This is the case for at least two reasons: First, we have forgotten the language of the Catholic moral life. Second, we have reduced moral commitments to political identity, and political identity to party loyalty. Thus our moral and political lives are more likely formed by partisan identification than Catholic discipleship. We have reduced our mo

Now, of course, the epistle is an apologetic letter, written by a Christian to explain and defend Christian faith and practice. Its descriptions of second-century Christian life might be more aspirational than descriptive. Nonetheless, the observation that Christians live on a level that transcends the law is an important one, rich with meaning for

Scott D. Allen and Darrow L. Miller Published by the Disciple Nations Alliance