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Christian brotherhood, unlike the purely secular brotherhood of Marxism, is, above all, brotherhood based on the common paternity of God. Unlike the impersonal Stoic idea of God the father and the vague paternal idea of the Enlightenment, the fatherhood of God is a fatherhood mediated by the Son and including brotherly union in the Son. If, therefore, Christian brotherhood is to be vitally realized, both a vital knowledge of the fatherhood of God and a vital joining with Jesus Christ in a unity of grace are necessary.1
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John F. Thornton and Susan B. Varenne, The Essential Pope Benedict XVI: His Central Writings and Speeches (San Francisco: Harper, 2007), 133.
Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration, trans. Adrian Walker (New York: Doubleday, 2007), 69.
Jacob Neusner, A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000), 87f.
Traudl Wallbrecher, Ludwig Weimer, and Arnold Stötzl, eds., 30 Jahre Wegbegleitung, Papst Benedikt XVI und die Katholische Integrierte Gemeinde (Bad Tölz: Urfeld, 2006), 84f.
Erik Peterson, Der Brief an die Römer (Würzburg: Echter, 1997).
Joseph Ratzinger, Dogma und Verkündigung (Munich: Wewel, 1977), 7.
Joseph Ratzinger, Der Gott Jesu Christi, Betrachtungen über den Dreieinigen Gott (Munich: Kösel, 1976), 21 as translated by Aidan Nichols, The Thought of Benedict XVI: An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger (New York: Burns & Oates, 2005), 190.
Joseph Ratzinger, Glaube und Zukunft (Munich: Kösel, 1970), 86.
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de Gaál, E. (2010). Christian Brotherhood: Entering into Jesus Christ’s Earthly Ineffability. In: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230114760_23
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