Do Not Be Called MASTER Or FATHER

 "But you, do not let yourselves be called Master, because you have only one MASTER, and all of you are brothers and sisters.  Neither should you call anyone on earth Father, because you have only one FATHER, HE who is in heaven.  Nor should you be called Leader, because CHRIST is the only LEADER for you.  Let the greatest among you be the servant of all.  For whoever makes himself great shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be made great." - Matthew 23:8-12 

(JESUS speaks of the form of authority.  Do not be called "Master," the one "who knows" and before whom one is silent; neither must you be called "Father," the one who is venerated  and imitated, forgetting to look directly at the One who alone is good.  No one in the Church should eclipse the only "Father."

Doubtless everyone will say that the word "Father" is simply the expression of respectful affection but JESUS affirms that the word has perverse effects.

The purity of faith, which submits to GOD alone, always suffers because of the cult of personality.  The Church should be a community of free persons able to speak frankly.)

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