REFLECTION

There was a great teacher, and gathered around him was a small group of faithful followers. They listened to his message and were transformed by it. But the message alienated the power structure of his time, which finally put him to death but did not succeed in eradicating his message, which is stronger now than ever. The description would apply equally to Jesus and Socrates. But nobody’s ever build a cathedral in honor of Socrates. Socrates called on people to think straight, but with Jesus there’s more than just “teaching,” there’s a transcendent dimension, beyond the here and now, as a source of hope and meaning.

— Jaroslav Pelikan,
professor of history at Yale University

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