Father Jon Schnobrich preached this week on these words of Christ: “Call no man on earth your father.” He was speaking against the Pharisees and Scribes in these words. He wanted his audience, made up also of his disciples, to be unlike them.
Though the Pharisees were a teaching authority on the law of Moses, they lacked humility and boasted of their titles. Despite Christ saying, “call no man father,” this obviously does not apply to all men in such a way that some have literally taken it. Jesus was obviously being hyperbolic and encouraging his disciples to be humble.
Throughout the New Testament, men like Saint Stephen and Saint Paul will call the Jewish priests, the patriarchs and themselves “fathers.” Our priests are following in line with what has been in the tradition since the start of Christianity, acting as spiritual fathers, and may be properly called fathers.
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