"The significance of Matthew's Jesus is that he is Emmanuel, God with us always, who saves his people from their sins by dying for them. Matthew presents a portrait of Jesus as a new Moses, a new Isaac, a new David, as Israel embodied, even as the God of Israel incarnate. Matthew's Gospel presents Jesus Christ founding the Catholic Church as a robust, rigorous religion with rich rituals, chiefly the sacrificial Eucharist as sustenance on the narrow way to heaven. Keyed to the lectionary and featuring a section on the ...
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"The significance of Matthew's Jesus is that he is Emmanuel, God with us always, who saves his people from their sins by dying for them. Matthew presents a portrait of Jesus as a new Moses, a new Isaac, a new David, as Israel embodied, even as the God of Israel incarnate. Matthew's Gospel presents Jesus Christ founding the Catholic Church as a robust, rigorous religion with rich rituals, chiefly the sacrificial Eucharist as sustenance on the narrow way to heaven. Keyed to the lectionary and featuring a section on the relevance of Matthew's Gospel for our contemporary age"--
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Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can included some highlighting and writing page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.