because you help me understand scripture/teachings of faith like never before. You are a gift Brandt Pitre! And so are your books. Blessings to you for blessing us with your knowledge.
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Excellent interpretation. Yeshua is guiding you. Love from Ireland.☘💚
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Excellent presentation. Thanks for posting!
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Amen Brother sir you are absolutely right Jesus is Fully Human and Fully God True Words Amen and Amen God Bless you Ame
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Your jokes are really good Dr. pitre😆. God bless you and your family
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Thanks for your enlightening talk ..it help my faith become stronger as catholic Christian, you are a gift from God to us ..God bless you more snd your family
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This is very well explained. Thank you!
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Beautifully explained! God bless you!
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The most cogent explanation of this that I have heard. Thank you.
