... nobleman and the father of all the wretched. Even though Wenceslas was not actually a king in life, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I posthumously conferred on him the regal dignity and title due to a king. The text of the Christmas hymn describes the blessing of ... caring for the poor and needy this way: “Therefore Christian men be sure / Wealth or rank possessing / Ye who now will bless the poor / Shall yourselves find blessing.” The story of Wenceslas is a great illustration ...
... are not to claim the title Rabbi, because for them there is only one “great one” and they are all brothers of equal rank. No one on earth is to be called father because they have but one Father and he is in heaven. What Jesus is ... Renan’s ‘Amiable Carpenter,’ Tolstoy’s ‘Spiritual Anarchist,’ Schweitzer’s ‘Imminent Cataclysmist,’ Klausner’s ‘Unorthodox Rabbi,’ and Otto’s ‘Charismatic Evangelist’ ” (The Work and Words of Jesus, p. 14). The Old Testament pattern for a series ...
