Patristic Quote of the Day

After his resurrection, the Savior said to his disciples: “Go and make disciples of all nations.” They to whom the command had been given knew that “God wants all people to be saved and to attain knowledge of the truth.” Since the human race had been divided into two religious groups, Jews and pagans, a division of the heralds of the gospel was also made so that some were assigned to the Jews, while others to be apostles of the nations. But since all the teachers had the single aim of leading all to the knowledge of the one God and to the teaching of the Gospel, Paul, though an apostle to the nations, if he happened to be able to benefit the Jews would, without a doubt, becomes a Jew to the Jews so that they might not become estranged from him as if he had departed from the law, although he had already crossed over and beyond the Jewish shadow.—Didymus the Blind, Catena on the Acts of the Apostles 18:18.