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. . . From Their Sins
. . . From Their Sins
Born thy people to deliver / Born a child and yet a King.
—Charles Wesley (1744)
Let earth receive her King . . .
—Isaac Watts (1719)
Who Is Jesus?
A popular but suspect theologian stands before the new pope.
Pope Kiril: So . . . now we come to the classic question. What think you . . . of Christ?
Father Telemond: Excuse me, Eminence, could you ask the question again?
The film is The Shoes of the Fisherman (MGM, 1968). Anthony Quinn plays a simple Russian priest, who is suddenly exalted from confinement in a Soviet Gulag to the office of Roman cardinal, and then—to his great surprise… that of pope. Pope Kiril, he calls himself. The central plot concerns this new pope’s role in adverting nuclear war. A significant subplot involves his relationship as pontiff with an old friend, a theologian whose ideas are decidedly heterodox. The new pope wants to believe the best; he wants to be liberal and gracious in his judgments. And yet he is the pope. So he confronts his wayward friend. He repeats his question.
Pope Kiril: What think you of Christ, Father? Who is he?
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/12/25/from-their-sins/
