This striking Greek Orthodox monastery stands beside the ruins of the ancient fishing village of Capernaum, where the exchange recounted in John 6:60-66 occurred. The ruins proper are controlled by the (Catholic) Franciscans.
Photo by Sergey Serous, Wikimedia CC
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Some critics that I’ve come across seem to imagine that, if the Church were really true, people would be lined up to enter the font, nobody would ever fall away, and all customers would be completely satisfied and unfailingly enthusiastically willing to pay the price. Everything that the Church taught would be pleasing to everybody, and instantly accepted without reservation.
This passage suggests the vacuity of that notion. At least, it should to a believing Christian.
Posted from Park City, Utah
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